Best Elementary Schools in California

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 5862)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
062949004554	3211	Alianza Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	115 Casserly Rd.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz County	Pajaro Valley Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 728-6333	640	28	22.5	79.5%	10 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	625 (97.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)								39.3	35.9	3440	229
063762011604	3212	Westpark Elementary	Public	K-5	3600 Imperial Ave.	Rosamond	93560	Kern County	Southern Kern Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 256-5030	940	40	23.7	77.7%	222 (23.6%)	47 (5.0%)	584 (62.1%)	17 (1.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	69 (7.3%)	$5,433							39.3	35.4	3467	255
063386007341	3213	Del Lago Elementary	Public	K-6	27181 Entidad St.	Mission Viejo	92691	Orange County	Saddleback Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 855-1125	355	16	22.4	44.2%	126 (35.5%)	8 (2.3%)	144 (40.6%)	46 (13.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	29 (8.2%)	$5,254							39.3	51.9	2444	769
060142301501	3214	Lincoln Elementary	Public	K-5	333 South D St.	Exeter	93221	Tulare County	Exeter Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 592-2141	550	24	22.9	75.8%	130 (23.6%)	7 (1.3%)	399 (72.5%)	3 (0.5%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	$8,332							39.3	36.9	3358	144
060207513113	3215	Hawking S.T.E.A.M. Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	489 E St.	Chula Vista	91910	San Diego County	Hawking S.T.E.A.M. Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 349-3700	1,297	62	20.8	66.8%	38 (2.9%)	14 (1.1%)	1,222 (94.2%)	11 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	9 (0.7%)								39.3	38.5	3251	36
062271003182	3216	Meyler Street Elementary	Public	K-5	1123 West 223rd St.	Torrance	90502	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 328-3910	628	33	19	91.7%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,044							39.3	34.9	3511	295
062808004326	3217	Gehringer Elementary	Public	K-5	100 Simoni Ranch Rd.	Oakley	94561	Contra Costa County	Oakley Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 625-7070	674	26	25.9	43.2%	188 (27.9%)	49 (7.3%)	349 (51.8%)	44 (6.5%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	40 (5.9%)	$6,387							39.2	39.4	3179	38
062853004417	3218	Orange Center Elementary	Public	K-8	3530 South Cherry Ave.	Fresno	93706	Fresno County	Orange Center	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 237-0437	254	14	18.1	85.0%	12 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	207 (81.5%)	32 (12.6%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	$13,790							39.2	30.8	3822	604
062271003159	3219	Malabar Street Elementary	Public	K-6	3200 East Malabar St.	Los Angeles	90063	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 261-1103	473	22	21.5	95.3%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,288							39.2	35.9	3444	225
063705008988	3220	Gabilan Elementary	Public	K-6	330 North Walker Dr.	Soledad	93960	Monterey County	Soledad Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 678-6440	462	20	23.1	79.2%	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	451 (97.6%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	$7,629							39.2	29.5	3938	718

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy, Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics, CAST Science test scores released by the California Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 10, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the California Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the California Department of Education.
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.