Best Elementary Schools in California

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the CAST and Smarter Balanced Assessments test scores by the California Department of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, October 10, 2024.

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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)
062025002443	2951	Rolando Elementary	Public	K-6	6925 Tower St.	La Mesa	91941	San Diego County	La Mesa-Spring Valley	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 668-5800	449	16	27.8	69.9%	132 (29.4%)	31 (6.9%)	220 (49.0%)	36 (8.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (6.5%)	$5,818							43.5	39.7	3158	207
063987013286	2952	Alpine Vista	Public	K-4	2975 East Alpine Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 687-3135	625	28	22.3	45.0%	161 (25.8%)	8 (1.3%)	428 (68.5%)	16 (2.6%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.4%)	$10,495							43.5	36.1	3419	467
063255005035	2953	Lupine Hills Elementary	Public	K-5	1919 Lupine Rd.	Hercules	94547	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1411	371	20	18.5	36.9%	26 (7.0%)	39 (10.5%)	125 (33.7%)	133 (35.8%)	3 (0.8%)	4 (1.1%)	41 (11.1%)	$6,181							43.5	54.7	2299	654
060006700730	2954	Caruthers Elementary	Public	K-8	13699 South Quince	Caruthers	93609	Fresno County	Caruthers Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 864-6500	859	46	18.7	87.3%	76 (8.8%)	2 (0.2%)	739 (86.0%)	28 (3.3%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	8 (0.9%)	$9,470							43.5	40.9	3074	120
062271002859	2955	Bonita Street Elementary	Public	K-5	21929 Bonita St.	Carson	90745	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 834-8588	413	20	20.6	76.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,887							43.5	29.6	3931	976
061743002184	2956	Emmett S. Finley Elementary	Public	K-5	627 East Sixth St.	Holtville	92250	Imperial County	Holtville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 356-2929	546	26	21	84.2%	23 (4.2%)	2 (0.4%)	518 (94.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)								43.5	56.6	2207	749
062460008899	2957	Allan Peterson Elementary	Public	K-6	848 East Donna Dr.	Merced	95340	Merced County	Merced City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 385-6700	664	24	27.6	63.0%	165 (24.8%)	20 (3.0%)	346 (52.1%)	75 (11.3%)	5 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	51 (7.7%)	$7,331							43.5	42.1	3004	47
060152711385	2958	Iftin Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	5465 El Cajon Blvd.	San Diego	92115	San Diego County	Iftin Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 265-2411	424	7	60.5	85.1%	8 (1.9%)	378 (89.2%)	17 (4.0%)	7 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.3%)								43.4	42.5	2983	25
060231512450	2959	Wonderful College Prep Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2070 Veneto St.	Delano	93215	Kern County	Wonderful College Prep Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 721-2887	1,900	87	21.8	78.5%	28 (1.5%)	6 (0.3%)	1,802 (94.8%)	59 (3.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.2%)								43.4	35.7	3455	496
062586003887	2960	Morongo Valley Elementary	Public	K-6	10951 Hess Blvd.	Morongo Valley	92256	San Bernardino County	Morongo Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 363-6216	183	8	22.5	66.1%	110 (60.1%)	5 (2.7%)	58 (31.7%)	2 (1.1%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.3%)	$9,064							43.4	42.2	3002	42

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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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