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)
063442500523	1671	Coolidge Elementary	Public	K-5	421 North Mission Dr.	San Gabriel	91775	Los Angeles County	San Gabriel Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 282-6952	274	12	23.3	57.3%	19 (6.9%)	4 (1.5%)	128 (46.7%)	100 (36.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (8.4%)	$7,576							68.2	68.9	1625	46
061185001311	1672	Ceres Elementary	Public	K-5	10601 South Ceres Ave.	Whittier	90604	Los Angeles County	East Whittier City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 464-2200	435	20	22.1	68.3%	18 (4.1%)	1 (0.2%)	386 (88.7%)	6 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (5.3%)								68.2	65.7	1774	102
062271002870	1673	Bryson Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	4470 Missouri Ave.	South Gate	90280	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 569-7141	731	35	20.8	84.3%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,989							68.2	67.2	1703	30
060846011737	1674	Chaparral Elementary	Public	K-6	4849 Bird Farm Rd.	Chino Hills	91709	San Bernardino County	Chino Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 606-4871	654	29	22.8	37.6%	52 (8.0%)	22 (3.4%)	363 (55.5%)	175 (26.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	41 (6.3%)	$10,033							68.1	78.9	1208	466
064347004175	1675	Butte Vista Elementary	Public	K-8	2195 Blevin Rd.	Yuba City	95993	Sutter County	Yuba City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 822-5034	856	42	20.3	46.4%	266 (31.1%)	10 (1.2%)	233 (27.2%)	256 (29.9%)	6 (0.7%)	2 (0.2%)	82 (9.6%)	$6,875							68.1	68.5	1649	26
060158612641	1676	Valley Charter Elementary	Public, Charter	K-5	16514 Nordhoff St.	North Hills	91343	Los Angeles County	Valley Charter Elementary District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 810-6713	285	12	23.7	40.4%	87 (30.5%)	3 (1.1%)	132 (46.3%)	33 (11.6%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (10.2%)								68.1	80.9	1134	542
060591010194	1677	Ron Nunn Elementary	Public	K-5	1755 Central Blvd.	Brentwood	94513	Contra Costa County	Brentwood Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 513-6380	646	26	25.3	15.9%	220 (34.1%)	42 (6.5%)	197 (30.5%)	90 (13.9%)	3 (0.5%)	3 (0.5%)	91 (14.1%)	$5,531							68.1	71.9	1496	181
060229313702	1678	Da Vinci Connect	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	12501 Isis Ave.	Hawthorne	90250	Los Angeles County	Da Vinci Connect District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 725-5800	814	22	37.3	41.6%	181 (22.2%)	161 (19.8%)	271 (33.3%)	55 (6.8%)	2 (0.2%)	4 (0.5%)	139 (17.1%)								68.1	76.2	1316	362
060200113850	1679	NextGeneration STEAM Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	18001 Commercial St.	Lathrop	95330	San Joaquin County	NextGeneration STEAM Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 229-4736	763	28	27	36.3%	88 (11.5%)	63 (8.3%)	243 (31.8%)	301 (39.4%)	4 (0.5%)	5 (0.7%)	59 (7.7%)								68.1	59.3	2086	407
063099004797	1680	Dos Caminos Elementary	Public	K-5	3635 Appian Way	Camarillo	93010	Ventura County	Pleasant Valley	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 383-5310	302	14	21.5	50.3%	89 (29.5%)	0 (0.0%)	172 (57.0%)	22 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	17 (5.6%)	$9,127							68	56.4	2217	537

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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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