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)
063618006178	1581	Park Side Elementary	Public	K-4	7450 Bodega Ave.	Sebastopol	95472	Sonoma County	Sebastopol Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 829-7400	246	14	18	54.5%	114 (46.3%)	5 (2.0%)	84 (34.1%)	3 (1.2%)	10 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (11.4%)	$9,801							70.2	62.3	1932	351
063375005198	1582	Blandford Elementary	Public	K-6	2601 Blandford Dr.	Rowland Heights	91748	Los Angeles County	Rowland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 965-3410	677	27	25.4	74.0%	6 (0.9%)	11 (1.6%)	217 (32.1%)	398 (58.8%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.6%)	39 (5.8%)								70.2	79.4	1188	394
064245006944	1583	Wallen L. Andrews	Public	K-8	1010 South Caraway Dr.	Whittier	90601	Los Angeles County	Whittier City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 789-3140	539	27	19.9	64.9%	22 (4.1%)	3 (0.6%)	471 (87.4%)	24 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.5%)	$4,886							70.2	64.2	1831	248
061518001914	1584	Las Animas Elementary	Public	K-5	6550 Cimino St.	Gilroy	95020	Santa Clara County	Gilroy Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(669) 205-4500	793	33	24.4	36.3%	101 (12.7%)	13 (1.6%)	457 (57.6%)	120 (15.1%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.5%)	96 (12.1%)								70.1	51.8	2448	864
062271002874	1585	Burbank Boulevard Elementary	Public	K-5	12215 Albers St.	North Hollywood	91607	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 763-6497	334	16	21.5	78.7%	62 (18.6%)	17 (5.1%)	175 (52.4%)	19 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (18.3%)	$12,917							70.1	59.8	2059	474
060002911921	1586	Lisa J. Mails Elementary	Public	K-5	35185 Briggs Rd.	Murrieta	92563	Riverside County	Murrieta Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 304-1880	977	39	25	40.6%	358 (36.6%)	39 (4.0%)	351 (35.9%)	93 (9.5%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	131 (13.4%)								70.1	64.7	1814	228
063432005519	1587	Miller Elementary	Public	K-5	4343 Shields St.	San Diego	92124	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 221-5200	686	31	22.1	66.6%	252 (36.7%)	64 (9.3%)	227 (33.1%)	25 (3.6%)	4 (0.6%)	5 (0.7%)	108 (15.7%)	$8,003							70.1	64.1	1840	253
061473001794	1588	Hermosa Drive Elementary	Public	K-6	400 East Hermosa Dr.	Fullerton	92835	Orange County	Fullerton Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 447-7720	302	12	25.1	45.0%	64 (21.2%)	6 (2.0%)	168 (55.6%)	43 (14.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (6.6%)	$5,613							70.1	72.5	1479	109
060162712261	1589	Innovations Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	5454 Ruffin Rd.	San Diego	92123	San Diego County	Innovations Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 271-1414	434	26	16.6	29.7%	189 (43.5%)	19 (4.4%)	112 (25.8%)	31 (7.1%)	2 (0.5%)	5 (1.2%)	75 (17.3%)								70.1	81.4	1116	473
063288010027	1590	Colony Oak Elementary	Public	K-8	22241 South Murphy Rd.	Ripon	95366	San Joaquin County	Ripon Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 599-7145	443	19	22.8	16.7%	254 (57.3%)	1 (0.2%)	135 (30.5%)	23 (5.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (6.3%)	$9,275							70.1	56.1	2233	643

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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.