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)
062271002821	3541	Aragon Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	1118 Aragon Ave.	Los Angeles	90065	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 221-5173	216	10	21.6	94.4%	5 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	206 (95.4%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	$14,025							34.7	24	4456	915
064215006912	3542	Schmitt Elementary	Public	K-5	7200 Trask Ave.	Westminster	92683	Orange County	Westminster	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 894-7264	318	14	22.6	86.5%	10 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	206 (64.8%)	92 (28.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	7 (2.2%)	$6,651							34.7	38.7	3241	301
062622003921	3543	Mountain View Elementary	Public	K-6	2825 Walnut St.	Ontario	91761	San Bernardino County	Mountain View Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 947-3516	529	24	22.4	72.0%	29 (5.5%)	36 (6.8%)	428 (80.9%)	29 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.3%)	$6,912							34.7	32	3732	189
062271002948	3544	Danube Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	11220 Danube Ave.	Granada Hills	91344	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 366-6463	286	16	17.8	76.9%	24 (8.4%)	8 (2.8%)	201 (70.3%)	16 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (12.9%)	$12,615							34.6	33.1	3635	91
062223002652	3545	Lakewood Elementary	Public	K-6	1100 North Ham Ln.	Lodi	95242	San Joaquin County	Lodi Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 331-7348	490	21	23.3	71.8%	167 (34.1%)	3 (0.6%)	254 (51.8%)	14 (2.9%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	48 (9.8%)	$10,697							34.6	33.7	3603	58
063351005177	3546	Sheppard Elementary	Public	K-6	1777 West Ave.	Santa Rosa	95407	Sonoma County	Roseland	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 546-7050	572	24	23.8	84.4%	11 (1.9%)	1 (0.2%)	552 (96.5%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	$11,562							34.6	37.2	3339	207
062271012667	3547	Quincy Jones Elementary	Public	K-5	900 East 33rd St.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 235-7940	239	12	19.9	95.0%	2 (0.8%)	9 (3.8%)	223 (93.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.1%)	$10,743							34.6	19.3	4938	1391
060180510641	3548	California Virtual Academy @ San Diego	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	50 Moreland Rd.	Simi Valley	93065	Ventura County	California Virtual Academy @ San Diego District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(805) 581-0202	3,680	121	30.4	68.4%	778 (21.1%)	342 (9.3%)	2,073 (56.3%)	172 (4.7%)	23 (0.6%)	39 (1.1%)	253 (6.9%)								34.6	36.2	3414	134
062772004189	3549	Lynwood Elementary	Public	K-5	1320 Lynwood Dr.	Novato	94947	Marin County	Novato Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 897-4161	259	13	19.9	44.0%	53 (20.5%)	4 (1.5%)	182 (70.3%)	4 (1.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.8%)	$10,182							34.6	40.1	3123	426
060219710398	3550	Santa Ynez Valley Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	1224 Tyndall St.	Santa Ynez	93460	Santa Barbara County	Santa Ynez Valley Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 686-7360	170	11	15.4	22.4%	93 (54.7%)	1 (0.6%)	32 (18.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (24.7%)								34.6	52.4	2416	1134

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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.