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)
060232114004	4541	Aspen Meadow Public	Public, Charter	K-6	1400 East Saginaw Way	Fresno	93704	Fresno County	Aspen Meadow Public District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 369-2456	293	18	16.7	76.8%	22 (7.5%)	23 (7.8%)	221 (75.4%)	14 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.4%)								23.3	24.7	4399	142
062271003118	4542	Kittridge Street Elementary	Public	K-5	13619 Kittridge St.	Van Nuys	91401	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 786-7926	710	34	20.8	93.2%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,882							23.3	28.5	4019	523
064074007368	4543	Grace Patterson Elementary	Public	K-6	1080 Porter St.	Vallejo	94590	Solano County	Vallejo City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 556-8580	356	14	25.9	89.3%	12 (3.4%)	103 (28.9%)	201 (56.5%)	25 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.7%)	9 (2.5%)								23.3	17.5	5113	570
060285000217	4544	Sutter Elementary	Public	K-5	3410 Longview Rd.	Antioch	94509	Contra Costa County	Antioch Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 779-7425	464	23	20.2	81.5%	74 (15.9%)	74 (15.9%)	249 (53.7%)	47 (10.1%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.1%)	14 (3.0%)	$6,277							23.3	26.1	4260	284
062274003480	4545	Los Banos Elementary	Public	K-6	1260 Seventh St.	Los Banos	93635	Merced County	Los Banos Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 826-4981	441	18	24.5	82.5%	39 (8.8%)	12 (2.7%)	379 (85.9%)	5 (1.1%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	$9,671							23.3	18	5047	502
060188612054	4546	Learning Without Limits	Public, Charter	K-5	2035 40th Ave.	Oakland	94601	Alameda County	Learning Without Limits District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 879-1282	366	16	22.9	80.9%	5 (1.4%)	38 (10.4%)	281 (76.8%)	32 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	7 (1.9%)								23.3	24.4	4419	127
063888008994	4547	Golden Hills Elementary	Public	K-5	20215 Park Rd.	Tehachapi	93561	Kern County	Tehachapi Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 822-2180	660	27	24.9	40.9%	323 (48.9%)	7 (1.1%)	302 (45.8%)	2 (0.3%)	6 (0.9%)	2 (0.3%)	18 (2.7%)	$3,985							23.3	32.3	3708	839
062271003243	4548	One Hundred Ninth Street Elementary	Public	K-5	10915 South McKinley Ave.	Los Angeles	90059	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 756-9206	328	18	18.2	97.3%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,017							23.3	19.5	4914	366
062619003911	4549	Baker Elementary	Public	K-6	12043 Exline St.	El Monte	91732	Los Angeles County	Mountain View Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 652-4700	641	31	20.7	79.6%	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.4%)	590 (92.0%)	41 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								23.3	22	4669	120
060171804257	4550	Cox Academy	Public, Charter	K-5	9860 Sunnyside St.	Oakland	94603	Alameda County	Cox Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 904-6300	483	23	21	91.1%	0 (0.0%)	81 (16.8%)	368 (76.2%)	6 (1.2%)	2 (0.4%)	17 (3.5%)	9 (1.9%)								23.3	17.5	5111	561

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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.