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)
062301005900	1471	El Portal Elementary	Public	K-6	200 North Nada St.	La Habra	90631	Orange County	Lowell Joint	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 902-4211	488	20	24.1	58.4%	93 (19.1%)	4 (0.8%)	325 (66.6%)	35 (7.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (6.1%)	$6,390							72.5	79.4	1191	280
061149009791	1472	Heritage Oak Elementary	Public	K-5	2271 Americana Dr.	Roseville	95747	Placer County	Dry Creek Joint Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 773-3960	627	29	21.2	29.5%	297 (47.4%)	20 (3.2%)	162 (25.8%)	61 (9.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	86 (13.7%)	$7,664							72.5	73.3	1446	26
062781004218	1473	Oak Ridge Elementary	Public	K-6	5920 Bufkin Dr.	San Jose	95123	Santa Clara County	Oak Grove Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 578-5900	508	22	23	28.0%	93 (18.3%)	16 (3.1%)	230 (45.3%)	123 (24.2%)	4 (0.8%)	4 (0.8%)	37 (7.3%)	$11,586							72.5	66.9	1711	238
060985001058	1474	Lincoln Fundamental Elementary	Public	K-6	1041 Fullerton Ave.	Corona	92879	Riverside County	Corona-Norco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 736-3336	649	23	28.2	72.7%	73 (11.2%)	12 (1.8%)	360 (55.5%)	180 (27.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (3.5%)	$6,519							72.5	83.4	1032	442
060015310946	1475	Ynez Elementary	Public	K-8	120 South Ynez Ave.	Monterey Park	91754	Los Angeles County	Alhambra Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 570-6260	679	30	22.4	72.2%	9 (1.3%)	1 (0.1%)	144 (21.2%)	508 (74.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.5%)	$11,247							72.4	76.9	1282	193
063480010066	1476	Del Mar Elementary	Public	K-5	501 Sequoia St.	Morro Bay	93442	San Luis Obispo County	San Luis Coastal Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 771-1858	290	15	19.3	50.7%	167 (57.6%)	0 (0.0%)	89 (30.7%)	9 (3.1%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (7.9%)	$12,917							72.4	60.7	2025	549
060228814348	1477	Elite Academic Academy - Mountain Empire	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	43414 Business Park Dr.	Temecula	92590	Riverside County	Elite Academic Academy - Mountain Empire District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(866) 354-8302	817	60	13.5	41.0%	343 (42.0%)	20 (2.4%)	321 (39.3%)	24 (2.9%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	100 (12.2%)								72.4	71.8	1501	24
064116001847	1478	Hurley Elementary	Public	K-6	6600 West Hurley Ave.	Visalia	93291	Tulare County	Visalia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 730-7905	578	22	26.6	50.2%	138 (23.9%)	1 (0.2%)	300 (51.9%)	60 (10.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	79 (13.7%)	$7,128							72.4	61.1	2010	532
060193814237	1479	Trivium Charter School Voyage	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	4597 Hollister Dr.	Santa Barbara	93110	Santa Barbara County	Trivium Charter School Voyage District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(805) 291-1303	297	16	18.2	18.2%	208 (70.0%)	2 (0.7%)	42 (14.1%)	10 (3.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (11.1%)								72.3	79.9	1175	304
060524007651	1480	Northside Elementary	Public	K-6	860 Cave Valley Rd.	Cool	95614	El Dorado County	Black Oak Mine Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 333-8355	253	10	24.5	29.2%	173 (68.4%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (16.6%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	35 (13.8%)	$10,385							72.3	67.3	1700	220

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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.