Best Elementary Schools in California

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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)
060861000859	3661	Finney (Myrtle S.) Elementary	Public	K-6	3950 Byrd St.	San Diego	92154	San Diego County	Chula Vista Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 690-1334	368	20	18.8	60.1%	12 (3.3%)	5 (1.4%)	315 (85.6%)	27 (7.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.2%)	$13,627							33.2	38.7	3235	426
061887002291	3662	Westlake Elementary	Public	K-5	80 Fieldcrest Dr.	Daly City	94015	San Mateo County	Jefferson Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 991-1252	330	14	23.5	49.4%	45 (13.6%)	8 (2.4%)	115 (34.8%)	142 (43.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	17 (5.2%)	$11,685							33.2	31.8	3740	78
063462008972	3663	Ottomon Way Elementary	Public	K-5	9460 Ottomon Way	Orangevale	95662	Sacramento County	San Juan Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 979-8228	247	10	24.7	63.2%	126 (51.0%)	7 (2.8%)	83 (33.6%)	8 (3.2%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	20 (8.1%)	$8,524							33.2	37.8	3291	372
063825006451	3664	Summerville Elementary	Public	K-8	18451 Carter St.	Tuolumne	95379	Tuolumne County	Summerville Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 928-4291	458	22	21.2	52.0%	285 (62.2%)	0 (0.0%)	76 (16.6%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (9.2%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (12.0%)	$10,321							33.1	38.1	3278	386
060208111200	3665	Community Outreach Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	5637 Skvarla Ave.	McClellan	95652	Sacramento County	Community Outreach Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 286-5170	1,797	81	22.3	84.0%	1,722 (95.8%)	6 (0.3%)	44 (2.4%)	21 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)								33.1	30.9	3809	144
060204113760	3666	KIPP Vida Preparatory Academy	Public, Charter	K-4	4410 South Budlong Ave.	Los Angeles	90037	Los Angeles County	KIPP Vida Preparatory Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 406-8007	566	24	23.5	93.6%	0 (0.0%)	169 (29.9%)	372 (65.7%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (3.9%)								33.1	26.7	4210	544
063579010971	3667	New Republic Elementary	Public	K-5	636 Arcadia Way	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Santa Rita Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 443-7246	497	25	19.8	59.0%	29 (5.8%)	2 (0.4%)	403 (81.1%)	46 (9.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.2%)	$4,908							33.1	34	3575	92
063255005014	3668	Collins Elementary	Public	K-6	1224 Pinole Valley Rd.	Pinole	94564	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1446	303	15	20.2	50.8%	30 (9.9%)	39 (12.9%)	142 (46.9%)	63 (20.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	27 (8.9%)								33.1	28.2	4058	390
061722002176	3669	Elim Elementary	Public	K-5	7677 North Lander Ave.	Hilmar	95324	Merced County	Hilmar Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 667-1082	915	40	22.8	64.4%	505 (55.2%)	3 (0.3%)	377 (41.2%)	7 (0.8%)	10 (1.1%)	2 (0.2%)	11 (1.2%)	$10,892							33.1	36.4	3402	267
063384005251	3670	James Marshall Elementary	Public	K-6	9525 Goethe Rd.	Sacramento	95827	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-4605	334	15	22.9	73.4%	72 (21.6%)	46 (13.8%)	109 (32.6%)	62 (18.6%)	3 (0.9%)	5 (1.5%)	37 (11.1%)	$7,402							33.1	30.5	3847	177

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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.