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)
061440001666	821	E. M. Grimmer Elementary	Public	K-5	43030 Newport Dr.	Fremont	94538	Alameda County	Fremont Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 656-1250	278	19	14.6	30.2%	18 (6.5%)	7 (2.5%)	85 (30.6%)	154 (55.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.7%)	$9,854							87.9	90.8	655	166
060002811039	822	Alamos Elementary	Public	K-5	38200 Pacific Park Dr.	Murrieta	92563	Riverside County	Temecula Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 294-6760	823	34	24.2	20.7%	263 (32.0%)	33 (4.0%)	298 (36.2%)	130 (15.8%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	95 (11.5%)	$9,523							87.8	84.7	970	148
064116014402	823	Denton Elementary	Public	K-6	2231 North Denton	Visalia	93291	Tulare County	Visalia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 931-8050	588	26	22.4	35.5%	193 (32.8%)	2 (0.3%)	317 (53.9%)	24 (4.1%)	3 (0.5%)	3 (0.5%)	46 (7.8%)								87.8	88.9	771	52
063441008967	824	Yick Wo Elementary	Public	K-5	2245 Jones St.	San Francisco	94133	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 749-3540	209	12	17.4	34.9%	54 (25.8%)	8 (3.8%)	25 (12.0%)	72 (34.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	49 (23.4%)	$6,103							87.8	82.2	1081	257
060215914091	825	Connecting Waters Charter - East Bay	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	703 C St.	Union City	94587	Alameda County	Connecting Waters Charter - East Bay District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 874-1119	494	44	11.1	27.1%	121 (24.5%)	18 (3.6%)	77 (15.6%)	191 (38.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	85 (17.2%)								87.8	84.5	975	150
063441005598	826	Sloat (Commodore) Elementary	Public	K-5	50 Darien Way	San Francisco	94127	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 759-2807	377	15	24.5	43.0%	89 (23.6%)	13 (3.4%)	33 (8.8%)	191 (50.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (13.5%)	$6,103							87.7	89.5	740	86
062865007195	827	McPherson Magnet	Public	K-8	333 South Prospect St.	Orange	92869	Orange County	Orange Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 997-6384	848	33	26	40.3%	218 (25.7%)	12 (1.4%)	452 (53.3%)	105 (12.4%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	57 (6.7%)	$5,766							87.7	84.9	964	137
063066009177	828	Travis Ranch	Public	K-8	5200 Via de la Escuela	Yorba Linda	92887	Orange County	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 986-7460	1,217	51	23.9	22.9%	597 (49.1%)	7 (0.6%)	304 (25.0%)	214 (17.6%)	3 (0.2%)	6 (0.5%)	85 (7.0%)	$5,997							87.7	86.6	887	59
064308014365	829	Spring Lake Elementary	Public	K-6	2209 Miekle Ave.	Woodland	95776	Yolo County	Woodland Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 406-3172	346	14	24.7	29.8%	136 (39.3%)	10 (2.9%)	96 (27.7%)	63 (18.2%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	39 (11.3%)								87.7	89.8	723	106
063441005582	830	Alamo Elementary	Public	K-5	250 23rd Ave.	San Francisco	94121	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 750-8456	410	20	21	32.4%	113 (27.6%)	6 (1.5%)	55 (13.4%)	159 (38.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	77 (18.8%)	$6,103							87.6	89.8	725	105

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.