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)
060006111925	2051	Riverbank Language Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	2400 Stanislaus St.	Riverbank	95367	Stanislaus County	Riverbank Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 869-8093	566	23	25.1	75.6%	30 (5.3%)	3 (0.5%)	520 (91.9%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.8%)	$9,984							60.3	53.5	2372	321
060813011487	2052	Whitmore Charter School of Art & Technology	Public, Charter	K-8	3435 Don Pedro Rd.	Ceres	95307	Stanislaus County	Ceres Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 556-1610	434	22	19.7	50.0%	126 (29.0%)	2 (0.5%)	228 (52.5%)	59 (13.6%)	5 (1.2%)	2 (0.5%)	12 (2.8%)	$11,377							60.3	57.4	2170	118
060222810846	2053	Synergy Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-5	900 East 33rd St.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Synergy Charter Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 235-7960	322	13	24.7	95.0%	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	317 (98.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)								60.2	57.6	2165	112
062271003152	2054	Los Feliz Science/Technical/Engineer/Math/Medicine Magnet	Public	K-5	1740 North New Hampshire Ave.	Los Angeles	90027	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 663-0674	428	19	22.5	78.5%	142 (33.2%)	7 (1.6%)	213 (49.8%)	48 (11.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.2%)	$8,115							60.1	59.7	2070	16
060588000530	2055	Laurel Elementary Magnet School of Innovation and Career Explr	Public	K-6	200 South Flower Ave.	Brea	92821	Orange County	Brea-Olinda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 529-2520	473	20	23.6	34.7%	93 (19.7%)	8 (1.7%)	260 (55.0%)	73 (15.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	38 (8.0%)	$7,816							60.1	67	1708	347
062781004213	2056	Frost (Earl) Elementary	Public	K-6	530 Gettysburg Dr.	San Jose	95123	Santa Clara County	Oak Grove Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 225-1881	302	12	25.1	35.4%	48 (15.9%)	15 (5.0%)	121 (40.1%)	82 (27.2%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	34 (11.3%)	$10,760							60.1	57.8	2150	94
062193002603	2057	Lakeland Elementary	Public	K-5	11224 Bombardier Ave.	Norwalk	90650	Los Angeles County	Little Lake City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 868-8887	307	14	21.9	80.8%	17 (5.5%)	16 (5.2%)	246 (80.1%)	20 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.6%)	$11,481							60.1	51.7	2452	395
060744000690	2058	Del Obispo Elementary	Public	K-5	25591 Camino del Avion	San Juan Capistrano	92675	Orange County	Capistrano Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 234-5905	315	15	21	63.8%	120 (38.1%)	0 (0.0%)	151 (47.9%)	7 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	36 (11.4%)	$10,495							60.1	54.5	2305	247
061218001386	2059	Valencia Academy of the Arts	Public	K-5	9241 East Cosgrove St.	Pico Rivera	90660	Los Angeles County	El Rancho Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 801-7670	397	16	24.8	80.4%	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	388 (97.7%)	3 (0.8%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	$5,546							60.1	63.7	1861	198
064119001248	2060	Breeze Hill Elementary	Public	K-5	1111 Melrose Way	Vista	92081	San Diego County	Vista Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 945-2373	762	30	25.8	55.2%	192 (25.2%)	15 (2.0%)	462 (60.6%)	34 (4.5%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	53 (7.0%)	$7,642							60	70.1	1575	485

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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.