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)
063423008626	691	Portola Elementary	Public	K-5	300 Amador Ave.	San Bruno	94066	San Mateo County	San Bruno Park Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 624-3175	258	11	23.4	20.2%	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	46 (17.8%)	146 (56.6%)	1 (0.4%)	6 (2.3%)	57 (22.1%)	$4,897							90.2	94.4	397	294
062637007319	692	Sequoia Elementary	Public	K-5	277 Boyd Rd.	Pleasant Hill	94523	Contra Costa County	Mt. Diablo Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 935-5721	593	21	28.7	12.1%	194 (32.7%)	11 (1.9%)	96 (16.2%)	114 (19.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	178 (30.0%)	$10,479							90.2	90	709	17
062211002635	693	Sunset Elementary	Public	K-5	1671 Frankfurt Way	Livermore	94550	Alameda County	Livermore Valley Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 606-5230	756	30	24.9	21.4%	392 (51.9%)	9 (1.2%)	123 (16.3%)	150 (19.8%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	79 (10.4%)	$6,718							90.2	94.2	409	284
062724000755	694	Abraham Lincoln Elementary	Public	K-6	3101 Pacific View Dr.	Corona Del Mar	92625	Orange County	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 515-6955	306	17	17.7	32.0%	158 (51.6%)	2 (0.7%)	51 (16.7%)	62 (20.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	32 (10.5%)								90.1	90.6	672	22
060227811519	695	Twin Rivers Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	2510 Live Oak Blvd.	Yuba City	95991	Sutter County	Twin Rivers Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 755-2872	480	21	23.1	36.3%	227 (47.3%)	10 (2.1%)	150 (31.3%)	53 (11.0%)	8 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (6.5%)								90.1	92.1	569	126
063597010535	696	Bridgeport Elementary	Public	K-6	23670 Newhall Ranch Rd.	Valencia	91355	Los Angeles County	Saugus Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 294-5375	803	30	26.7	16.9%	256 (31.9%)	48 (6.0%)	230 (28.6%)	203 (25.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	65 (8.1%)	$10,049							90.1	93.2	486	210
062718009410	697	Valencia Valley Elementary	Public	K-6	23601 Carrizo Dr.	Valencia	91355	Los Angeles County	Newhall	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 291-4060	741	30	25.1	29.0%	367 (49.5%)	7 (0.9%)	217 (29.3%)	79 (10.7%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	66 (8.9%)	$9,127							90.1	93.9	435	262
063023004717	698	Grant Elementary	Public	K-6	200 Grant Ave.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Petaluma City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 778-4742	381	16	23.8	18.9%	286 (75.1%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (11.3%)	8 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	43 (11.3%)	$7,020							90.1	93.4	478	220
063942006552	699	Joseph Arnold Elementary	Public	K-5	4100 227th St.	Torrance	90505	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4524	587	25	23.4	19.9%	80 (13.6%)	34 (5.8%)	132 (22.5%)	256 (43.6%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.9%)	79 (13.5%)	$5,154							90.1	93	499	200
063441005660	700	Stevenson (Robert Louis) Elementary	Public	K-5	2051 34th Ave.	San Francisco	94116	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 759-2837	437	21	21.3	43.0%	32 (7.3%)	3 (0.7%)	24 (5.5%)	321 (73.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	56 (12.8%)	$6,103							90	91.8	584	116

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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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Educational resources:

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

Charter Schools vs Regular Public Schools: Understanding the Key Differences

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