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)
060248514376	5451	Elite Public	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	100 Whitney Ave.	Vallejo	94589	Solano County	Elite Public District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 652-3142	680	36	18.8	62.8%	15 (2.2%)	392 (57.6%)	228 (33.5%)	14 (2.1%)	3 (0.4%)	7 (1.0%)	21 (3.1%)								13.2	19.5	4925	526
063060004753	5452	Willow Cove Elementary	Public	K-5	1880 Hanlon Way	Pittsburg	94565	Contra Costa County	Pittsburg Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 473-2470	596	29	20.8	79.0%	20 (3.4%)	47 (7.9%)	481 (80.7%)	30 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	15 (2.5%)	$7,628							13.2	11.7	5604	152
062580011027	5453	Ramona Elementary	Public	K-6	24801 Bay Ave.	Moreno Valley	92553	Riverside County	Moreno Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 571-4720	553	23	24	91.5%	10 (1.8%)	44 (8.0%)	474 (85.7%)	9 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (2.7%)	$7,617							13.2	19.1	4945	508
062805012055	5454	Greenleaf	Public	K-8	6328 East 17th St.	Oakland	94621	Alameda County	Oakland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 879-3112	616	27	22.8	95.5%	10 (1.6%)	26 (4.2%)	564 (91.6%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	10 (1.6%)	$5,524							13.2	12.7	5512	58
061692014164	5455	Hemet Elementary	Public	K-5	633 East Kimball Ave.	Hemet	92543	Riverside County	Hemet Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 765-1630	801	33	24.1	93.5%	77 (9.6%)	62 (7.7%)	620 (77.4%)	5 (0.6%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (4.0%)	$8,008							13.2	15.7	5258	197
063417005362	5456	Hunt Elementary	Public	K-5	1342 Pumalo St.	San Bernardino	92404	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 881-8178	528	26	19.9	94.7%	7 (1.3%)	103 (19.5%)	383 (72.5%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	30 (5.7%)	$6,952							13.2	13.1	5479	23
063255005063	5457	Tara Hills Elementary	Public	K-6	2300 Dolan Way	San Pablo	94806	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1428	343	17	20.1	62.1%	32 (9.3%)	62 (18.1%)	194 (56.6%)	34 (9.9%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	18 (5.2%)	$7,568							13.2	18.1	5032	425
062271003091	5458	Hooper Avenue Elementary	Public	1-5	1225 East 52nd St.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 232-3571	662	33	20	97.7%	10 (1.5%)	29 (4.4%)	614 (92.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.4%)	$9,591							13.2	10.8	5663	205
060001409076	5459	Eucalyptus Elementary	Public	K-6	11224 10th Ave.	Hesperia	92345	San Bernardino County	Hesperia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 949-0815	792	30	26.3	77.8%	35 (4.4%)	66 (8.3%)	663 (83.7%)	11 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	16 (2.0%)	$6,211							13.2	11.5	5615	156
062958008934	5460	Desert Rose Elementary	Public	K-8	37730 27th St. East	Palmdale	93550	Los Angeles County	Palmdale Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 272-0584	648	26	24.7	92.4%	17 (2.6%)	73 (11.3%)	531 (81.9%)	7 (1.1%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.6%)	$367							13.1	14.4	5371	89

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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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