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)
063264005080	2811	Whited Elementary Charter	Public, Charter	K-6	4995 Sonoma Hwy.	Santa Rosa	95409	Sonoma County	Rincon Valley Union Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 539-2400	348	16	21.7	49.1%	134 (38.5%)	8 (2.3%)	140 (40.2%)	32 (9.2%)	2 (0.6%)	10 (2.9%)	21 (6.0%)	$11,524							45.7	46.1	2753	58
060861000876	2812	Rosebank Elementary	Public	K-6	80 Flower St.	Chula Vista	91911	San Diego County	Chula Vista Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 422-8329	463	22	21	62.2%	35 (7.6%)	8 (1.7%)	377 (81.4%)	19 (4.1%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (4.1%)	$10,282							45.7	43.8	2900	88
062250002699	2813	Birney Elementary	Public	K-5	710 West Spring St.	Long Beach	90806	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 427-8512	485	21	23	65.2%	18 (3.7%)	62 (12.8%)	288 (59.4%)	80 (16.5%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.9%)	23 (4.7%)	$9,406							45.7	54.7	2296	517
060162000001	2814	Aloha Elementary	Public	K-6	11737 East 214th St.	Lakewood	90715	Los Angeles County	ABC Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 229-7825	297	14	21.2	78.8%	7 (2.4%)	55 (18.5%)	183 (61.6%)	24 (8.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	25 (8.4%)	$6,525							45.7	32.5	3693	879
060678000597	2815	El Granada Elementary	Public	K-5	400 Santiago St.	Half Moon Bay	94019	San Mateo County	Cabrillo Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 712-7150	318	18	18.1	37.4%	111 (34.9%)	0 (0.0%)	182 (57.2%)	5 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	19 (6.0%)	$6,512							45.7	43.5	2920	105
063738006318	2816	Emory Elementary	Public	K-6	1915 Coronado Ave.	San Diego	92154	San Diego County	South Bay Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 628-5300	384	16	24	63.8%	18 (4.7%)	16 (4.2%)	278 (72.4%)	45 (11.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (7.0%)	$7,682							45.7	34.2	3559	743
060261000154	2817	Jefferson (Thomas) Elementary	Public	K-6	504 East South St.	Anaheim	92805	Orange County	Anaheim Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 517-8917	497	23	21.6	81.7%	17 (3.4%)	6 (1.2%)	377 (75.9%)	72 (14.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.0%)	$7,985							45.6	37.8	3295	478
062271003094	2818	Hubbard Street Elementary	Public	K-5	13325 Hubbard St.	Sylmar	91342	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 367-1944	553	27	20.4	86.6%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,722							45.6	31.7	3746	928
062511003725	2819	Mission Elementary	Public	K-8	36825 Foothill Rd.	Soledad	93960	Monterey County	Mission Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 678-3524	122	8	15.2	17.2%	24 (19.7%)	2 (1.6%)	93 (76.2%)	3 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								45.6	44	2886	67
062460003693	2820	Luther Burbank Elementary	Public	K-6	609 East Alexander Ave.	Merced	95340	Merced County	Merced City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 385-6674	678	26	26.1	66.2%	114 (16.8%)	18 (2.7%)	425 (62.7%)	70 (10.3%)	7 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	43 (6.3%)	$7,580							45.6	57	2184	636

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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.