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)
063543006036	2271	Briarwood Elementary	Public	K-5	1930 Townsend Ave.	Santa Clara	95051	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-1300	287	15	19.6	52.3%	42 (14.6%)	4 (1.4%)	142 (49.5%)	79 (27.5%)	3 (1.0%)	2 (0.7%)	15 (5.2%)	$12,311							55.3	68.9	1627	644
060348009709	2272	Skyridge Elementary	Public	K-5	800 Perkins Way	Auburn	95603	Placer County	Auburn Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 885-7019	341	15	22.7	41.1%	229 (67.2%)	3 (0.9%)	71 (20.8%)	3 (0.9%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (9.7%)	$10,962							55.2	60.3	2043	229
063462005825	2273	Twin Lakes Elementary	Public	K-6	5515 Main Ave.	Orangevale	95662	Sacramento County	San Juan Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 986-2243	471	18	26.1	22.9%	335 (71.1%)	5 (1.1%)	76 (16.1%)	11 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	43 (9.1%)	$6,835							55.2	52.9	2392	119
062454009580	2274	Chester W. Morrison Elementary	Public	K-5	30250 Bradley Rd.	Menifee	92584	Riverside County	Menifee Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 679-7076	540	21	25.5	66.5%	147 (27.2%)	24 (4.4%)	287 (53.1%)	29 (5.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (9.4%)	$11,197							55.2	54.6	2303	29
060939000955	2275	Ruth Grimes Elementary	Public	K-6	1609 Spruce Ave.	Bloomington	92316	San Bernardino County	Colton Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 580-5030	595	29	20.3	84.7%	13 (2.2%)	21 (3.5%)	540 (90.8%)	13 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	4 (0.7%)	$6,899							55.2	52.9	2391	116
064214011007	2276	Foskett Ranch Elementary	Public	K-5	1561 Joiner Pkwy.	Lincoln	95648	Placer County	Western Placer Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 434-5255	395	19	20.6	23.5%	215 (54.4%)	11 (2.8%)	93 (23.5%)	32 (8.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (10.6%)	$13,086							55.2	63.4	1872	404
061479001051	2277	River Oaks Elementary	Public	K-6	905 Vintage Oak Ave.	Galt	95632	Sacramento County	Galt Joint Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 745-4614	534	25	21.3	53.2%	177 (33.1%)	6 (1.1%)	283 (53.0%)	47 (8.8%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	16 (3.0%)	$11,778							55.2	56.8	2193	84
062019002413	2278	Ladera Palma Elementary	Public	K-6	2151 East Brookdale Ave.	La Habra	90631	Orange County	La Habra City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 690-2348	572	24	23.7	66.6%	22 (3.8%)	3 (0.5%)	526 (92.0%)	9 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	9 (1.6%)	$10,864							55.1	47.8	2654	376
060756000725	2279	Canalino Elementary	Public	K-5	1480 Linden Ave.	Carpinteria	93013	Santa Barbara County	Carpinteria Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 684-4141	498	26	19.1	61.8%	143 (28.7%)	0 (0.0%)	343 (68.9%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.8%)	$7,320							55.1	45.4	2797	518
062994004673	2280	Mary W. Jackson STEAM Multilingual Magnet Elementary	Public	K-5	593 West Woodbury Rd.	Altadena	91001	Los Angeles County	Pasadena Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 396-5700	628	26	24.6	63.1%	99 (15.8%)	60 (9.6%)	406 (64.6%)	14 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (7.8%)	$6,457							55.1	50.9	2485	205

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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.