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)
063432005490	2861	Juarez Elementary	Public	K-5	2633 Melbourne Dr.	San Diego	92123	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 935-2800	203	9	22.5	48.8%	40 (19.7%)	14 (6.9%)	107 (52.7%)	15 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	25 (12.3%)	$10,314							44.9	37.3	3329	468
062064002477	2862	Bijou Community	Public	K-5	3501 Spruce Ave.	South Lake Tahoe	96150	El Dorado County	Lake Tahoe Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 543-2337	420	18	23.3	50.2%	131 (31.2%)	1 (0.2%)	273 (65.0%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.6%)	$12,055							44.9	37.1	3346	484
060429012345	2863	Anna Hause Elementary	Public	K-5	1015 Carnation Ln.	Beaumont	92223	Riverside County	Beaumont Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 769-1674	651	27	24.5	68.2%	128 (19.7%)	46 (7.1%)	390 (59.9%)	32 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	54 (8.3%)	$5,653							44.9	43.3	2934	71
060151613715	2864	Harbor Springs Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	27740 Jefferson Ave.	Temecula	92590	Riverside County	Harbor Springs Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 252-8800	277	11	25.6	53.8%	91 (32.9%)	13 (4.7%)	127 (45.8%)	16 (5.8%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (10.1%)								44.9	44	2889	25
062271003354	2865	Sierra Park Elementary	Public	K-6	3170 Budau Ave.	Los Angeles	90032	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 223-1081	275	15	18.3	92.4%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,696							44.9	30.2	3871	1006
060141002500	2866	Lammersville Elementary	Public	K-8	16555 West Von Sosten Rd.	Tracy	95304	San Joaquin County	Lammersville Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 836-7220	209	12	17.3	31.6%	62 (29.7%)	8 (3.8%)	80 (38.3%)	41 (19.6%)	2 (1.0%)	4 (1.9%)	12 (5.7%)								44.9	68.3	1659	1207
064116006800	2867	Mountain View Elementary	Public	K-6	2021 South Encina	Visalia	93277	Tulare County	Visalia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 730-7783	570	25	22.5	69.1%	109 (19.1%)	12 (2.1%)	401 (70.4%)	8 (1.4%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (6.3%)	$7,672							44.8	37.6	3310	443
063261005070	2868	Lake Arrowhead Elementary	Public	K-5	1300 Golden Rule Ln.	Lake Arrowhead	92352	San Bernardino County	Rim of the World Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 336-0387	421	16	26.3	53.9%	195 (46.3%)	0 (0.0%)	202 (48.0%)	6 (1.4%)	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	12 (2.9%)	$7,521							44.8	45.6	2787	81
064347007030	2869	Barry Elementary	Public	K-8	1255 Barry Rd.	Yuba City	95991	Sutter County	Yuba City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 822-5220	597	29	20.6	70.9%	161 (27.0%)	7 (1.2%)	274 (45.9%)	120 (20.1%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	29 (4.9%)	$8,131							44.8	29.8	3913	1044
060001407295	2870	Mesquite Trails Elementary	Public	K-6	13884 Mesquite St.	Hesperia	92344	San Bernardino County	Hesperia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 949-3149	876	34	26.1	46.5%	222 (25.3%)	32 (3.7%)	598 (68.3%)	6 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.1%)	$5,736							44.8	47.5	2673	197

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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.