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)
063153012226	251	Willow Grove Elementary	Public	K-5	14727 Via Azul	San Diego	92127	San Diego County	Poway Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 674-6300	767	31	25	14.0%	285 (37.2%)	9 (1.2%)	117 (15.3%)	268 (34.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	87 (11.3%)	$6,796							96.1	96.6	223	28
060744007188	252	Wagon Wheel Elementary	Public	K-5	30912 Bridle Path	Coto De Caza	92679	Orange County	Capistrano Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 589-1953	431	18	23.9	14.6%	279 (64.7%)	5 (1.2%)	46 (10.7%)	55 (12.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (10.7%)	$9,747							96.1	96.5	229	23
062271002904	253	Castle Heights Elementary	Public	K-5	9755 Cattaraugus Ave.	Los Angeles	90034	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 839-4528	499	22	22.6	27.7%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,781							96.1	95	354	101
060453007417	254	Sandpiper Elementary	Public	K-8	801 Redwood Shores Pkwy.	Redwood City	94065	San Mateo County	Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 631-5510	529	23	23	8.3%	131 (24.8%)	8 (1.5%)	70 (13.2%)	221 (41.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	95 (18.0%)	$11,189							96.1	94.6	383	129
063066004759	255	Fairmont Elementary	Public	K-6	5241 Fairmont Blvd.	Yorba Linda	92886	Orange County	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 986-7130	846	30	28.2	21.9%	333 (39.4%)	6 (0.7%)	179 (21.2%)	264 (31.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	62 (7.3%)	$5,981							96.1	95.7	300	45
062450003665	256	Curtner Elementary	Public	K-6	275 Redwood	Milpitas	95035	Santa Clara County	Milpitas Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 635-2852	669	26	26.2	14.6%	32 (4.8%)	8 (1.2%)	74 (11.1%)	504 (75.3%)	2 (0.3%)	6 (0.9%)	43 (6.4%)	$5,051							96.1	95.7	301	45
062271002894	257	Canyon Charter Elementary	Public, Charter	K-5	421 Entrada Dr.	Santa Monica	90402	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 454-7510	392	18	22.4	8.4%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,418							96.1	97.8	115	142
062271002935	258	Community Magnet Charter Elementary	Public, Charter	K-5	11301 Bellagio Rd.	Los Angeles	90049	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 476-2281	435	18	24.1	21.1%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,237							96.1	95.1	347	89
061029004034	259	D. J. Sedgwick Elementary	Public	K-5	19200 Phil Ln.	Cupertino	95014	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 252-3103	367	17	22.1	24.0%	45 (12.3%)	1 (0.3%)	28 (7.6%)	256 (69.8%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	33 (9.0%)	$7,079							96.1	95.2	346	87
062283003489	260	Blossom Hill Elementary	Public	K-5	16400 Blossom Hill Rd.	Los Gatos	95032	Santa Clara County	Los Gatos Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 335-2100	490	21	23.9	4.9%	235 (48.0%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (5.7%)	174 (35.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (10.6%)	$8,963							96	98	95	165

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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.