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)
061111006219	1341	James Earl Carter Elementary	Public	K-5	74-251 Hovley Ln. East	Palm Desert	92260	Riverside County	Desert Sands Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 862-4370	517	23	22.4	56.3%	156 (30.2%)	10 (1.9%)	249 (48.2%)	46 (8.9%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	52 (10.1%)	$6,866							75.7	79.8	1178	163
063213004963	1342	Roy Cloud Elementary	Public	K-8	3790 Red Oak Way	Redwood City	94061	San Mateo County	Redwood City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 482-2414	615	32	19.3	11.1%	368 (59.8%)	3 (0.5%)	128 (20.8%)	52 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	63 (10.2%)								75.7	83.9	1006	336
060006814552	1343	Stone Creek Elementary	Public	K-6	760 Market Ave.	Madera	93636	Madera County	Golden Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 645-3530	525	21	25.6	25.5%	183 (34.9%)	25 (4.8%)	247 (47.0%)	52 (9.9%)	7 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (1.9%)								75.7	85.2	944	399
061146001271	1344	Price (Maude) Elementary	Public	K-5	9525 South Tweedy Ln.	Downey	90240	Los Angeles County	Downey Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 904-3575	787	30	26.2	63.8%	55 (7.0%)	18 (2.3%)	687 (87.3%)	22 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.6%)	$11,982							75.7	74.7	1387	43
060239914352	1345	OCS - South	Public, Charter	K-8	119 West Palm St.	Altadena	91001	Los Angeles County	OCS - South District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 209-5635	370	18	20.5	30.5%	121 (32.7%)	28 (7.6%)	130 (35.1%)	38 (10.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (14.1%)								75.7	86.3	899	446
064068006715	1346	Albert A. Michelson Elementary	Public	K-5	196 Pennsylvania Gulch Rd.	Murphys	95247	Calaveras County	Vallecito Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 728-3441	210	12	17.5	46.7%	146 (69.5%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (18.1%)	2 (1.0%)	7 (3.3%)	2 (1.0%)	15 (7.1%)	$8,497							75.6	78.8	1213	133
063942006549	1347	John Adams Elementary	Public	K-5	2121 238Th St.	Torrance	90501	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4480	333	14	23.7	43.5%	52 (15.6%)	13 (3.9%)	187 (56.2%)	48 (14.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	32 (9.6%)	$5,450							75.5	77.9	1245	102
063441005611	1348	McCoppin (Frank) Elementary	Public	K-5	651 Sixth Ave.	San Francisco	94118	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 750-8475	242	11	23	31.8%	58 (24.0%)	6 (2.5%)	46 (19.0%)	79 (32.6%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (21.1%)	$6,103							75.5	90.4	684	664
064200006882	1349	Monte Vista Elementary	Public	K-6	1615 West Eldred Ave.	West Covina	91790	Los Angeles County	West Covina Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 939-4830	404	16	24.9	70.8%	5 (1.2%)	8 (2.0%)	327 (80.9%)	53 (13.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.5%)	$7,807							75.4	67.2	1706	357
060591010474	1350	R. Paul Krey Elementary	Public	K-5	190 Crawford Dr.	Brentwood	94513	Contra Costa County	Brentwood Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 513-6400	814	35	23.5	19.0%	243 (29.9%)	59 (7.2%)	224 (27.5%)	181 (22.2%)	2 (0.2%)	4 (0.5%)	101 (12.4%)	$5,324							75.3	85.9	916	434

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

Charter Schools vs Regular Public Schools: Understanding the Key Differences

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.