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)
060962000970	3551	Ralph Bunche Elementary	Public	K-8	16223 South Haskins Ln.	Carson	90746	Los Angeles County	Compton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 898-6120	248	9	27.6	56.9%	1 (0.4%)	83 (33.5%)	161 (64.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)								34.6	42.6	2972	579
060636000559	3552	Mabel L. Pendleton Elementary	Public	K-5	7101 Stanton Ave.	Buena Park	90621	Orange County	Buena Park Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 521-8568	402	19	21.1	81.1%	18 (4.5%)	14 (3.5%)	322 (80.1%)	26 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	17 (4.2%)	$8,137							34.6	24	4454	902
062088009884	3553	West Wind Elementary	Public	K-5	44044 36th St. West	Lancaster	93536	Los Angeles County	Lancaster Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 948-0192	764	26	29.3	76.4%	95 (12.4%)	110 (14.4%)	466 (61.0%)	36 (4.7%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	53 (6.9%)	$8,413							34.6	32	3730	177
060224412945	3554	Great Valley Academy - Salida	Public, Charter	K-8	5901 Sisk Rd.	Modesto	95356	Stanislaus County	Great Valley Academy - Salida District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 545-7500	823	34	24.2	29.5%	253 (30.7%)	26 (3.2%)	445 (54.1%)	33 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	65 (7.9%)								34.5	43.9	2896	658
061455001781	3555	Wishon Elementary	Public	K-6	3857 East Harvard Ave.	Fresno	93703	Fresno County	Fresno Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 248-7330	513	26	19.7	93.4%	26 (5.1%)	20 (3.9%)	379 (73.9%)	63 (12.3%)	3 (0.6%)	5 (1.0%)	17 (3.3%)	$9,136							34.5	33.7	3602	47
064347011930	3556	Riverbend Elementary	Public	K-8	301 Stewart Rd.	Yuba City	95991	Sutter County	Yuba City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 822-3100	968	52	18.7	70.6%	251 (25.9%)	22 (2.3%)	435 (44.9%)	181 (18.7%)	6 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	71 (7.3%)	$6,685							34.5	40.8	3080	476
062604003899	3557	Sisson	Public	4-8	601 East Alma St.	Mount Shasta	96067	Siskiyou County	Mt. Shasta Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 926-3846	270	14	19.6	44.1%	220 (81.5%)	7 (2.6%)	29 (10.7%)	4 (1.5%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.7%)	7 (2.6%)	$10,192							34.5	48.4	2617	940
061632507159	3558	Fairgrove Academy	Public	K-8	15540 Fairgrove Ave.	La Puente	91744	Los Angeles County	Hacienda la Puente Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 933-8500	742	29	25.5	75.3%	15 (2.0%)	2 (0.3%)	667 (89.9%)	37 (5.0%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	18 (2.4%)								34.4	42.8	2959	599
062460003686	3559	Ada Givens Elementary	Public	K-6	2900 Green St.	Merced	95340	Merced County	Merced City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 385-6610	584	23	25.3	74.1%	110 (18.8%)	26 (4.5%)	387 (66.3%)	30 (5.1%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	26 (4.5%)	$7,852							34.4	22.4	4620	1061
060004807406	3560	Georgia Brown Dual Immersion Magnet Elementary	Public	K-5	525 36th St.	Paso Robles	93446	San Luis Obispo County	Paso Robles Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 769-1200	624	22	29	65.1%	115 (18.4%)	5 (0.8%)	484 (77.6%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.7%)								34.4	34.3	3556	4

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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.