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)
060257814625	1691	Phoenix Charter Academy College View	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	145 Shasta View Dr.	Redding	96003	Shasta County	Phoenix Charter Academy College View District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 222-9280	270	16	16.6	59.3%	192 (71.1%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (15.6%)	7 (2.6%)	6 (2.2%)	2 (0.7%)	21 (7.8%)								67.7	64	1848	157
064215002349	1692	Jessie Hayden Elementary	Public	K-5	14782 Eden St.	Midway City	92655	Orange County	Westminster	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 894-7261	600	27	22.2	78.7%	18 (3.0%)	2 (0.3%)	213 (35.5%)	354 (59.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.0%)	$6,315							67.7	71.5	1514	178
063570006100	1693	Will Rogers Elementary	Public	K-5	2401 14th St.	Santa Monica	90405	Los Angeles County	Santa Monica-Malibu Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 452-2364	549	28	19.3	35.0%	198 (36.1%)	51 (9.3%)	233 (42.4%)	37 (6.7%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	27 (4.9%)	$7,141							67.7	71.1	1534	159
063432008304	1694	Garfield Elementary	Public	K-5	4487 Oregon St.	San Diego	92116	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 362-4300	267	13	20.5	77.2%	45 (16.9%)	44 (16.5%)	160 (59.9%)	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	13 (4.9%)	$10,926							67.7	78.4	1225	469
061455008141	1695	Bullard Talent	Public	K-8	4950 North Harrison Ave.	Fresno	93704	Fresno County	Fresno Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 248-7030	743	37	19.8	52.8%	167 (22.5%)	46 (6.2%)	461 (62.0%)	19 (2.6%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	44 (5.9%)	$7,924							67.6	62.2	1945	250
063255005033	1696	Harding Elementary	Public	K-6	7230 Fairmont Ave.	El Cerrito	94530	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1413	475	21	22.6	25.5%	148 (31.2%)	19 (4.0%)	108 (22.7%)	119 (25.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	79 (16.6%)	$6,490							67.6	78.5	1222	474
063588006141	1697	Hill Creek Elementary	Public	K-8	9665 Jeremy St.	Santee	92071	San Diego County	Santee	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 956-5000	663	29	22.8	33.5%	367 (55.4%)	3 (0.5%)	188 (28.4%)	23 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	81 (12.2%)	$9,380							67.6	67.7	1684	13
062418003643	1698	McCabe Elementary	Public	K-8	701 West McCabe Rd.	El Centro	92243	Imperial County	McCabe Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 352-5443	1,209	49	24.7	38.6%	101 (8.4%)	3 (0.2%)	1,042 (86.2%)	32 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (2.6%)	$8,370							67.6	71	1537	161
060645000580	1699	George Washington Elementary	Public	K-5	2322 North Lincoln St.	Burbank	91504	Los Angeles County	Burbank Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 729-5750	434	20	21.1	50.0%	173 (39.9%)	13 (3.0%)	188 (43.3%)	24 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	35 (8.1%)	$10,575							67.5	66.5	1736	37
063442500572	1700	McKinley Elementary	Public	K-5	1425 Manley Dr.	San Gabriel	91776	Los Angeles County	San Gabriel Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 288-6681	605	25	24.1	74.0%	8 (1.3%)	2 (0.3%)	186 (30.7%)	385 (63.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.0%)	18 (3.0%)	$7,702							67.5	63.1	1891	191

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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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