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)
061389009135	581	Carl H. Sundahl Elementary	Public	K-5	9932 Inwood Rd.	Folsom	95630	Sacramento County	Folsom-Cordova Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 294-2425	332	16	20.9	10.2%	223 (67.2%)	5 (1.5%)	52 (15.7%)	15 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (11.1%)	$6,195							91.9	94.7	375	206
060648000586	582	Washington Elementary	Public	K-5	801 Howard Ave.	Burlingame	94010	San Mateo County	Burlingame Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 259-3880	376	16	24.2	16.5%	156 (41.5%)	2 (0.5%)	70 (18.6%)	83 (22.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (17.3%)	$10,506							91.9	86.4	895	313
063488013965	583	Double Peak	Public	K-8	111 San Elijo Rd.	San Marcos	92078	San Diego County	San Marcos Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 290-2340	1,211	54	22.2	19.3%	629 (51.9%)	0 (0.0%)	264 (21.8%)	169 (14.0%)	29 (2.4%)	4 (0.3%)	116 (9.6%)	$7,400							91.8	88.7	783	200
060964001030	584	Westlake Elementary	Public	K-5	1571 East Potrero Rd.	Westlake Village	91361	Ventura County	Conejo Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 374-2150	506	23	21.9	11.9%	340 (67.2%)	8 (1.6%)	70 (13.8%)	43 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (8.9%)	$6,951							91.8	90.1	702	118
062569007935	585	Walnut Canyon Elementary	Public	K-5	280 Casey Rd.	Moorpark	93021	Ventura County	Moorpark Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 517-1722	452	18	24.9	28.3%	195 (43.1%)	4 (0.9%)	197 (43.6%)	34 (7.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	19 (4.2%)	$6,083							91.8	94.5	388	197
061062001180	586	North Davis Elementary	Public	K-6	555 East 14th St.	Davis	95616	Yolo County	Davis Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 757-5475	540	22	24.7	18.7%	247 (45.7%)	20 (3.7%)	94 (17.4%)	115 (21.3%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (10.7%)								91.8	90.5	678	92
060181112647	587	Cottonwood Creek Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	3425 Brush St.	Cottonwood	96022	Shasta County	Cottonwood Creek Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 347-7200	261	11	23.3	31.8%	214 (82.0%)	1 (0.4%)	22 (8.4%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (8.0%)								91.8	93	498	89
062691008675	588	Delaine Eastin Elementary	Public	K-5	34901 Eastin Dr.	Union City	94587	Alameda County	New Haven Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 475-9630	650	26	25	20.0%	44 (6.8%)	12 (1.8%)	96 (14.8%)	459 (70.6%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	34 (5.2%)	$10,941							91.8	92.7	524	64
060903010483	589	Riverview Elementary	Public	K-6	2491 East Behymer Ave.	Fresno	93720	Fresno County	Clovis Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 327-8600	656	27	24.2	31.4%	269 (41.0%)	11 (1.7%)	197 (30.0%)	136 (20.7%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	39 (5.9%)	$4,382							91.7	94	428	161
060177004337	590	Franklin Elementary	Public	K-5	1433 San Antonio Ave.	Alameda	94501	Alameda County	Alameda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 748-4004	285	11	25.9	24.2%	112 (39.3%)	11 (3.9%)	43 (15.1%)	54 (18.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (22.8%)	$14,349							91.7	88.3	808	218

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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.