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)
060231000107	5461	O. S. Hubbard Elementary	Public	K-8	1680 Foley Ave.	San Jose	95122	Santa Clara County	Alum Rock Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 928-7700	453	20	22.4	79.2%	3 (0.7%)	9 (2.0%)	397 (87.6%)	28 (6.2%)	5 (1.1%)	4 (0.9%)	7 (1.5%)	$13,466							13.1	11.2	5636	175
060658000592	5462	Butte Valley Elementary	Public	K-8	615 West Third St.	Dorris	96023	Klamath County	Butte Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 397-3900	214	8	27	76.6%	45 (21.0%)	1 (0.5%)	114 (53.3%)	9 (4.2%)	4 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (19.2%)	$54,770							13.1	6.6	5838	376
062805010686	5463	EnCompass Academy Elementary	Public	K-5	1025 81st Ave.	Oakland	94621	Alameda County	Oakland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 879-2181	299	13	23.9	98.7%	6 (2.0%)	32 (10.7%)	248 (82.9%)	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	6 (2.0%)	$6,878							13.1	10.2	5702	239
063667006216	5464	Tomales Elementary	Public	K-8	40 John St.	Tomales	94971	Marin County	Shoreline Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 878-2214	153	10	15.3	73.9%	53 (34.6%)	0 (0.0%)	99 (64.7%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								13.1	22.7	4595	869
062361004004	5465	Joshua Cowell Elementary	Public	K-8	740 Pestana Ave.	Manteca	95336	San Joaquin County	Manteca Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 858-7310	714	31	23.3	68.3%	121 (16.9%)	32 (4.5%)	367 (51.4%)	146 (20.4%)	2 (0.3%)	18 (2.5%)	28 (3.9%)	$5,523							13.1	17.8	5079	386
064116006810	5466	Washington Elementary	Public	K-8	500 South Garden	Visalia	93277	Tulare County	Visalia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 730-7795	284	12	24.3	93.0%	23 (8.1%)	5 (1.8%)	231 (81.3%)	8 (2.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.6%)	$10,904							13.1	11.5	5616	150
062805004265	5467	Garfield Elementary	Public	K-5	1640 22nd Ave.	Oakland	94606	Alameda County	Oakland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 879-2118	483	20	24	97.7%	11 (2.3%)	82 (17.0%)	285 (59.0%)	74 (15.3%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	25 (5.2%)	$6,844							13.1	12.5	5524	57
061111001232	5468	Theodore Roosevelt Elementary	Public	K-5	83-200 Dr. Carreon Blvd.	Indio	92201	Riverside County	Desert Sands Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 775-3860	491	21	23.3	87.4%	7 (1.4%)	5 (1.0%)	449 (91.4%)	10 (2.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.7%)	$8,198							13.1	19.6	4901	567
060219612950	5469	Aspire Slauson Academy Charter	Public, Charter	K-6	123 West 59th St.	Los Angeles	90003	Los Angeles County	Aspire Slauson Academy Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 235-8400	311	8	38.3	99.0%	2 (0.6%)	21 (6.8%)	271 (87.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.8%)								13	17.3	5123	346
063255009184	5470	Edward M. Downer Elementary	Public	K-6	1231 18th St.	San Pablo	94806	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 234-3851	405	18	22.7	68.6%	1 (0.2%)	22 (5.4%)	361 (89.1%)	16 (4.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	$6,677							13	11.1	5651	181

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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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