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)
062961004586	161	Duveneck Elementary	Public	K-5	705 Alester Ave.	Palo Alto	94303	Santa Clara County	Palo Alto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 322-5946	346	18	19.7	11.8%	84 (24.3%)	11 (3.2%)	68 (19.7%)	125 (36.1%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.2%)	47 (13.6%)	$12,962							97	98.2	81	80
063066009996	162	Bryant Ranch Elementary	Public	K-5	24695 Paseo de Toronto	Yorba Linda	92887	Orange County	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 986-7120	489	17	28.7	24.3%	188 (38.4%)	8 (1.6%)	136 (27.8%)	122 (24.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	33 (6.7%)	$5,778							97	93.4	473	311
060720000667	163	Forest Hill Elementary	Public, Charter	K-5	4450 McCoy Ave.	San Jose	95130	Santa Clara County	Campbell Union	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 364-4279	563	26	21.6	11.5%	138 (24.5%)	22 (3.9%)	73 (13.0%)	269 (47.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (10.5%)								97	97.7	121	42
060903010203	164	Liberty Elementary	Public	K-6	1250 East Liberty Hill Dr.	Fresno	93720	Fresno County	Clovis Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 327-7100	621	25	24.8	39.0%	223 (35.9%)	40 (6.4%)	231 (37.2%)	86 (13.8%)	6 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (5.6%)	$4,609							97	96.1	261	97
060001912078	165	John Green Elementary	Public	K-5	3300 Antone Way	Dublin	94568	Alameda County	Dublin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 833-4200	686	29	23.8	3.9%	51 (7.4%)	9 (1.3%)	30 (4.4%)	563 (82.1%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	28 (4.1%)	$6,425							97	97.5	144	21
063543006042	166	Laurelwood Elementary	Public	K-5	955 Teal Dr.	Santa Clara	95051	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-1600	521	22	23.5	12.5%	109 (20.9%)	9 (1.7%)	53 (10.2%)	298 (57.2%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (9.4%)	$8,332							97	94.8	364	198
060720000671	167	Marshall Lane Elementary	Public, Charter	K-5	14114 Marilyn Ln.	Saratoga	95070	Santa Clara County	Campbell Union	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 364-4259	437	17	25.7	11.2%	160 (36.6%)	2 (0.5%)	68 (15.6%)	147 (33.6%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	57 (13.0%)								97	97.5	139	28
063132010534	168	Pantera Elementary	Public	K-6	801 Pantera Dr.	Diamond Bar	91765	Los Angeles County	Pomona Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 397-4475	466	22	21.5	51.1%	18 (3.9%)	1 (0.2%)	123 (26.4%)	295 (63.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (5.8%)	$5,065							97	94.9	360	192
063153012196	169	Del Sur Elementary	Public	K-5	15665 Paseo Del Sur	San Diego	92127	San Diego County	Poway Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 674-6200	969	38	25.6	7.1%	423 (43.7%)	7 (0.7%)	101 (10.4%)	330 (34.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	107 (11.0%)	$6,239							97	97.2	168	1
063264008646	170	Austin Creek Elementary	Public	K-6	1480 Snowy Egret Dr.	Santa Rosa	95409	Sonoma County	Rincon Valley Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 538-2122	336	16	21.6	11.3%	186 (55.4%)	4 (1.2%)	42 (12.5%)	66 (19.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	36 (10.7%)	$8,410							96.9	97	184	14

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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.

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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.