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)
063255005030	5441	Ford Elementary	Public	K-6	2711 Maricopa Ave.	Richmond	94804	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1421	395	17	23.2	69.4%	6 (1.5%)	17 (4.3%)	333 (84.3%)	32 (8.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	5 (1.3%)	$7,110							13.4	10.2	5701	260
061176001297	5442	Earlimart Elementary	Public	K-5	192 South Church Rd.	Earlimart	93219	Tulare County	Earlimart Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 849-2651	550	34	15.9	90.4%	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	532 (96.7%)	14 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	$11,242							13.4	12.7	5510	68
063462005767	5443	Coyle Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	6330 Coyle Ave.	Carmichael	95608	Sacramento County	San Juan Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 979-8012	331	14	23.6	77.3%	149 (45.0%)	28 (8.5%)	92 (27.8%)	16 (4.8%)	2 (0.6%)	7 (2.1%)	37 (11.2%)	$10,176							13.3	22.1	4641	802
061944008861	5444	Lake Los Angeles Elementary	Public	K-8	16310 East Avenue Q	Palmdale	93591	Los Angeles County	Keppel Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 264-3700	474	20	23.2	73.6%	32 (6.8%)	16 (3.4%)	417 (88.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	4 (0.8%)								13.3	16.6	5185	259
063417005367	5445	Lytle Creek Elementary	Public	K-6	275 South K St.	San Bernardino	92410	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 388-6382	563	25	22.9	93.1%	10 (1.8%)	14 (2.5%)	535 (95.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	$7,045							13.3	13.8	5420	25
060205911423	5446	Aspire Rosa Parks Academy	Public, Charter	K-5	1930 South D St.	Stockton	95206	San Joaquin County	Aspire Rosa Parks Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 944-5590	394	15	26.7	84.3%	3 (0.8%)	39 (9.9%)	313 (79.4%)	20 (5.1%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)	15 (3.8%)								13.3	10.2	5698	252
060720000675	5447	Rosemary	Public	K-5	401 West Hamilton Ave.	Campbell	95008	Santa Clara County	Campbell Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 364-4254	364	15	24.2	77.2%	13 (3.6%)	11 (3.0%)	310 (85.2%)	16 (4.4%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (3.0%)								13.3	18.2	5027	420
064158006858	5448	Westfield Village Elementary	Public	K-7	508 Poplar St.	West Sacramento	95691	Yolo County	Washington Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 375-7720	470	26	18.3	94.9%	54 (11.5%)	19 (4.0%)	315 (67.0%)	65 (13.8%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.8%)	$8,107							13.3	9.5	5732	284
062361003587	5449	Sequoia Elementary	Public	K-8	710 Martha St.	Manteca	95337	San Joaquin County	Manteca Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 858-7440	837	32	26.2	69.3%	97 (11.6%)	18 (2.2%)	652 (77.9%)	43 (5.1%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	21 (2.5%)	$5,726							13.2	16.5	5192	257
060939007687	5450	Alice Birney Elementary	Public	K-6	1050 East Olive St.	Colton	92324	San Bernardino County	Colton Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 580-5017	652	27	23.9	93.7%	12 (1.8%)	18 (2.8%)	608 (93.3%)	5 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.1%)	$7,087							13.2	15.8	5247	203

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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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