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)
062271003002	4161	Fifteenth Street Elementary	Public	K-5	1527 South Mesa St.	San Pedro	90731	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 547-3323	397	19	20.8	89.7%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,536							27.4	22.2	4635	474
062271010886	4162	Hope Street Elementary	Public	K-5	7560 State St.	Huntington Park	90255	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 586-5700	397	21	19.3	95.5%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,134							27.4	23.2	4541	379
062580001009	4163	Seneca Elementary	Public	K-6	11615 Wordsworth Rd.	Moreno Valley	92557	Riverside County	Moreno Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 571-4650	472	23	20.9	71.8%	49 (10.4%)	96 (20.3%)	278 (58.9%)	13 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	35 (7.4%)	$8,575							27.4	25.4	4323	160
062308003524	4164	Nipomo Elementary	Public	K-6	190 East Price St.	Nipomo	93444	San Luis Obispo County	Lucia Mar Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 474-3780	369	20	18.2	79.9%	73 (19.8%)	2 (0.5%)	285 (77.2%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	$4,902							27.3	40.2	3110	1054
060912000931	4165	Sunset Elementary	Public	4-5	985 Sunset Ave.	Coalinga	93210	Fresno County	Coalinga-Huron Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 935-7590	431	16	26.8	84.5%	48 (11.1%)	6 (1.4%)	360 (83.5%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.3%)	$6,370							27.3	18.6	4992	827
060165214109	4166	Gabriella Charter 2	Public, Charter	K-7	3736 Trinity St.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Gabriella Charter 2 District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 413-5828	374	19	19.2	96.5%	9 (2.4%)	5 (1.3%)	322 (86.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (10.2%)								27.3	21.5	4710	544
060790007664	4167	Cyril Spinelli Elementary	Public	K-6	3401 Scotland Dr.	Antelope	95843	Sacramento County	Center Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 338-6490	286	14	20	70.3%	88 (30.8%)	17 (5.9%)	105 (36.7%)	47 (16.4%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.4%)	24 (8.4%)	$9,273							27.3	31.2	3786	381
060285008454	4168	Diablo Vista Elementary	Public	K-5	4791 Prewett Ranch Dr.	Antioch	94531	Contra Costa County	Antioch Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 779-7470	470	23	20.4	59.4%	35 (7.4%)	146 (31.1%)	185 (39.4%)	65 (13.8%)	2 (0.4%)	9 (1.9%)	28 (6.0%)	$7,922							27.3	40.1	3122	1046
061389001565	4169	Cordova Gardens Elementary	Public	K-6	2400 Dawes St.	Rancho Cordova	95670	Sacramento County	Folsom-Cordova Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 294-9115	274	16	17.2	91.6%	70 (25.5%)	39 (14.2%)	109 (39.8%)	11 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	44 (16.1%)	$7,723							27.3	26.4	4234	65
062985004654	4170	Theodore Roosevelt	Public	K-5	13451 Merkel Ave.	Paramount	90723	Los Angeles County	Paramount Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 602-8056	536	23	23.3	94.8%	8 (1.5%)	62 (11.6%)	456 (85.1%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.9%)	$4,455							27.3	27	4168	2

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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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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.