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)
063153011133	351	Stone Ranch Elementary	Public	K-5	16150 4S Ranch Pkwy.	San Diego	92127	San Diego County	Poway Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 487-8474	753	30	24.9	8.0%	225 (29.9%)	4 (0.5%)	61 (8.1%)	367 (48.7%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	92 (12.2%)	$7,054							94.9	96.3	249	102
062450014277	352	Mabel Mattos Elementary	Public	K-6	1750 McCandless Dr.	Milpitas	95035	Santa Clara County	Milpitas Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 635-2852	534	23	23.2	9.7%	39 (7.3%)	12 (2.2%)	30 (5.6%)	424 (79.4%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (4.9%)								94.9	96.8	209	143
062250002752	353	Prisk Elementary	Public	K-5	2375 Fanwood Ave.	Long Beach	90815	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 598-9601	486	19	25.2	25.1%	163 (33.5%)	32 (6.6%)	178 (36.6%)	51 (10.5%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	57 (11.7%)	$9,116							94.9	94.5	391	38
060964001006	354	Banyan Elementary	Public	K-5	1120 Knollwood Dr.	Newbury Park	91320	Ventura County	Conejo Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 498-6641	404	19	21.2	26.2%	254 (62.9%)	0 (0.0%)	113 (28.0%)	12 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (5.9%)	$6,619							94.9	91.4	609	255
060483000474	355	Hawthorne Elementary	Public	K-5	624 North Rexford Dr.	Beverly Hills	90210	Los Angeles County	Beverly Hills Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 229-3675	569	40	14	12.0%	381 (67.0%)	6 (1.1%)	44 (7.7%)	55 (9.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	81 (14.2%)	$9,311							94.9	93.8	455	100
060846011325	356	Michael G. Wickman Elementary	Public	K-6	16250 Pinehurst Dr.	Chino Hills	91709	San Bernardino County	Chino Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 393-3774	743	29	26	22.6%	72 (9.7%)	17 (2.3%)	162 (21.8%)	443 (59.6%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	47 (6.3%)	$9,060							94.9	96.8	203	153
063066010988	357	Lakeview Elementary	Public	K-5	17510 Lakeview Ave.	Yorba Linda	92886	Orange County	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 986-7190	390	16	25.1	20.3%	87 (22.3%)	4 (1.0%)	78 (20.0%)	191 (49.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (7.7%)	$6,269							94.9	94.1	424	67
061029001152	358	Stevens Creek Elementary	Public	K-5	10300 Ainsworth Dr.	Cupertino	95014	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 245-3312	389	20	19.3	13.9%	80 (20.6%)	3 (0.8%)	33 (8.5%)	234 (60.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (9.5%)	$7,070							94.8	96.5	232	126
063492005905	359	Foster City Elementary	Public	K-5	461 Beach Park Blvd.	Foster City	94404	San Mateo County	San Mateo-Foster City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 312-7522	699	33	21.1	6.6%	133 (19.0%)	2 (0.3%)	74 (10.6%)	401 (57.4%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.6%)	83 (11.9%)	$6,984							94.8	95.6	304	55
060903000908	360	Dry Creek Elementary	Public	K-6	1273 North Armstrong Ave.	Clovis	93619	Fresno County	Clovis Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 327-6500	950	38	25	19.8%	495 (52.1%)	9 (0.9%)	240 (25.3%)	156 (16.4%)	5 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	44 (4.6%)	$4,665							94.8	92.6	532	172

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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.

Educational resources:

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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