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)
060186000062	461	Marin Elementary	Public	K-5	1001 Santa Fe Ave.	Albany	94706	Alameda County	Albany City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 559-4700	325	15	21.6	28.0%	88 (27.1%)	19 (5.8%)	51 (15.7%)	83 (25.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	82 (25.2%)	$7,862							93.6	94	432	29
068450007052	462	College Park Elementary	Public	K-6	3700 Chaparral Ave.	Irvine	92606	Orange County	Irvine Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 936-5550	568	23	24.5	18.7%	117 (20.6%)	7 (1.2%)	59 (10.4%)	311 (54.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	73 (12.9%)	$5,598							93.6	91	637	175
063492005404	463	Brewer Island Elementary	Public	K-5	1151 Polynesia Dr.	Foster City	94404	San Mateo County	San Mateo-Foster City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 312-7532	357	18	19.8	8.7%	39 (10.9%)	5 (1.4%)	46 (12.9%)	226 (63.3%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.4%)	35 (9.8%)	$7,622							93.6	96.7	216	247
062487009926	464	Edna Maguire Elementary	Public	K-5	80 Lomita Dr.	Mill Valley	94941	Marin County	Mill Valley Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 389-7733	449	22	20.7	6.0%	316 (70.4%)	3 (0.7%)	43 (9.6%)	39 (8.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	46 (10.2%)	$13,549							93.6	94.2	417	47
062628003922	465	Benjamin Bubb Elementary	Public	K-5	525 Hans Ave.	Mountain View	94040	Santa Clara County	Mountain View Whisman	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 526-3480	339	18	18.7	14.7%	102 (30.1%)	1 (0.3%)	65 (19.2%)	107 (31.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (18.9%)								93.6	94.4	401	64
060903005747	466	Copper Hills Elementary	Public	K-6	1881 East Plymouth Ave.	Fresno	93720	Fresno County	Clovis Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 327-6300	624	27	23.1	31.1%	294 (47.1%)	22 (3.5%)	152 (24.4%)	111 (17.8%)	3 (0.5%)	3 (0.5%)	39 (6.3%)	$4,540							93.5	86.8	878	412
063898006535	467	Emperor Elementary	Public	K-6	6415 Muscatel Ave.	San Gabriel	91775	Los Angeles County	Temple City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 548-5084	608	23	26.4	33.7%	34 (5.6%)	3 (0.5%)	145 (23.8%)	381 (62.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	43 (7.1%)	$5,787							93.5	93.7	460	7
063066009614	468	Rose Drive Elementary	Public	K-5	4700 Rose Dr.	Yorba Linda	92886	Orange County	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 986-7250	398	15	26.5	32.7%	150 (37.7%)	1 (0.3%)	137 (34.4%)	74 (18.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	34 (8.5%)	$6,437							93.5	94.1	421	47
063488010068	469	Paloma Elementary	Public	K-5	660 Camino Magnifico	San Marcos	92069	San Diego County	San Marcos Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 290-2199	715	29	24.7	28.0%	257 (35.9%)	0 (0.0%)	267 (37.3%)	122 (17.1%)	8 (1.1%)	4 (0.6%)	57 (8.0%)	$7,317							93.5	87.6	842	373
062994004668	470	Field (Eugene) Elementary	Public	K-5	3600 Sierra Madre Blvd.	Pasadena	91107	Los Angeles County	Pasadena Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 396-5860	430	18	24.5	41.4%	17 (4.0%)	11 (2.6%)	54 (12.6%)	262 (60.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	86 (20.0%)	$6,369							93.5	90.7	663	193

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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.
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