Best Elementary Schools in California

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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)
060903009531	891	Valley Oak Elementary	Public	K-6	465 East Chaplain Dr.	Fresno	93720	Fresno County	Clovis Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 327-8200	496	21	23.5	33.7%	218 (44.0%)	10 (2.0%)	177 (35.7%)	52 (10.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (7.5%)	$4,939							86.3	84.3	986	95
062450003676	892	Joseph Weller Elementary	Public	K-6	345 Boulder Dr.	Milpitas	95035	Santa Clara County	Milpitas Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 635-2876	393	16	24.5	31.3%	11 (2.8%)	4 (1.0%)	72 (18.3%)	275 (70.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	29 (7.4%)	$6,464							86.3	89.3	753	139
060001310270	893	Cobblestone Elementary	Public	K-6	5740 Cobblestone Dr.	Rocklin	95765	Placer County	Rocklin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 632-0140	403	20	20.6	24.1%	223 (55.3%)	2 (0.5%)	88 (21.8%)	42 (10.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (11.9%)	$6,565							86.2	87.7	839	54
060964001032	894	Westlake Hills Elementary	Public	K-5	3333 Medicine Bow Ct.	Westlake Village	91362	Ventura County	Conejo Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 497-9339	402	19	21.1	20.9%	239 (59.5%)	3 (0.7%)	105 (26.1%)	27 (6.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (6.5%)	$7,318							86.2	90.6	669	225
060188012013	895	American Indian Public Charter School II	Public, Charter	K-8	171 12th St.	Oakland	94607	Alameda County	American Indian Public Charter School II District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 893-8701	625	17	36.6	67.4%	22 (3.5%)	282 (45.1%)	55 (8.8%)	245 (39.2%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	17 (2.7%)								86.2	83.1	1051	156
061488001869	896	Thomas Paine Elementary	Public	K-6	15792 Ward St.	Garden Grove	92843	Orange County	Garden Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 663-6118	437	22	20.3	74.6%	9 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	164 (37.5%)	241 (55.1%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	20 (4.6%)	$12,206							86.2	92.1	563	333
061389005019	897	Natoma Station Elementary	Public	K-5	500 Turnpike Dr.	Folsom	95630	Sacramento County	Folsom-Cordova Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 294-9145	489	24	20.1	14.7%	222 (45.4%)	5 (1.0%)	95 (19.4%)	99 (20.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	68 (13.9%)	$7,192							86.2	84.5	978	81
062271002959	898	Dixie Canyon Community Charter	Public, Charter	K-5	4220 Dixie Canyon Ave.	Sherman Oaks	91423	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 784-6283	610	25	24.8	25.7%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,537							86.2	88.9	767	131
060744000687	899	Concordia Elementary	Public	K-5	3120 Avenida del Presidente	San Clemente	92672	Orange County	Capistrano Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 492-3060	516	21	25.1	28.1%	372 (72.1%)	0 (0.0%)	93 (18.0%)	5 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (8.7%)	$9,376							86.2	88.4	803	96
063153001204	900	Highland Ranch Elementary	Public	K-5	14840 Waverley Downs Way	San Diego	92128	San Diego County	Poway Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 674-4707	630	26	24.5	14.1%	209 (33.2%)	13 (2.1%)	94 (14.9%)	231 (36.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	83 (13.2%)	$8,018							86.1	86.4	894	6

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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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