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)
063099004803	971	Los Primeros School of Sciences & Arts	Public	K-8	1555 Kendall Ave.	Camarillo	93010	Ventura County	Pleasant Valley	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 383-5330	556	23	24.3	17.6%	234 (42.1%)	7 (1.3%)	186 (33.5%)	69 (12.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (10.8%)	$7,156							84.5	80.1	1169	198
060807000779	972	George B. Miller Elementary	Public	K-6	7751 Furman Rd.	La Palma	90623	Orange County	Centralia Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 228-3270	528	24	22	53.8%	80 (15.2%)	11 (2.1%)	199 (37.7%)	198 (37.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	39 (7.4%)	$8,603							84.5	82.4	1078	106
060903004482	973	Maple Creek Elementary	Public	K-6	2025 East Teague Ave.	Fresno	93720	Fresno County	Clovis Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 327-7300	552	25	22	40.6%	205 (37.1%)	27 (4.9%)	187 (33.9%)	95 (17.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	35 (6.3%)	$4,714							84.5	87.9	823	150
063357005179	974	Mildred B. Janson Elementary	Public	K-6	8628 East Marshall	Rosemead	91770	Los Angeles County	Rosemead Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 288-3150	596	26	22.6	64.6%	5 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	174 (29.2%)	405 (68.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.8%)	$6,725							84.4	85.8	924	50
060861010376	975	Heritage Elementary	Public	K-6	1450 Santa Lucia Rd.	Chula Vista	91913	San Diego County	Chula Vista Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 421-7080	743	33	22.5	31.8%	71 (9.6%)	51 (6.9%)	407 (54.8%)	133 (17.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	81 (10.9%)	$9,210							84.4	81.8	1106	131
061605009551	976	W. A. Kendrick Elementary	Public	K-5	2200 Faith Ave.	Bakersfield	93304	Kern County	Greenfield Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 837-6190	679	31	21.8	88.8%	36 (5.3%)	31 (4.6%)	594 (87.5%)	8 (1.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.3%)	$7,182							84.4	77.6	1256	280
061026001118	977	El Rincon Elementary	Public	K-5	11177 Overland Ave.	Culver City	90230	Los Angeles County	Culver City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 842-4340	608	25	24.1	28.0%	147 (24.2%)	107 (17.6%)	164 (27.0%)	77 (12.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	110 (18.1%)	$6,251							84.4	77	1278	301
060798000767	978	R. J. Neutra	Public	K-5	Community Center Dr.	Lemoore	93245	Kings County	Central Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 998-6823	438	27	16.2	36.3%	194 (44.3%)	31 (7.1%)	122 (27.9%)	27 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	61 (13.9%)	$4,346,443							84.4	88.5	794	184
060903012798	979	Roger S. Oraze Elementary	Public	K-6	3468 North Armstrong Ave.	Fresno	93727	Fresno County	Clovis Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 327-1700	840	35	24.1	46.2%	221 (26.3%)	14 (1.7%)	270 (32.1%)	290 (34.5%)	6 (0.7%)	2 (0.2%)	36 (4.3%)	$4,686							84.3	77.8	1247	268
062250002721	980	Henry	Public	K-5	3720 Canehill Ave.	Long Beach	90808	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 421-3754	815	30	27.1	18.4%	158 (19.4%)	23 (2.8%)	549 (67.4%)	32 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	50 (6.1%)	$6,625							84.3	80.8	1139	159

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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.