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)
060006501237	3261	Grand View Elementary	Public	K-6	39746 Road 64	Dinuba	93618	Tulare County	Dinuba Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 595-7275	337	15	22.4	78.9%	17 (5.0%)	2 (0.6%)	305 (90.5%)	10 (3.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	$5,597							38.5	37	3354	93
063093014123	3262	Arete Charter Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter	K-8	16229 Duggans Rd.	Grass Valley	95949	Nevada County	Pleasant Ridge Union Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(530) 268-2805	248	10	24.3	28.2%	77 (31.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (14.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	133 (53.6%)	$12,512							38.5	32.6	3681	419
060208911707	3263	River Springs Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	27740 Jefferson Ave.	Temecula	92590	Riverside County	River Springs Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 252-8800	6,886	261	26.3	57.8%	2,520 (36.6%)	322 (4.7%)	3,358 (48.8%)	174 (2.5%)	28 (0.4%)	22 (0.3%)	457 (6.6%)								38.5	37.1	3345	82
062865004430	3264	Handy Elementary	Public	K-6	860 North Handy St.	Orange	92867	Orange County	Orange Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 997-6183	410	17	24.7	91.5%	21 (5.1%)	4 (1.0%)	377 (92.0%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	$6,030							38.5	34.2	3558	294
061089013246	3265	Pioneer	Public	K-8	1001 Hiett Ave.	Delano	93215	Kern County	Delano Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 474-4911	955	45	21.1	84.8%	11 (1.2%)	4 (0.4%)	883 (92.5%)	49 (5.1%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.5%)	$7,060							38.5	31.3	3779	514
061209001345	3266	Cherrylee Elementary	Public	K-6	5025 Buffington Rd.	El Monte	91732	Los Angeles County	El Monte City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 575-2326	289	14	20.6	79.2%	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	219 (75.8%)	61 (21.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	$7,438							38.5	46.7	2720	546
060236312249	3267	Great Valley Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	3200 Tully Rd.	Modesto	95350	Stanislaus County	Great Valley Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 576-2283	847	36	23.5	38.8%	280 (33.1%)	22 (2.6%)	445 (52.5%)	39 (4.6%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	56 (6.6%)								38.4	39.3	3188	79
060907000921	3268	Valle del Sol Elementary	Public	K-6	51-433 Education Way	Coachella	92236	Riverside County	Coachella Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 398-1025	696	37	18.7	88.6%	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	687 (98.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	$12,995							38.4	35.3	3478	210
061281001439	3269	Alta Mesa Elementary	Public	K-5	2301 Saturn Skyway	Redding	96002	Shasta County	Enterprise Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 224-4130	343	16	22.1	76.7%	195 (56.9%)	6 (1.7%)	55 (16.0%)	31 (9.0%)	12 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (12.8%)	$7,941							38.4	30.1	3882	613
060861007680	3270	Otay Elementary	Public	K-6	1651 Albany Ave.	Chula Vista	91911	San Diego County	Chula Vista Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 425-4311	495	23	21	78.8%	15 (3.0%)	2 (0.4%)	449 (90.7%)	20 (4.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.4%)	$10,847							38.4	31.5	3763	493

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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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