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)
060261000151	4361	Gauer (Melbourne A.) Elementary	Public	K-6	810 North Gilbert St.	Anaheim	92801	Orange County	Anaheim Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 517-8908	531	22	24.1	67.6%	28 (5.3%)	12 (2.3%)	439 (82.7%)	36 (6.8%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	12 (2.3%)	$6,907							25	22.8	4578	217
061314001498	4362	O. B. Whaley Elementary	Public	K-6	2655 Alvin Ave.	San Jose	95121	Santa Clara County	Evergreen Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 270-6759	260	10	26	67.7%	2 (0.8%)	6 (2.3%)	147 (56.5%)	88 (33.8%)	5 (1.9%)	1 (0.4%)	11 (4.2%)	$6,739							25	27.3	4155	207
060907000929	4363	Valley View Elementary	Public	K-6	85-270 Valley Rd.	Coachella	92236	Riverside County	Coachella Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 398-4651	618	29	20.9	94.0%	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	611 (98.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	$14,189							25	19.7	4898	535
062547003805	4364	Montebello Park Elementary	Public	K-5	6300 Northside Dr.	Los Angeles	90022	Los Angeles County	Montebello Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 721-3305	388	20	19.5	84.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	385 (99.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	$7,237							25	25.2	4352	12
060444009115	4365	Craig Williams Elementary	Public	K-6	6144 North Clark Ave.	Lakewood	90712	Los Angeles County	Bellflower Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 804-6540	457	18	25.3	89.1%	22 (4.8%)	67 (14.7%)	310 (67.8%)	30 (6.6%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (3.1%)	13 (2.8%)	$8,248							24.9	22.3	4627	262
061608008852	4366	Oak Avenue Elementary	Public	K-6	1239 Oak Ave.	Greenfield	93927	Monterey County	Greenfield Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 674-5916	681	28	24.3	80.3%	5 (0.7%)	5 (0.7%)	666 (97.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$5,746							24.9	18.5	4997	631
062922004510	4367	Marina West Elementary	Public	K-5	2501 Carob St.	Oxnard	93035	Ventura County	Oxnard	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 385-1554	491	22	22.3	90.2%	17 (3.5%)	9 (1.8%)	458 (93.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.8%)	$4,158							24.9	20.1	4835	468
062460003691	4368	John C. Fremont Elementary	Public	K-6	2150 S St.	Merced	95340	Merced County	Merced City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 385-6627	550	21	25.7	80.4%	63 (11.5%)	29 (5.3%)	394 (71.6%)	29 (5.3%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	31 (5.6%)	$7,171							24.9	26.2	4259	109
062124002547	4369	Le Grand Elementary	Public	K-8	13071 East Le Grand Rd.	Le Grand	95333	Merced County	Le Grand Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 389-4515	337	18	18.6	80.7%	29 (8.6%)	0 (0.0%)	297 (88.1%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.4%)	$14,058							24.9	27.1	4163	206
069101208491	4370	Valley Oaks Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	3501 Chester Ave.	Bakersfield	93301	Kern County	Kern County Office of Education	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 852-6700	1,108	50	22.1	38.6%	599 (54.1%)	22 (2.0%)	378 (34.1%)	20 (1.8%)	7 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	79 (7.1%)	$5,377							24.9	32.1	3720	650

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