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)
060912000934	5651	Huron Elementary	Public	K-5	36131 N St.	Huron	93234	Fresno County	Coalinga-Huron Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 945-2236	744	35	21.2	93.8%	5 (0.7%)	8 (1.1%)	713 (95.8%)	16 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$7,607							10.6	10.5	5688	37
061077001191	5652	Bess Maxwell Elementary	Public	K-5	1124 El Dorado St.	Crescent City	95531	Del Norte County	Del Norte County Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 464-0310	233	13	18.3	81.5%	112 (48.1%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (20.6%)	7 (3.0%)	45 (19.3%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (9.0%)	$16,415							10.5	9.6	5725	73
062007002398	5653	Burns Valley	Public	K-7	3620 Pine St.	Clearlake	95422	Lake County	Konocti Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 994-2272	544	21	26.1	89.3%	144 (26.5%)	13 (2.4%)	317 (58.3%)	9 (1.7%)	16 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (8.3%)								10.5	10.6	5676	23
063627006189	5654	Terry Elementary	Public	K-6	12906 South Fowler Ave.	Selma	93662	Fresno County	Selma Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 898-6710	195	8	23.7	96.9%	7 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	179 (91.8%)	5 (2.6%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.0%)	$15,257							10.5	10.4	5690	36
060001209206	5655	Grizzly Hill	Public	K-8	16661 Old Mill Rd.	Nevada City	95959	Nevada County	Twin Ridges Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 265-9052	94	5	18.8	81.9%	71 (75.5%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (13.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (9.6%)								10.5	9.5	5733	78
060402014398	5656	Barstow Fine Arts Academy	Public	K-5	500 South Avenue G	Barstow	92311	San Bernardino County	Barstow Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 255-4900	446	20	22	58.1%	83 (18.6%)	33 (7.4%)	288 (64.6%)	8 (1.8%)	3 (0.7%)	5 (1.1%)	26 (5.8%)								10.5	11.7	5602	54
060690000636	5657	Dool Elementary	Public	K-6	800 Encinas Ave.	Calexico	92231	Imperial County	Calexico Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 768-3820	645	26	24.8	92.9%	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	634 (98.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.1%)								10.5	8.9	5760	103
060184612900	5658	TEAM Charter	Public, Charter	K-5	600 East Main St.	Stockton	95202	San Joaquin County	TEAM Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 462-2282	561	26	21.5	77.4%	11 (2.0%)	105 (18.7%)	389 (69.3%)	19 (3.4%)	10 (1.8%)	4 (0.7%)	23 (4.1%)								10.5	10	5708	50
060001709101	5659	Rancho Verde Elementary	Public	K-6	14334 Pioneer Rd.	Apple Valley	92307	San Bernardino County	Apple Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 247-2663	712	30	23.7	84.0%	130 (18.3%)	61 (8.6%)	481 (67.6%)	13 (1.8%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	23 (3.2%)	$5,699							10.5	13	5493	166
063509009630	5660	San Pedro Elementary	Public	K-5	498 Point San Pedro Rd.	San Rafael	94901	Marin County	San Rafael City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 485-2450	494	24	20.5	98.6%	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	489 (99.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$8,757							10.4	8.1	5791	131

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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.