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)
061455001760	3971	Robinson Elementary	Public	K-6	555 East Browning Ave.	Fresno	93710	Fresno County	Fresno Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 451-4550	499	27	18.8	91.8%	54 (10.8%)	51 (10.2%)	315 (63.1%)	48 (9.6%)	2 (0.4%)	6 (1.2%)	23 (4.6%)	$9,381							29.4	35.9	3441	530
060985001055	3972	Home Gardens Academy	Public	K-8	13550 Tolton Ave.	Corona	92879	Riverside County	Corona-Norco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 736-3219	978	40	24.3	88.0%	28 (2.9%)	11 (1.1%)	912 (93.3%)	14 (1.4%)	6 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.7%)	$6,616							29.4	35.4	3469	503
060171612034	3973	California Virtual Academy @ Los Angeles	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	50 Moreland Rd.	Simi Valley	93065	Ventura County	California Virtual Academy @ Los Angeles District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(805) 581-0202	5,407	193	28	73.7%	896 (16.6%)	1,084 (20.0%)	2,897 (53.6%)	298 (5.5%)	45 (0.8%)	51 (0.9%)	136 (2.5%)								29.4	29.3	3963	10
061878002275	3974	Janesville Elementary	Public	K-8	464-555 Main St.	Janesville	96114	Lassen County	Janesville Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 253-3551	315	19	16.5	41.6%	236 (74.9%)	1 (0.3%)	52 (16.5%)	3 (1.0%)	6 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.4%)	$9,566							29.4	35.7	3454	520
062394003607	3975	Woodland Elementary	Public	K-8	3394 Woodland Dr.	Mariposa	95338	Mariposa County	Mariposa County Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 742-0310	423	17	24.9	61.7%	291 (68.8%)	0 (0.0%)	73 (17.3%)	3 (0.7%)	18 (4.3%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (8.7%)	$6,583							29.4	33	3645	330
062187012815	3976	Kennedy Elementary	Public	K-8	1701 East Tulare Rd.	Lindsay	93247	Tulare County	Lindsay Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 562-5466	359	18	19.9	88.0%	13 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	340 (94.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.4%)	$8,238							29.4	22.2	4638	662
069113710341	3977	Tenaya Elementary	Public	K-8	19177 Highway 120	Groveland	95321	Tuolumne County	Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 962-7846	179	12	14.8	58.1%	125 (69.8%)	5 (2.8%)	40 (22.3%)	3 (1.7%)	5 (2.8%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,466							29.4	28.3	4046	69
063459005698	3978	Almaden Elementary	Public	K-5	1295 Dentwood Dr.	San Jose	95118	Santa Clara County	San Jose Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 535-6207	295	13	23.6	69.5%	29 (9.8%)	9 (3.1%)	221 (74.9%)	26 (8.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.4%)	$13,925							29.4	29.2	3967	11
060957000967	3979	George T. Egling Middle	Public	4-8	813 Webster St.	Colusa	95932	Colusa County	Colusa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 458-7631	537	29	18.6	67.4%	98 (18.2%)	5 (0.9%)	405 (75.4%)	5 (0.9%)	13 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (1.9%)	$6,173							29.3	38.2	3268	711
063432005488	3980	Johnson Elementary	Public	K-5	1355 Kelton Rd.	San Diego	92114	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 344-4900	263	13	20.2	83.3%	6 (2.3%)	92 (35.0%)	129 (49.0%)	10 (3.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (9.5%)	$9,529							29.3	32.5	3692	288

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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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