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)
061434001642	841	Franklin Elementary	Public	K-8	332 North Township Rd.	Yuba City	95993	Sutter County	Franklin Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 822-5151	490	21	23.4	30.0%	281 (57.3%)	1 (0.2%)	107 (21.8%)	52 (10.6%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (9.0%)	$5,475							87.4	84.1	998	157
060780000752	842	Vannoy Elementary	Public	K-5	5100 Vannoy	Castro Valley	94546	Alameda County	Castro Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 537-1832	441	18	24.5	26.3%	113 (25.6%)	8 (1.8%)	103 (23.4%)	143 (32.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	73 (16.6%)	$5,095							87.3	91.5	602	240
061029001128	843	Manuel De Vargas Elementary	Public	K-5	5050 Moorpark Ave.	San Jose	95129	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 252-0303	380	18	20.5	38.2%	37 (9.7%)	8 (2.1%)	87 (22.9%)	215 (56.6%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (7.9%)	$7,485							87.3	85.3	939	96
064098009456	844	Mound Elementary	Public	K-5	455 South Hill Rd.	Ventura	93003	Ventura County	Ventura Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 289-1886	525	22	23.6	24.0%	224 (42.7%)	4 (0.8%)	189 (36.0%)	67 (12.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	40 (7.6%)	$6,431							87.3	90.9	645	199
063360012329	845	Junction Elementary	Public	K-5	2150 Ellison Dr.	Roseville	95747	Placer County	Roseville City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 771-1860	648	30	21.8	40.7%	299 (46.1%)	23 (3.5%)	110 (17.0%)	147 (22.7%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (10.3%)								87.3	90.5	679	166
061524001948	846	Verdugo Woodlands Elementary	Public	K-6	1751 North Verdugo Rd.	Glendale	91208	Los Angeles County	Glendale Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 241-2433	623	25	24.9	28.9%	416 (66.8%)	7 (1.1%)	63 (10.1%)	76 (12.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	60 (9.6%)	$6,053							87.3	88.7	787	59
064116011529	847	Oak Grove Elementary	Public	K-8	4445 West Ferguson Ave.	Visalia	93291	Tulare County	Visalia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 622-3105	753	32	23.7	31.1%	245 (32.5%)	9 (1.2%)	355 (47.1%)	87 (11.6%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	54 (7.2%)	$6,724							87.3	90.1	707	140
060474000450	848	Thousand Oaks Elementary	Public	K-5	840 Colusa Ave.	Berkeley	94707	Alameda County	Berkeley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 644-6368	342	20	16.7	24.0%	148 (43.3%)	25 (7.3%)	93 (27.2%)	24 (7.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (14.6%)	$10,160							87.3	85.4	935	87
064214011006	849	Twelve Bridges Elementary	Public	K-5	2450 Eastridge Dr.	Lincoln	95648	Placer County	Western Placer Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 434-5220	703	26	26.7	11.5%	441 (62.7%)	1 (0.1%)	136 (19.3%)	52 (7.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	71 (10.1%)	$10,724							87.2	88.9	768	81
064275006980	850	Wilson Elementary	Public	K-6	3775 Bodega Ave.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Wilmar Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 765-4340	218	10	22.2	20.6%	165 (75.7%)	3 (1.4%)	36 (16.5%)	5 (2.3%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	6 (2.8%)	$9,544							87.2	79.2	1195	345

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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.