Best Elementary Schools in California

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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)
063795009643	1891	Agnes M. Baptist Elementary	Public	K-6	1825 Cheyenne Way	Modesto	95356	Stanislaus County	Stanislaus Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 527-0450	636	27	23.4	65.4%	89 (14.0%)	13 (2.0%)	325 (51.1%)	99 (15.6%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.1%)	89 (14.0%)	$10,977							63.7	72.7	1473	418
062271002828	1892	Atwater Avenue Elementary	Public	K-6	3271 Silver Lake Blvd.	Los Angeles	90039	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 665-5941	317	18	17.6	55.5%	56 (17.7%)	3 (0.9%)	193 (60.9%)	24 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (12.9%)	$17,064							63.7	63	1898	6
062454014053	1893	Harvest Hill S.T.E.A.M. Academy	Public	K-8	31600 Pat Rd.	Winchester	92596	Riverside County	Menifee Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 325-6000	1,459	59	24.6	51.7%	287 (19.7%)	94 (6.4%)	588 (40.3%)	160 (11.0%)	2 (0.1%)	10 (0.7%)	317 (21.7%)	$8,615							63.7	66.8	1720	173
062580009934	1894	North Ridge Elementary	Public	K-5	25101 Kalmia Ave.	Moreno Valley	92557	Riverside County	Moreno Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 571-4630	738	29	25.4	64.2%	108 (14.6%)	67 (9.1%)	494 (66.9%)	24 (3.3%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	42 (5.7%)	$7,137							63.7	62.2	1939	45
061233010596	1895	Robert J. Fite Elementary	Public	K-6	9561 Butler School Rd.	Sacramento	95829	Sacramento County	Elk Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 689-2854	655	28	23.3	69.2%	77 (11.8%)	52 (7.9%)	157 (24.0%)	319 (48.7%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	46 (7.0%)	$7,380							63.6	61.3	2004	109
063441005633	1896	Muir (John) Elementary	Public	K-5	380 Webster St.	San Francisco	94102	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 241-6335	226	12	18.8	76.1%	17 (7.5%)	46 (20.4%)	140 (61.9%)	4 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	18 (8.0%)	$6,103							63.6	48.7	2597	701
061146007107	1897	Old River Elementary	Public	4-5	11995 Old River School Rd.	Downey	90242	Los Angeles County	Downey Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 904-3561	589	19	31	72.0%	32 (5.4%)	13 (2.2%)	528 (89.6%)	10 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.8%)	$11,462							63.6	54.1	2329	432
064059014012	1898	Sierra Vista K-8	Public	K-8	301 Bel Air Dr.	Vacaville	95687	Solano County	Vacaville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 453-6260	603	28	21.5	43.6%	255 (42.3%)	30 (5.0%)	209 (34.7%)	39 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	67 (11.1%)	$9,079							63.5	67.5	1696	202
060423000383	1899	Fallsvale	Public	K-8	40600 Valley of the Falls Dr.	Forest Falls	92339	San Bernardino County	Bear Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 794-8630	70	3	23.3	34.3%	42 (60.0%)	1 (1.4%)	22 (31.4%)	2 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.3%)	$7,819							63.5			(n/a)
061665002092	1900	Hart-Ransom Elementary	Public	K-8	3930 Shoemake Ave.	Modesto	95358	Stanislaus County	Hart-Ransom Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 523-9979	720	34	21.3	51.7%	248 (34.4%)	5 (0.7%)	396 (55.0%)	31 (4.3%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	34 (4.7%)	$10,359							63.5	67.4	1698	202

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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.