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)
060204610727	4411	Aspire Berkley Maynard Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	6200 San Pablo Ave.	Oakland	94608	Alameda County	Aspire Berkley Maynard Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 658-2900	523	21	25.1	71.7%	15 (2.9%)	296 (56.6%)	159 (30.4%)	8 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (8.4%)								24.5	21	4758	347
062334003556	4412	George Washington Elementary	Public	K-6	509 E. South St.	Madera	93638	Madera County	Madera Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 674-6705	607	28	21.3	98.8%	3 (0.5%)	3 (0.5%)	590 (97.2%)	3 (0.5%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	$1,010							24.5	22.2	4634	222
060243000136	4413	Myra Linn Elementary	Public	K-5	10435 Branigan Way	Riverside	92505	Riverside County	Alvord Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 358-1630	454	21	21.8	91.6%	23 (5.1%)	24 (5.3%)	391 (86.1%)	11 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	$8,707							24.5	20.8	4786	373
061473001808	4414	Woodcrest Elementary	Public	K-6	455 West Baker Ave.	Fullerton	92832	Orange County	Fullerton Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 447-7760	330	13	24.8	84.8%	16 (4.8%)	2 (0.6%)	296 (89.7%)	9 (2.7%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.5%)	$6,131							24.4	10.6	5681	1267
062409003625	4415	Dobbins Elementary	Public	K-6	1 Dobbin School Ln.	Dobbins	95935	Yuba County	Marysville Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 692-1665	44	3	12.6	75.0%	35 (79.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (11.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.5%)								24.4			(n/a)
063462005763	4416	Carriage Drive Elementary	Public	K-6	7519 Carriage Dr.	Citrus Heights	95621	Sacramento County	San Juan Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 971-5241	414	17	24.3	65.5%	204 (49.3%)	17 (4.1%)	147 (35.5%)	17 (4.1%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (5.8%)	$8,196							24.4	27.1	4159	257
063360005188	4417	Bradford Woodbridge Fundamental Elementary	Public	K-5	515 Niles Ave.	Roseville	95678	Placer County	Roseville City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 771-1850	288	16	18.1	87.2%	68 (23.6%)	5 (1.7%)	162 (56.3%)	28 (9.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	24 (8.3%)								24.4	20	4854	437
069113510287	4418	Rainbow Ridge Elementary	Public	K-5	15950 Indian Ave.	Moreno Valley	92551	Riverside County	Val Verde Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 490-0420	712	34	20.7	90.9%	34 (4.8%)	69 (9.7%)	560 (78.7%)	24 (3.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.4%)	$6,225							24.4	20.3	4817	399
061284009364	4419	Collegeville Elementary	Public	K-5	6701 South Jack Tone Rd.	Stockton	95215	San Joaquin County	Escalon Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 941-2007	159	8	18.8	66.7%	23 (14.5%)	3 (1.9%)	128 (80.5%)	3 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.3%)								24.4	33.9	3582	837
062271003185	4420	Miles Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	6720 Miles Ave.	Huntington Park	90255	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 588-8296	854	44	19.4	95.1%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,258							24.3	29.7	3922	498

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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.