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)
062223014403	2991	Valley Robotics Academy	Public, Alternative	K-12	13451 North Extension Rd.	Lodi	95242	San Joaquin County	Lodi Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 331-8008	286	14	20.3	55.6%	104 (36.4%)	14 (4.9%)	77 (26.9%)	62 (21.7%)	2 (0.7%)	7 (2.4%)	20 (7.0%)								43	37.6	3306	315
061005007690	2992	Workman Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	1941 East Workman Ave.	West Covina	91791	Los Angeles County	Covina-Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 974-4900	465	21	22.6	82.6%	20 (4.3%)	18 (3.9%)	376 (80.9%)	40 (8.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.9%)	$7,484							43	55	2281	711
061551008345	2993	El Camino Elementary	Public	K-6	5020 San Simeon Dr.	Santa Barbara	93111	Santa Barbara County	Goleta Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 692-5574	325	16	20.3	54.8%	55 (16.9%)	3 (0.9%)	242 (74.5%)	8 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.2%)	$15,196							42.9	49.8	2538	455
064059006702	2994	Hemlock Elementary	Public	K-6	400 Hemlock St.	Vacaville	95688	Solano County	Vacaville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 453-6245	412	20	20.6	53.4%	182 (44.2%)	16 (3.9%)	134 (32.5%)	28 (6.8%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (11.9%)	$7,244							42.9	48.3	2619	375
061288014616	2995	Limitless Learning Academy	Public, Virtual	K-8	1400 West Ninth Ave.	Escondido	92029	San Diego County	Escondido Union	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(760) 432-2388	151	12	13	61.6%	12 (7.9%)	3 (2.0%)	122 (80.8%)	6 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	7 (4.6%)								42.9	44.2	2872	123
062865004419	2996	California iInspire Academy	Public	K-6	1080 North California St.	Orange	92867	Orange County	Orange Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 997-6104	692	26	27.1	81.1%	31 (4.5%)	5 (0.7%)	636 (91.9%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.0%)	$5,454							42.9	39.1	3204	208
060756000724	2997	Aliso Elementary	Public	K-5	4545 Carpinteria Ave.	Carpinteria	93013	Santa Barbara County	Carpinteria Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 684-4539	316	18	17.5	79.1%	34 (10.8%)	2 (0.6%)	271 (85.8%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.2%)	$7,126							42.9	33	3648	651
063252005005	2998	Richmond Elementary	Public	K-8	700-585 Richmond Rd. East	Susanville	96130	Lassen County	Richmond Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 257-2338	185	9	20.5	22.7%	151 (81.6%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (11.4%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.9%)	$8,398							42.9	63.2	1880	1118
063315005150	2999	Madison Elementary	Public	K-6	3635 Madison St.	Riverside	92504	Riverside County	Riverside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 352-8236	626	26	24	60.1%	70 (11.2%)	40 (6.4%)	492 (78.6%)	7 (1.1%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.4%)	$7,360							42.9	36.5	3394	395
060797003035	3000	William Saroyan Elementary	Public	K-6	5650 West Escalon Ave.	Fresno	93722	Fresno County	Central Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 276-3131	706	28	25.2	79.7%	104 (14.7%)	61 (8.6%)	451 (63.9%)	46 (6.5%)	5 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	38 (5.4%)	$5,573							42.9	45.7	2776	224

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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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