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)
064116006807	2731	Annie R. Mitchell	Public	K-6	2121 East Laura Ave.	Visalia	93292	Tulare County	Visalia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 622-3195	783	30	25.7	69.1%	102 (13.0%)	6 (0.8%)	576 (73.6%)	45 (5.7%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (0.9%)	45 (5.7%)	$6,853							46.9	45.8	2773	42
062271002823	2732	Mid-City's Prescott School of Enriched Sciences	Public	1-5	3150 West Adams Blvd.	Los Angeles	90018	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 731-9346	202	8	25.2	75.2%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,427							46.9	55.1	2280	452
062825004363	2733	Libby Elementary	Public	K-5	423 West Redondo Dr.	Oceanside	92057	San Diego County	Oceanside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 901-7000	388	17	22.8	91.0%	18 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	351 (90.5%)	4 (1.0%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	12 (3.1%)	$11,943							46.9	21.2	4738	2005
063384005245	2734	Golden Empire Elementary	Public	K-6	9045 Canberra Dr.	Sacramento	95826	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-4580	469	20	23.4	64.8%	98 (20.9%)	42 (9.0%)	190 (40.5%)	63 (13.4%)	2 (0.4%)	6 (1.3%)	68 (14.5%)	$6,409							46.9	47.6	2666	68
062271003238	2735	One Hundred Eighty-Sixth Street Elementary	Public	K-5	1581 West 186th St.	Gardena	90248	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 324-1153	645	30	21.5	84.2%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,111							46.9	44.7	2844	109
060191913983	2736	Ballington Academy for the Arts and Scis - San Bernardino	Public, Charter	K-5	799 East Rialto Ave.	San Bernardino	92408	San Bernardino County	Ballington Academy for the Arts and Scis - San Bernardino D	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 228-2054	168	7	23.9	85.7%	3 (1.8%)	30 (17.9%)	129 (76.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.6%)								46.9	39.8	3152	416
063432005543	2737	Rowan Elementary	Public	K-5	1755 Rowan St.	San Diego	92105	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 344-3400	206	12	17.9	71.8%	19 (9.2%)	17 (8.3%)	136 (66.0%)	18 (8.7%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (6.8%)	$13,552							46.9	39	3211	474
061336011995	2738	Rolling Hills Elementary	Public	K-5	2025 Fieldcrest Ave.	Fairfield	94534	Solano County	Fairfield-Suisun Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 399-9566	497	21	23.8	37.4%	82 (16.5%)	72 (14.5%)	183 (36.8%)	82 (16.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	74 (14.9%)	$5,487							46.9	65.9	1762	976
062637003983	2739	Woodside Elementary	Public	K-5	761 San Simeon Dr.	Concord	94518	Contra Costa County	Mt. Diablo Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 689-7671	278	11	25.2	32.4%	73 (26.3%)	3 (1.1%)	116 (41.7%)	17 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	65 (23.4%)	$14,466							46.9	48.3	2622	117
063462005800	2740	Mission Avenue Open Elementary	Public	K-6	2925 Mission Ave.	Carmichael	95608	Sacramento County	San Juan Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 575-2362	405	15	27	39.8%	251 (62.0%)	14 (3.5%)	52 (12.8%)	54 (13.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (8.1%)	$6,178							46.9	48.9	2587	153

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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.