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)
063417005389	5571	Urbita Elementary	Public	K-6	771 South J St.	San Bernardino	92410	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 388-6488	403	19	21.2	89.8%	5 (1.2%)	7 (1.7%)	383 (95.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.5%)	$7,148							11.6	13.3	5463	108
064015006637	5572	Helen Estock Elementary	Public	K-5	14741 North B St.	Tustin	92780	Orange County	Tustin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 730-7390	454	18	25.2	89.2%	17 (3.7%)	19 (4.2%)	391 (86.1%)	16 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.5%)	4 (0.9%)	$10,411							11.6	14.2	5384	188
063801010316	5573	Wilson Elementary	Public	K-8	150 East Mendocino Ave.	Stockton	95204	San Joaquin County	Stockton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 933-7325	348	14	24.1	80.2%	26 (7.5%)	33 (9.5%)	240 (69.0%)	21 (6.0%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (6.6%)	$7,845							11.6	10.3	5693	120
063444005693	5574	San Jacinto Elementary	Public	K-5	136 North Ramona Blvd.	San Jacinto	92583	Riverside County	San Jacinto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 654-7349	565	24	23.5	93.1%	21 (3.7%)	70 (12.4%)	449 (79.5%)	2 (0.4%)	8 (1.4%)	3 (0.5%)	12 (2.1%)	$11,982							11.6	10.5	5686	112
060001409081	5575	Cottonwood Elementary	Public	K-6	8850 Cottonwood Ave.	Hesperia	92345	San Bernardino County	Hesperia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 949-1390	891	37	24	55.8%	117 (13.1%)	50 (5.6%)	694 (77.9%)	15 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	12 (1.3%)	$6,567							11.6	13.5	5447	128
061608014263	5576	Arroyo Seco Academy	Public	K-6	1226 Apple Ave.	Greenfield	93927	Monterey County	Greenfield Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 674-6080	630	28	22.5	82.2%	6 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	620 (98.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)								11.5	13.5	5446	130
061336013984	5577	Dover Elementary	Public	K-5	301 East Alaska Ave.	Fairfield	94533	Solano County	Fairfield-Suisun Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 435-3794	444	20	22.2	66.7%	27 (6.1%)	82 (18.5%)	221 (49.8%)	47 (10.6%)	2 (0.5%)	10 (2.3%)	55 (12.4%)	$5,452							11.5	6.4	5849	272
063417005347	5578	Barton Elementary	Public	K-6	2214 Pumalo St.	San Bernardino	92404	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 388-6534	513	27	18.9	90.8%	25 (4.9%)	113 (22.0%)	346 (67.4%)	10 (1.9%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (3.1%)	$6,199							11.5	11.1	5652	74
062409003623	5579	Cedar Lane Elementary	Public	K-6	841 Cedar Ln.	Olivehurst	95961	Yuba County	Marysville Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 741-6112	531	22	24.1	89.6%	133 (25.0%)	20 (3.8%)	257 (48.4%)	76 (14.3%)	8 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	36 (6.8%)								11.5	11.3	5626	47
062580013683	5580	Moreno Valley Online Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	24521 Cactus Ave.	Moreno Valley	92553	Riverside County	Moreno Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(951) 571-4970	754	39	19.4	71.6%	49 (6.5%)	112 (14.9%)	534 (70.8%)	15 (2.0%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.5%)	38 (5.0%)	$8,922							11.5	11.9	5583	3

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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.
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