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)
063393005328	4511	Roosevelt Elementary	Public	K-6	120 Capitol St.	Salinas	93901	Monterey County	Salinas City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 753-5645	557	24	23.7	82.8%	9 (1.6%)	4 (0.7%)	533 (95.7%)	5 (0.9%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	$5,872							23.6	19.8	4874	363
063237007829	4512	Lida M. Henry Elementary	Public	K-5	470 East Etiwanda Ave.	Rialto	92376	San Bernardino County	Rialto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 820-7909	382	16	23.8	86.4%	2 (0.5%)	30 (7.9%)	341 (89.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.0%)	3 (0.8%)	$9,130							23.6	29.3	3961	551
060363000310	4513	Munsey Elementary	Public	K-6	3801 Brave Ave.	Bakersfield	93309	Kern County	Bakersfield City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 631-5390	621	33	19.1	91.8%	44 (7.1%)	103 (16.6%)	442 (71.2%)	9 (1.4%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	19 (3.1%)	$9,726							23.6	25.6	4305	208
062271003208	4514	Napa Street Elementary	Public	K-5	19010 Napa St.	Northridge	91324	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 885-1441	413	20	20.6	93.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$14,193							23.6	20.6	4801	287
063621006180	4515	Seeley Elementary	Public	K-8	1812 West Rio Vista St.	Seeley	92273	Imperial County	Seeley Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 352-3571	346	16	21.6	94.8%	17 (4.9%)	2 (0.6%)	315 (91.0%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.0%)	$11,150							23.5	23	4561	46
062217002637	4516	Campus Park Elementary	Public	K-5	1845 H St.	Livingston	95334	Merced County	Livingston Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 394-5460	467	23	20.3	84.6%	9 (1.9%)	8 (1.7%)	419 (89.7%)	29 (6.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)								23.5	24.9	4371	145
062271003465	4517	Wilshire Crest Elementary	Public	K-5	5241 West Olympic Blvd.	Los Angeles	90036	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 938-5291	139	9	15.4	80.6%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$22,371							23.5	46.6	2721	1796
062271003334	4518	Saticoy Elementary	Public	K-5	7850 Ethel Ave.	North Hollywood	91605	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 765-0783	503	25	20.1	93.4%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,399							23.5	43	2946	1572
061392001594	4519	Maple Elementary	Public	K-5	751 South Maple Ave.	Fontana	92335	San Bernardino County	Fontana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 357-5670	542	27	20.4	82.3%	17 (3.1%)	33 (6.1%)	481 (88.7%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.7%)								23.5	21.1	4748	229
060243009514	4520	Valley View Elementary	Public	K-5	11750 Gramercy Pl.	Riverside	92505	Riverside County	Alvord Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 358-1670	666	27	24.5	80.8%	47 (7.1%)	13 (2.0%)	584 (87.7%)	7 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	13 (2.0%)	$7,733							23.5	26.7	4213	307

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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.
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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