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)
061233001411	5081	Prairie Elementary	Public	K-6	5251 Valley Hi Dr.	Sacramento	95823	Sacramento County	Elk Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 422-1843	857	34	25.2	80.3%	35 (4.1%)	110 (12.8%)	425 (49.6%)	202 (23.6%)	2 (0.2%)	37 (4.3%)	46 (5.4%)	$6,966							17.3	15.6	5268	187
062076002491	5082	Lakeside Elementary	Public	K-8	9100 Jersey Ave.	Hanford	93230	Kings County	Lakeside Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 582-2868	248	12	20.6	96.8%	12 (4.8%)	12 (4.8%)	213 (85.9%)	6 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.0%)	$11,574							17.3	24.7	4401	681
063984006608	5083	Trona Elementary	Public	K-6	83600 Trona Rd.	Trona	93562	San Bernardino County	Trona Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 372-2868	132	8	16.5	77.3%	75 (56.8%)	9 (6.8%)	41 (31.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	6 (4.5%)	$9,027							17.3	22.3	4628	455
063462005807	5084	Pasadena Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	4330 Pasadena Ave.	Sacramento	95821	Sacramento County	San Juan Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 971-7373	334	13	25.6	68.6%	133 (39.8%)	24 (7.2%)	105 (31.4%)	38 (11.4%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (9.3%)	$7,892							17.3	20.9	4774	310
062241002680	5085	Leonora Fillmore Elementary	Public	K-6	1211 East Pine Ave.	Lompoc	93436	Santa Barbara County	Lompoc Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 742-2100	490	21	23.3	81.4%	31 (6.3%)	8 (1.6%)	426 (86.9%)	12 (2.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.2%)	$7,818							17.2	15.1	5317	232
063311005128	5086	D. H. White Elementary	Public	K-6	500 Elm Way	Rio Vista	94571	Solano County	River Delta Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 374-5335	427	20	21.2	73.8%	156 (36.5%)	16 (3.7%)	190 (44.5%)	8 (1.9%)	5 (1.2%)	6 (1.4%)	46 (10.8%)	$7,823							17.2	38	3279	1807
061455001743	5087	King Elementary	Public	K-6	1001 East Florence Ave.	Fresno	93706	Fresno County	Fresno Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 457-2970	557	26	21.4	98.7%	11 (2.0%)	117 (21.0%)	338 (60.7%)	66 (11.8%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	19 (3.4%)	$8,516							17.2	15.8	5253	166
061455001759	5088	Pyle Elementary	Public	K-6	4140 North Augusta Ave.	Fresno	93726	Fresno County	Fresno Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 248-7240	675	33	20.2	95.3%	54 (8.0%)	92 (13.6%)	419 (62.1%)	66 (9.8%)	3 (0.4%)	7 (1.0%)	34 (5.0%)	$8,277							17.2	13.3	5465	377
060369000334	5089	Margaret Heath Elementary	Public	K-5	14321 School St.	Baldwin Park	91706	Los Angeles County	Baldwin Park Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 338-4013	320	15	21.2	93.1%	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	306 (95.6%)	11 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$7,338							17.2	23.7	4496	593
062547003814	5090	Winter Gardens Elementary	Public	K-5	1277 South Clela Ave.	Los Angeles	90022	Los Angeles County	Montebello Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 268-0477	416	26	16.1	78.4%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	412 (99.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	$7,859							17.2	16.6	5187	97

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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.