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)
062271010529	4331	MacArthur Park Elementary School for the Visual and Perf Arts	Public	K-5	2300 West Seventh St.	Los Angeles	90057	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 381-7217	351	16	21.9	98.6%	6 (1.7%)	9 (2.6%)	329 (93.7%)	6 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$9,964							25.3	15.6	5271	940
061203001337	4332	Lincoln Elementary	Public	K-6	200 North Twelfth St.	El Centro	92243	Imperial County	El Centro Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 352-3060	436	20	21.8	93.3%	9 (2.1%)	3 (0.7%)	414 (95.0%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)	$7,998							25.3	14.7	5345	1013
062460013885	4333	Rudolph Rivera Elementary	Public	K-6	945 Buena Vista Dr.	Merced	95348	Merced County	Merced City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 385-6680	894	34	26.2	81.5%	71 (7.9%)	93 (10.4%)	546 (61.1%)	129 (14.4%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (5.7%)	$7,237							25.3	24.3	4425	92
060384009305	4334	Cabazon Elementary	Public	K-5	50575 Carmen Ave.	Cabazon	92230	Riverside County	Banning Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 922-0252	262	12	21.8	87.8%	42 (16.0%)	6 (2.3%)	200 (76.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.1%)	$2,114							25.3	38.5	3256	1078
063459005700	4335	Walter L. Bachrodt Elementary	Public	K-5	102 Sonora Ave.	San Jose	95110	Santa Clara County	San Jose Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 535-6211	424	17	24.5	60.8%	33 (7.8%)	17 (4.0%)	333 (78.5%)	22 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	14 (3.3%)	$12,112							25.3	41.2	3055	1280
063237008949	4336	Helen L. Dollahan Elementary	Public	K-5	1060 West Etiwanda Ave.	Rialto	92376	San Bernardino County	Rialto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 820-7943	623	27	23	84.4%	15 (2.4%)	39 (6.3%)	542 (87.0%)	7 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.3%)	11 (1.8%)	$7,564							25.3	28.2	4057	279
061473001800	4337	Pacific Drive Elementary	Public	K-6	1501 West Valencia Dr.	Fullerton	92833	Orange County	Fullerton Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 447-7735	590	25	23.6	70.8%	49 (8.3%)	12 (2.0%)	476 (80.7%)	30 (5.1%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (3.2%)	$6,181							25.3	16.4	5201	864
062664004038	4338	West Park Elementary	Public	K-5	2315 West Park Ave.	Napa	94558	Napa County	Napa Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 253-3516	281	11	26	71.5%	101 (35.9%)	4 (1.4%)	163 (58.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	10 (3.6%)	$6,850							25.2	28.2	4059	279
060363000296	4339	Henry Eissler Elementary	Public	K-6	2901 Eissler St.	Bakersfield	93306	Kern County	Bakersfield City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 631-5250	532	31	17.3	86.8%	54 (10.2%)	36 (6.8%)	418 (78.6%)	17 (3.2%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.8%)	$8,686							25.2	32.5	3689	650
060369000340	4340	Tracy Elementary	Public	K-5	13350 Tracy St.	Baldwin Park	91706	Los Angeles County	Baldwin Park Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 962-9718	526	19	27.6	92.8%	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	467 (88.8%)	49 (9.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.0%)	$6,541							25.2	26.5	4227	113

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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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