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)
062805004310	441	Redwood Heights Elementary	Public	K-5	4401 39th Ave.	Oakland	94619	Alameda County	Oakland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 879-2148	369	16	23.6	34.1%	110 (29.8%)	50 (13.6%)	75 (20.3%)	37 (10.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	95 (25.7%)	$6,304							93.9	88.3	809	368
063459005702	442	Booksin Elementary	Public	K-5	1590 Dry Creek Rd.	San Jose	95125	Santa Clara County	San Jose Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 535-6213	699	30	23.2	10.3%	330 (47.2%)	2 (0.3%)	132 (18.9%)	126 (18.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	107 (15.3%)	$9,876							93.8	92.2	559	117
063488007353	443	Discovery Elementary	Public	K-5	730 Applewilde Dr.	San Marcos	92078	San Diego County	San Marcos Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 290-2077	668	28	23.8	20.4%	320 (47.9%)	0 (0.0%)	184 (27.5%)	94 (14.1%)	8 (1.2%)	1 (0.1%)	61 (9.1%)	$7,719							93.8	97.2	167	276
063570006101	444	Roosevelt Elementary	Public	K-5	801 Montana Ave.	Santa Monica	90403	Los Angeles County	Santa Monica-Malibu Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 395-0941	594	31	19.2	17.7%	360 (60.6%)	30 (5.1%)	85 (14.3%)	83 (14.0%)	3 (0.5%)	3 (0.5%)	30 (5.1%)	$6,942							93.8	89.3	754	310
063942006551	445	Arlington Elementary	Public	K-5	17800 Van Ness Ave.	Torrance	90504	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4510	532	21	25.3	30.5%	42 (7.9%)	16 (3.0%)	208 (39.1%)	187 (35.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	78 (14.7%)	$5,322							93.8	91.4	607	162
061494001899	446	Monterey Vista Elementary	Public	K-6	901 East Graves Ave.	Monterey Park	91755	Los Angeles County	Garvey Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 307-3300	545	21	25.7	54.9%	9 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	103 (18.9%)	414 (76.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (2.9%)	$4,654							93.8	94.2	410	36
060002109291	447	Sunol Glen Elementary	Public	K-8	11601 Main St.	Sunol	94586	Alameda County	Sunol Glen Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 862-2026	268	12	21.4	10.4%	97 (36.2%)	1 (0.4%)	42 (15.7%)	97 (36.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	30 (11.2%)								93.8	96.4	240	207
063432005421	448	Bird Rock Elementary	Public	K-5	5371 La Jolla Hermosa Ave.	La Jolla	92037	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 488-0537	362	16	22	13.5%	272 (75.1%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (9.9%)	8 (2.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (12.4%)	$8,255							93.7	94.8	368	80
061389009542	449	Oak Chan Elementary	Public	K-5	101 Prewett Dr.	Folsom	95630	Sacramento County	Folsom-Cordova Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 294-9155	427	22	19.3	8.2%	259 (60.7%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (15.0%)	43 (10.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (14.3%)	$7,041							93.7	93.9	446	3
062265002789	450	Santa Rita Elementary	Public	K-6	700 Los Altos Ave.	Los Altos	94022	Santa Clara County	Los Altos Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 559-1600	385	20	19.1	16.4%	132 (34.3%)	1 (0.3%)	79 (20.5%)	120 (31.2%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)	49 (12.7%)	$15,105							93.7	91.9	582	132

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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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Educational resources:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.