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)
061524000440	2311	Verdugo Academy	Public, Alternative	K-12	1700 East Mountain St.	Glendale	91207	Los Angeles County	Glendale Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 548-0740	224	15	14.9	46.9%	139 (62.1%)	2 (0.9%)	50 (22.3%)	21 (9.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.5%)	$6,952							54.6	71.7	1506	805
061473001792	2312	Fern Drive Elementary	Public	K-6	1400 West Fern Dr.	Fullerton	92833	Orange County	Fullerton Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 447-7710	413	16	25.4	55.2%	107 (25.9%)	3 (0.7%)	201 (48.7%)	55 (13.3%)	6 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (9.9%)	$5,418							54.5	63.5	1867	445
060006501241	2313	Wilson Elementary	Public	K-6	305 East Kamm Ave.	Dinuba	93618	Tulare County	Dinuba Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 595-7370	561	23	24.3	79.7%	10 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	540 (96.3%)	4 (0.7%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	$6,251							54.4	40.7	3084	771
060837010191	2314	Little Chico Creek Elementary	Public	K-5	2090 Amanda Way	Chico	95928	Butte County	Chico Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 891-3285	431	22	19.4	74.2%	161 (37.4%)	15 (3.5%)	141 (32.7%)	30 (7.0%)	4 (0.9%)	2 (0.5%)	77 (17.9%)	$12,225							54.4	48.4	2614	300
060157800869	2315	Mueller Charter (Robert L.)	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	715 I St.	Chula Vista	91910	San Diego County	Mueller Charter (Robert L.) District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 422-6192	1,606	72	22.3	77.0%	84 (5.2%)	27 (1.7%)	1,445 (90.0%)	26 (1.6%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	21 (1.3%)								54.4	49	2584	269
060429014274	2316	Starlight Elementary	Public	K-5	1510 Cougar Way	Beaumont	92223	Riverside County	Beaumont Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 456-1776	907	37	24.5	59.2%	155 (17.1%)	51 (5.6%)	583 (64.3%)	63 (6.9%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (5.7%)								54.4	47.9	2650	334
060210007300	2317	Mountain View Learning Academy	Public	K-8	8770 Harbison Canyon Rd.	Alpine	91901	San Diego County	Alpine Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 659-2854	89	4	22.2	39.3%	52 (58.4%)	1 (1.1%)	32 (36.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.4%)	$4,732							54.4			(n/a)
063684006248	2318	Atherwood Elementary	Public	K-6	2350 East Greensward St.	Simi Valley	93065	Ventura County	Simi Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 520-6730	502	21	23.9	30.5%	247 (49.2%)	5 (1.0%)	157 (31.3%)	58 (11.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	34 (6.8%)	$5,500							54.4	62	1956	362
061146001261	2319	Carpenter (C. C.) Elementary	Public	K-4	9439 East Foster Rd.	Downey	90242	Los Angeles County	Downey Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 904-3588	522	20	26.1	43.9%	31 (5.9%)	16 (3.1%)	466 (89.3%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.8%)	$13,003							54.4			(n/a)
060243009299	2320	Promenade Elementary	Public	K-5	550 Hamilton Dr.	Corona	91719	Riverside County	Alvord Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 358-1650	599	26	23.1	74.1%	77 (12.9%)	50 (8.3%)	347 (57.9%)	84 (14.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.8%)	36 (6.0%)	$7,909							54.4	55.7	2245	75

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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.