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)
063846006459	241	Cumberland Elementary	Public	K-5	824 Cumberland Ave.	Sunnyvale	94087	Santa Clara County	Sunnyvale	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 522-8255	608	30	20.6	12.8%	192 (31.6%)	4 (0.7%)	71 (11.7%)	266 (43.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	74 (12.2%)	$11,466							96.3	94.9	358	117
068450007066	242	Turtle Rock Elementary	Public	K-6	5151 Amalfi Dr.	Irvine	92603	Orange County	Irvine Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 936-6250	835	26	32.1	20.4%	200 (24.0%)	25 (3.0%)	101 (12.1%)	437 (52.3%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	68 (8.1%)	$5,458							96.3	97.6	131	111
061440001679	243	Mission Valley Elementary	Public	K-5	41700 Denise St.	Fremont	94539	Alameda County	Fremont Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 656-2000	478	20	23.5	13.8%	21 (4.4%)	7 (1.5%)	28 (5.9%)	394 (82.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (5.4%)	$7,603							96.3	96	274	31
061524007519	244	Valley View Elementary	Public	K-6	4900 Maryland Ave.	La Crescenta	91214	Los Angeles County	Glendale Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 236-3771	455	18	25.3	19.8%	220 (48.4%)	4 (0.9%)	48 (10.5%)	157 (34.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (5.5%)	$6,679							96.3	97.8	119	125
063153004894	245	Rolling Hills Elementary	Public	K-5	15255 Penasquitos Dr.	San Diego	92129	San Diego County	Poway Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 672-3400	467	20	23.7	13.5%	182 (39.0%)	10 (2.1%)	99 (21.2%)	104 (22.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	70 (15.0%)	$8,386							96.3	96.8	202	43
061044002336	246	Margaret Landell Elementary	Public	K-6	9739 Denni St.	Cypress	90630	Orange County	Cypress Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 220-6960	689	26	26.5	24.2%	58 (8.4%)	8 (1.2%)	82 (11.9%)	487 (70.7%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (7.4%)	$752							96.2	97.3	164	82
062031002450	247	Springhill Elementary	Public	K-5	3301 Springhill Rd.	Lafayette	94549	Contra Costa County	Lafayette Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 927-3580	453	21	21.5	4.2%	206 (45.5%)	1 (0.2%)	42 (9.3%)	57 (12.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	145 (32.0%)	$12,258							96.2	97.7	126	121
061803008242	248	Huntington Seacliff Elementary	Public	K-5	6701 Garfield Ave.	Huntington Beach	92648	Orange County	Huntington Beach City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 841-7081	560	24	23.3	22.1%	249 (44.5%)	2 (0.4%)	114 (20.4%)	119 (21.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	75 (13.4%)	$6,083							96.2	96.4	238	10
063441005637	249	Lafayette Elementary	Public	K-5	4545 Anza St.	San Francisco	94121	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 750-8483	502	23	21.9	32.1%	128 (25.5%)	12 (2.4%)	65 (12.9%)	194 (38.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	102 (20.3%)	$6,103							96.2	93.2	487	238
061389011989	250	Russell Ranch Elementary	Public	K-5	375 Dry Creek Rd.	Folsom	95630	Sacramento County	Folsom-Cordova Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 294-2430	618	28	21.7	5.8%	197 (31.9%)	5 (0.8%)	70 (11.3%)	280 (45.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (10.4%)	$7,007							96.1	96	271	21

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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.