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)
060474000448	1051	Oxford Elementary at West Campus	Public	K-5	1222 University Ave.	Berkeley	94702	Alameda County	Berkeley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 644-6300	262	14	19.1	29.0%	108 (41.2%)	37 (14.1%)	53 (20.2%)	29 (11.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (13.4%)	$10,210							82.5	85.9	921	130
063513005951	1052	Montair Elementary	Public	K-5	300 Quinterra Ln.	Danville	94526	Contra Costa County	San Ramon Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 855-5100	503	25	20	5.6%	332 (66.0%)	5 (1.0%)	44 (8.7%)	57 (11.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (12.7%)	$6,908							82.5	91.6	599	453
062577003856	1053	George C. Payne Elementary	Public	K-5	3750 Gleason Ave.	San Jose	95130	Santa Clara County	Moreland	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 874-3700	455	22	21.1	30.8%	97 (21.3%)	7 (1.5%)	138 (30.3%)	140 (30.8%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.8%)	64 (14.1%)	$5,761							82.4	85	950	103
063462005782	1054	Green Oaks Fundamental Elementary	Public	K-5	7145 Filbert Ave.	Orangevale	95662	Sacramento County	San Juan Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 979-8209	296	12	24.6	30.4%	227 (76.7%)	3 (1.0%)	37 (12.5%)	10 (3.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.1%)	$6,427							82.4	87.8	828	226
062271003462	1055	Wilbur Charter For Enriched Academics	Public, Charter	K-5	5213 Crebs Ave.	Tarzana	91356	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 345-1090	535	24	22.2	30.1%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,003							82.4	84	1003	52
061527001952	1056	Cullen Elementary	Public	K-5	440 North Live Oak Ave.	Glendora	91741	Los Angeles County	Glendora Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 852-4593	585	24	24.4	37.8%	179 (30.6%)	5 (0.9%)	248 (42.4%)	117 (20.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	35 (6.0%)	$6,324							82.3	80.5	1150	94
060205312302	1057	Maria Montessori Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	1850 Wildcat Blvd.	Rocklin	95765	Placer County	Maria Montessori Charter Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 630-1510	260	15	17.5	12.3%	128 (49.2%)	2 (0.8%)	59 (22.7%)	35 (13.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	35 (13.5%)								82.3	74.4	1406	349
060903000909	1058	Fort Washington Elementary	Public	K-6	960 East Teague Ave.	Fresno	93720	Fresno County	Clovis Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 327-6600	579	25	23.2	37.8%	214 (37.0%)	13 (2.2%)	246 (42.5%)	57 (9.8%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	44 (7.6%)	$4,956							82.3	77.1	1275	217
062100002523	1059	Lupin Hill Elementary	Public	K-5	26210 Adamor Rd.	Calabasas	91302	Los Angeles County	Las Virgenes Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 880-4434	451	22	20.5	33.7%	236 (52.3%)	11 (2.4%)	85 (18.8%)	58 (12.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	59 (13.1%)								82.2	85.7	927	132
063462005772	1060	Mary Deterding Elementary	Public	K-6	6000 Stanley Ave.	Carmichael	95608	Sacramento County	San Juan Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 979-8138	612	23	26.6	41.8%	325 (53.1%)	28 (4.6%)	117 (19.1%)	67 (10.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	73 (11.9%)	$6,107							82.2	81.3	1121	61

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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:

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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.