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)
063417005365	5111	Lankershim Elementary	Public	K-6	7499 Lankershim Ave.	Highland	92346	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 862-4213	527	25	21	96.0%	8 (1.5%)	46 (8.7%)	452 (85.8%)	9 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.1%)	$6,972							17	18.2	5026	85
062274003483	5112	R. M. Miano Elementary	Public	K-6	1129 B St.	Los Banos	93635	Merced County	Los Banos Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 826-3877	763	30	25.4	87.7%	36 (4.7%)	7 (0.9%)	713 (93.4%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	$7,718							17	14.9	5335	223
063462005758	5113	Cameron Ranch Elementary	Public	K-5	4333 Hackberry Ln.	Carmichael	95608	Sacramento County	San Juan Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 575-2302	397	17	23.3	71.0%	129 (32.5%)	43 (10.8%)	128 (32.2%)	50 (12.6%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.3%)	41 (10.3%)	$9,467							17	18.7	4983	130
064119006814	5114	Bobier Elementary	Public	K-5	220 West Bobier Dr.	Vista	92083	San Diego County	Vista Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 724-8501	483	20	24.7	95.2%	7 (1.4%)	2 (0.4%)	466 (96.5%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.8%)	$8,214							17	13.5	5444	330
060171009690	5115	Eagle Ranch Elementary	Public	K-5	12545 Eagle Ranch Pkwy.	Adelanto	92392	San Bernardino County	Adelanto Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 949-2100	519	22	23.5	72.1%	41 (7.9%)	73 (14.1%)	358 (69.0%)	13 (2.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (6.2%)								17	18.2	5025	90
060285007492	5116	Grant Elementary	Public	K-6	4325 Spaulding St.	Antioch	94531	Contra Costa County	Antioch Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 779-7465	434	22	19.7	77.6%	30 (6.9%)	120 (27.6%)	198 (45.6%)	49 (11.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (8.5%)	$7,453							17	17.3	5125	9
060197713351	5117	Knowledge Enlightens You (KEY) Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	585 Willow Ave.	Hayward	94541	Alameda County	Knowledge Enlightens You (KEY) Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 397-2524	628	25	25.1	78.0%	80 (12.7%)	41 (6.5%)	422 (67.2%)	52 (8.3%)	5 (0.8%)	11 (1.8%)	16 (2.5%)								16.9	24.6	4405	712
063471005852	5118	Hesperian Elementary	Public	K-5	620 Drew St.	San Lorenzo	94580	Alameda County	San Lorenzo Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 317-5200	447	18	24.7	82.3%	9 (2.0%)	47 (10.5%)	297 (66.4%)	65 (14.5%)	2 (0.4%)	9 (2.0%)	18 (4.0%)	$6,618							16.9	20.1	4846	272
061608002256	5119	Cesar Chavez Elementary	Public	K-6	250 Apple Ave.	Greenfield	93927	Monterey County	Greenfield Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 674-2412	653	27	24.6	67.1%	7 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	640 (98.0%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	$5,161							16.9	14.8	5341	222
063311005127	5120	Walnut Grove Elementary	Public	K-6	14181 Grove St.	Walnut Grove	95690	Sacramento County	River Delta Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 776-1844	141	7	19.8	92.9%	17 (12.1%)	4 (2.8%)	113 (80.1%)	4 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.1%)	$9,198							16.9	22.2	4636	484

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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.