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)
062271003406	2921	Tulsa Street Elementary	Public	K-5	10900 Hayvenhurst Ave.	Granada Hills	91344	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 363-5061	405	19	21.3	72.1%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,128							43.9	44.8	2838	83
062865004447	2922	Prospect Elementary	Public	K-6	379 North Virage St.	Orange	92869	Orange County	Orange Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 997-6271	375	16	23.6	73.3%	33 (8.8%)	1 (0.3%)	307 (81.9%)	17 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.5%)	$5,178							43.9	47.5	2667	255
061632502036	2923	Baldwin Academy	Public	K-6	1616 Griffith Ave.	La Puente	91744	Los Angeles County	Hacienda la Puente Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 933-3700	604	23	26.2	76.3%	11 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	533 (88.2%)	50 (8.3%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	6 (1.0%)								43.9	48.1	2636	287
060006511536	2924	John F. Kennedy Elementary	Public	K-6	999 North Crawford	Dinuba	93618	Tulare County	Dinuba Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 595-7300	494	21	23.5	82.0%	18 (3.6%)	2 (0.4%)	465 (94.1%)	6 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	$5,709							43.9	38.5	3247	323
061734002182	2925	Sunnyslope Elementary	Public	K-8	1475 Memorial Dr.	Hollister	95023	San Benito County	Hollister	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 636-4420	640	28	22.8	58.0%	53 (8.3%)	6 (0.9%)	547 (85.5%)	17 (2.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (2.3%)	$7,469							43.8	33.8	3591	666
061494001892	2926	Dewey Avenue Elementary	Public	K-6	525 Dewey Ave.	San Gabriel	91776	Los Angeles County	Garvey Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 307-3341	372	15	24.8	67.7%	7 (1.9%)	2 (0.5%)	166 (44.6%)	189 (50.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.2%)	$4,797							43.8	49.3	2567	359
060206214020	2927	Blue Ridge Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	955 Stanislaus St.	Maricopa	93252	Kern County	Blue Ridge Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(661) 412-9363	6,751	233	28.9	42.4%	2,626 (38.9%)	386 (5.7%)	2,436 (36.1%)	434 (6.4%)	12 (0.2%)	20 (0.3%)	828 (12.3%)								43.8	48	2638	289
061437009827	2928	Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary	Public	K-6	1250 Taper Ln.	San Jose	95122	Santa Clara County	Franklin-McKinley Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 283-6300	432	23	19	67.8%	5 (1.2%)	10 (2.3%)	309 (71.5%)	97 (22.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.3%)								43.8	42.6	2974	46
063237010020	2929	Georgia F. Morris Elementary	Public	K-5	1900 West Randall Ave.	Colton	92324	San Bernardino County	Rialto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 820-6864	617	24	25.7	81.4%	5 (0.8%)	34 (5.5%)	562 (91.1%)	6 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	8 (1.3%)	$7,358							43.8	35.9	3439	510
062271003078	2930	Heliotrope Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	5911 Woodlawn Ave.	Maywood	90270	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 560-1230	491	26	18.8	93.9%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,841							43.8	38.8	3231	301

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

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

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

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