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)
062958007528	5291	Quail Valley Elementary	Public	K-5	37236 58th St. East	Palmdale	93552	Los Angeles County	Palmdale Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 533-7100	503	20	25	89.1%	19 (3.8%)	88 (17.5%)	376 (74.8%)	7 (1.4%)	6 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.2%)	$311							15.1	15	5322	31
060133205108	5292	Village Elementary	Public	K-8	6845 Larchmont Dr.	North Highlands	95660	Sacramento County	Twin Rivers Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 566-1970	407	17	23.8	90.7%	64 (15.7%)	43 (10.6%)	228 (56.0%)	24 (5.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	46 (11.3%)								15.1	11.3	5629	337
061455001716	5293	Columbia Elementary	Public	K-6	1025 South Trinity St.	Fresno	93706	Fresno County	Fresno Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 457-2630	543	23	23.2	98.2%	3 (0.6%)	72 (13.3%)	408 (75.1%)	45 (8.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.4%)	$8,723							15.1	15	5323	30
061674008146	5294	Tyrrell Elementary	Public	K-6	27000 Tyrrell Ave.	Hayward	94540	Alameda County	Hayward Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 723-3935	606	26	23	74.4%	7 (1.2%)	20 (3.3%)	490 (80.9%)	67 (11.1%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (2.5%)	6 (1.0%)								15	17.1	5146	148
063227007336	5295	Kettleman City Elementary	Public	K-8	701 General Petroleum St.	Kettleman City	93239	Kings County	Reef-Sunset Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 386-5702	237	12	19.7	91.1%	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	235 (99.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,350							15	12.3	5540	245
063432005484	5296	Fay Elementary	Public	K-5	4080 52nd St.	San Diego	92105	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 624-2600	469	22	21.3	91.0%	14 (3.0%)	91 (19.4%)	286 (61.0%)	57 (12.2%)	4 (0.9%)	2 (0.4%)	15 (3.2%)	$6,804							15	17.4	5114	182
061336011891	5297	Weir Preparatory Academy	Public	K-8	1975 Pennsylvania Ave.	Fairfield	94533	Solano County	Fairfield-Suisun Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 399-3300	706	28	25.6	80.6%	38 (5.4%)	125 (17.7%)	423 (59.9%)	54 (7.6%)	2 (0.3%)	14 (2.0%)	50 (7.1%)	$5,840							15	17.9	5067	230
060426010807	5298	San Lauren Elementary	Public	K-6	5210 Victor St.	Bakersfield	93308	Kern County	Beardsley Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 393-5511	368	19	19.3	89.1%	104 (28.3%)	23 (6.3%)	231 (62.8%)	2 (0.5%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	$7,497							15	24.8	4385	913
063384001089	5299	Father Keith B. Kenny	Public	K-6	3525 Martin Luther King Jr. Bl	Sacramento	95817	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-4570	253	12	21.4	95.7%	20 (7.9%)	52 (20.6%)	136 (53.8%)	26 (10.3%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	17 (6.7%)	$6,144							15	16.2	5216	83
060285000156	5300	Jack London Elementary	Public	K-6	4550 Country Hills Dr.	Antioch	94531	Contra Costa County	Antioch Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 779-7455	468	24	19.6	81.8%	44 (9.4%)	123 (26.3%)	212 (45.3%)	50 (10.7%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.9%)	29 (6.2%)	$7,428							15	17.8	5075	225

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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.