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)
061887002290	2251	Thomas Edison Elementary	Public	K-5	1267 Southgate Ave.	Daly City	94015	San Mateo County	Jefferson Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 991-1250	293	12	24.4	41.3%	10 (3.4%)	7 (2.4%)	58 (19.8%)	191 (65.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	26 (8.9%)	$11,340							55.6	59.6	2073	178
062475000437	2252	Coyote Valley Elementary	Public	K-6	18950 Coyote Valley Rd.	Hidden Valley Lake	95467	Lake County	Middletown Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 987-3357	498	22	22.4	53.0%	292 (58.6%)	3 (0.6%)	157 (31.5%)	6 (1.2%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (7.2%)	$6,034							55.6	54.9	2289	37
064020007475	2253	Twain Harte	Public	K-8	18815 Manzanita Dr.	Twain Harte	95383	Tuolumne County	Twain Harte	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 586-3266	236	12	18.8	55.9%	161 (68.2%)	1 (0.4%)	55 (23.3%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	2 (0.8%)	14 (5.9%)	$19,038							55.6	62.4	1926	327
060846011326	2254	Liberty Elementary	Public	K-6	2730 South Bon View Ave.	Ontario	91761	San Bernardino County	Chino Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 947-9749	564	24	23.4	71.6%	46 (8.2%)	27 (4.8%)	405 (71.8%)	63 (11.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.1%)	$10,080							55.5	50.5	2505	251
063132004836	2255	Armstrong Elementary	Public	K-6	22750 Beaverhead Dr.	Diamond Bar	91765	Los Angeles County	Pomona Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 397-4563	249	12	20.7	69.1%	24 (9.6%)	14 (5.6%)	151 (60.6%)	36 (14.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (9.6%)	$5,470							55.5	59.8	2064	191
060429014572	2256	Summerwind Trails	Public	K-8	1020 Poinsettia Cir.	Calimesa	92320	Riverside County	Beaumont Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 845-1631	1,078	45	23.8	55.4%	285 (26.4%)	89 (8.3%)	564 (52.3%)	76 (7.1%)	6 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	57 (5.3%)								55.4	56.9	2191	65
060002710281	2257	Luiseno	Public	K-8	13500 Mountain Rd.	Corona	92883	Riverside County	Lake Elsinore Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 253-7480	838	38	22.1	52.5%	225 (26.8%)	48 (5.7%)	493 (58.8%)	25 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	46 (5.5%)	$7,325							55.4	49.8	2539	282
061515001907	2258	Geyserville Elementary	Public	K-5	21485 Geyserville Ave.	Geyserville	95441	Sonoma County	Geyserville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 857-3410	94	6	15.6	67.0%	24 (25.5%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (66.0%)	1 (1.1%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (6.4%)	$10,542							55.4	41.6	3025	767
062637003934	2259	Ayers Elementary	Public	K-5	5120 Myrtle Dr.	Concord	94521	Contra Costa County	Mt. Diablo Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 682-7686	388	16	24.2	27.8%	143 (36.9%)	11 (2.8%)	132 (34.0%)	58 (14.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	42 (10.8%)	$11,902							55.4	64.2	1834	425
062250002764	2260	Twain Elementary	Public	K-5	5021 East Centralia St.	Long Beach	90808	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 421-8421	437	20	21.8	56.8%	65 (14.9%)	55 (12.6%)	242 (55.4%)	33 (7.6%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (0.9%)	36 (8.2%)	$8,453							55.4	67.9	1678	582

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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.