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)
062334008894	3681	Berenda Elementary	Public	K-6	26820 Club Dr.	Madera	93638	Madera County	Madera Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 674-3325	761	28	27.1	83.4%	55 (7.2%)	3 (0.4%)	665 (87.4%)	8 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (3.8%)	$11,785							33	34.6	3535	146
063705011698	3682	Jack Franscioni Elementary	Public	K-6	779 Orchard Ln.	Soledad	93960	Monterey County	Soledad Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 678-6340	417	17	24.5	81.8%	11 (2.6%)	2 (0.5%)	397 (95.2%)	5 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$7,506							33	36	3430	252
062271002804	3683	Aldama Elementary	Public	K-5	632 North Avenue 50	Los Angeles	90042	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 255-1434	347	18	19.2	72.3%	34 (9.8%)	1 (0.3%)	295 (85.0%)	7 (2.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.6%)	$10,741							33	41.5	3040	643
060195013182	3684	Monte Bella Elementary	Public	K-6	1300 Tuscany Blvd.	Salinas	93905	Monterey County	Alisal Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 753-5700	807	32	25.2	87.7%	9 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	773 (95.8%)	13 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	10 (1.2%)	$6,156							33	32.6	3680	4
061926002310	3685	Glen Avon Elementary	Public	K-6	4352 Pyrite St.	Jurupa Valley	92509	Riverside County	Jurupa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 360-2764	519	24	22	84.4%	19 (3.7%)	5 (1.0%)	469 (90.4%)	18 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.5%)	$10,500							33	27.5	4127	442
060558009314	3686	Arellanes (Don Juan Bautista) Elementary	Public	K-6	1890 Sandalwood Dr.	Santa Maria	93455	Santa Barbara County	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 361-6860	292	16	18.2	92.5%	6 (2.1%)	1 (0.3%)	284 (97.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,171							33	29.3	3954	268
062271003421	3687	Van Nuys Elementary	Public	K-5	6464 Sylmar Ave.	Van Nuys	91401	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 785-2195	439	21	20.9	96.6%	17 (3.9%)	6 (1.4%)	405 (92.3%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.6%)	$11,329							32.9	33.8	3588	99
062958004572	3688	Ocotillo Elementary	Public	K-5	38737 Ocotillo School Dr.	Palmdale	93551	Los Angeles County	Palmdale Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 947-9987	611	22	27.7	80.4%	41 (6.7%)	101 (16.5%)	432 (70.7%)	12 (2.0%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	20 (3.3%)	$270							32.9	34.8	3515	173
063441005659	3689	Redding Elementary	Public	K-5	1421 Pine St.	San Francisco	94109	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 749-3525	246	11	22.3	65.0%	76 (30.9%)	22 (8.9%)	59 (24.0%)	57 (23.2%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	28 (11.4%)	$6,103							32.9	34.2	3564	125
062271003017	3690	Foshay Learning Center	Public, Alternative	K-12	3751 South Harvard Blvd.	Los Angeles	90018	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 373-2700	1,624	86	18.8	77.2%	10 (0.6%)	200 (12.3%)	1,385 (85.3%)	7 (0.4%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	19 (1.2%)	$8,799							32.9	22.6	4603	913

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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.