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)
060205012708	1781	Citizens of the World Charter School Hollywood	Public, Charter	K-5	1316 North Bronson Ave.	Los Angeles	90028	Los Angeles County	Citizens of the World Charter School Hollywood District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 464-4292	428	18	24.2	49.1%	162 (37.9%)	24 (5.6%)	159 (37.1%)	48 (11.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	32 (7.5%)								65.7	70.7	1550	231
062586009164	1782	Friendly Hills Elementary	Public	K-6	7252 Sunny Vista Rd.	Joshua Tree	92252	San Bernardino County	Morongo Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 366-3812	267	12	22.6	56.9%	155 (58.1%)	10 (3.7%)	86 (32.2%)	3 (1.1%)	2 (0.7%)	6 (2.2%)	5 (1.9%)	$7,703							65.7	49.6	2552	770
061185001322	1783	Scott Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	11701 Scott Ave.	Whittier	90604	Los Angeles County	East Whittier City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 907-6440	492	22	22.5	60.4%	61 (12.4%)	10 (2.0%)	373 (75.8%)	21 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.3%)								65.7	65.9	1761	22
063603009194	1784	Holder Elementary	Public	K-6	9550 Holder St.	Buena Park	90620	Orange County	Savanna Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 236-3840	452	23	19.6	77.0%	60 (13.3%)	21 (4.6%)	254 (56.2%)	78 (17.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)	34 (7.5%)	$11,067							65.7	73	1462	322
061281002810	1785	Boulder Creek Elementary	Public	K-8	505 Springer Dr.	Redding	96003	Shasta County	Enterprise Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 224-4140	874	39	22.5	53.4%	579 (66.2%)	13 (1.5%)	112 (12.8%)	67 (7.7%)	21 (2.4%)	1 (0.1%)	81 (9.3%)	$6,136							65.6	62.8	1908	123
061632512808	1786	Cedarlane Academy	Public	K-8	16333 Cedarlane Dr.	Hacienda Heights	91745	Los Angeles County	Hacienda la Puente Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 933-8002	593	28	21.2	66.8%	6 (1.0%)	5 (0.8%)	312 (52.6%)	260 (43.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.7%)								65.6	73.1	1458	328
060151213958	1787	Sutter Peak Charter Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	3934 Broadway Rd.	Live Oak	95953	Sutter County	Sutter Peak Charter Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 468-4044	613	23	26.6	37.4%	369 (60.2%)	15 (2.4%)	129 (21.0%)	44 (7.2%)	9 (1.5%)	5 (0.8%)	42 (6.9%)								65.6	64	1841	54
062025002437	1788	Maryland Avenue Elementary	Public	K-6	5400 Maryland Ave.	La Mesa	91941	San Diego County	La Mesa-Spring Valley	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 668-5744	458	20	22.9	56.6%	167 (36.5%)	34 (7.4%)	171 (37.3%)	29 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	56 (12.2%)	$5,526							65.6	59.2	2089	301
062865004442	1789	Palmyra GATE Magnet	Public	K-6	1325 East Palmyra Ave.	Orange	92866	Orange County	Orange Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 997-6207	400	18	22.7	81.0%	42 (10.5%)	12 (3.0%)	312 (78.0%)	16 (4.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	15 (3.8%)	$5,548							65.5	66.6	1730	59
062241002678	1790	Crestview Elementary	Public	K-6	Utah Ave.	Lompoc	93437	Santa Barbara County	Lompoc Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 742-2050	372	18	20.6	28.2%	173 (46.5%)	26 (7.0%)	114 (30.6%)	17 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	40 (10.8%)	$7,334							65.5	69.9	1584	206

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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.