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)
060002009283	181	Donlon Elementary	Public	K-5	4150 Dorman Rd.	Pleasanton	94588	Alameda County	Pleasanton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 426-4220	739	30	24.6	7.0%	110 (14.9%)	17 (2.3%)	46 (6.2%)	528 (71.4%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	33 (4.5%)	$6,133							96.8	96.8	207	26
063153013729	182	Design 39 Campus	Public	K-8	17050 Del Sur Ridge Rd.	San Diego	92127	San Diego County	Poway Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 676-6639	1,226	46	26.6	6.4%	428 (34.9%)	10 (0.8%)	110 (9.0%)	535 (43.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.4%)	135 (11.0%)	$6,327							96.8	95.5	316	134
063441007841	183	Lilienthal (Claire) Elementary	Public	K-8	3630 Divisadero St.	San Francisco	94123	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 749-3516	669	29	22.8	19.0%	167 (25.0%)	49 (7.3%)	79 (11.8%)	214 (32.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	159 (23.8%)								96.8	97.2	171	12
062961004585	184	Fairmeadow Elementary	Public	K-5	500 East Meadow Dr.	Palo Alto	94306	Santa Clara County	Palo Alto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 856-0845	403	20	20.2	11.9%	110 (27.3%)	6 (1.5%)	56 (13.9%)	189 (46.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	38 (9.4%)	$13,684							96.8	96.1	263	79
062037002456	185	Top of the World Elementary	Public	K-5	21601 Tree Top Ln.	Laguna Beach	92651	Orange County	Laguna Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 497-7790	557	27	20.6	16.9%	366 (65.7%)	2 (0.4%)	61 (11.0%)	26 (4.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	100 (18.0%)	$19,328							96.8	97.4	158	27
062628007791	186	Amy Imai Elementary	Public	K-5	253 Martens Ave.	Mountain View	94040	Santa Clara County	Mountain View Whisman	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 526-3490	380	17	22.3	10.3%	95 (25.0%)	1 (0.3%)	59 (15.5%)	174 (45.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (13.4%)								96.8	98.2	77	109
060002503573	187	Grand View Elementary	Public	K-5	455 24th St.	Manhattan Beach	90266	Los Angeles County	Manhattan Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 546-8022	510	21	24.2	2.2%	325 (63.7%)	6 (1.2%)	49 (9.6%)	57 (11.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	73 (14.3%)	$11,103							96.8	98.2	80	107
062283003490	188	Daves Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	17770 Daves Ave.	Los Gatos	95030	Santa Clara County	Los Gatos Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 335-2200	494	21	23.5	4.3%	276 (55.9%)	9 (1.8%)	42 (8.5%)	102 (20.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (12.8%)	$9,177							96.7	94.9	359	171
061632502070	189	Wedgeworth Elementary	Public	K-5	16949 Wedgeworth Dr.	Hacienda Heights	91745	Los Angeles County	Hacienda la Puente Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 933-8100	619	27	22.9	56.7%	12 (1.9%)	2 (0.3%)	92 (14.9%)	486 (78.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	25 (4.0%)								96.7	95.7	298	109
062271002842	190	Beckford Charter for Enriched Studies	Public, Charter	K-5	19130 Tulsa St.	Northridge	91326	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 360-1924	594	24	24.7	22.6%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,751							96.7	96.2	255	65

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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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