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)
060903001982	341	Garfield Elementary	Public	K-6	1315 North Peach Ave.	Clovis	93611	Fresno County	Clovis Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 327-6800	602	24	25.4	29.4%	313 (52.0%)	22 (3.7%)	173 (28.7%)	60 (10.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (5.3%)	$4,797							95.1	95	351	10
060186000061	342	Cornell Elementary	Public	K-5	920 Talbot Ave.	Albany	94706	Alameda County	Albany City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 558-3700	569	24	24.1	22.7%	113 (19.9%)	7 (1.2%)	93 (16.3%)	166 (29.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	189 (33.2%)	$8,974							95.1	96.5	228	114
063432005516	343	McKinley Elementary	Public	K-5	3045 Felton St.	San Diego	92104	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 282-7694	534	20	26.3	28.1%	270 (50.6%)	14 (2.6%)	165 (30.9%)	18 (3.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (12.2%)	$7,673							95	94.5	389	46
064032006667	344	Alta Vista Elementary	Public	K-5	200 Blossom Valley Rd.	Los Gatos	95032	Santa Clara County	Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 356-6146	564	22	26.2	6.4%	219 (38.8%)	3 (0.5%)	60 (10.6%)	224 (39.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (9.9%)	$7,225							95	96.8	204	140
062091013739	345	Cove	Public	K-5	330 Golden Hind Passage	Corte Madera	94925	Marin County	Larkspur-Corte Madera	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 945-9046	320	17	19.2	5.3%	219 (68.4%)	1 (0.3%)	48 (15.0%)	21 (6.6%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (8.8%)								95	96.4	241	104
061440000488	346	Forest Park Elementary	Public	K-5	34400 Maybird Cir.	Fremont	94555	Alameda County	Fremont Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 713-0141	883	35	25.2	12.6%	41 (4.6%)	12 (1.4%)	54 (6.1%)	751 (85.1%)	3 (0.3%)	7 (0.8%)	15 (1.7%)	$6,326							95	96.9	196	150
063386005295	347	De Portola Elementary	Public	K-6	27031 Preciados Dr.	Mission Viejo	92691	Orange County	Saddleback Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 586-5830	595	21	28.2	19.8%	332 (55.8%)	2 (0.3%)	97 (16.3%)	68 (11.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	93 (15.6%)	$5,734							95	93	505	158
064128009653	348	Leonard G. Westhoff Elementary	Public	K-5	1323 Country Hollow	Walnut	91789	Los Angeles County	Walnut Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 594-6483	627	25	25.4	24.6%	20 (3.2%)	4 (0.6%)	97 (15.5%)	486 (77.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.2%)	$4,942							95	96.1	262	86
062487008518	349	Strawberry Point Elementary	Public	K-5	117 East Strawberry Dr.	Mill Valley	94941	Marin County	Mill Valley Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 389-7660	254	12	21.1	7.5%	156 (61.4%)	3 (1.2%)	43 (16.9%)	17 (6.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (13.4%)	$15,698							95	95.7	297	52
060002009290	350	Vintage Hills Elementary	Public	K-5	1125 Concord St.	Pleasanton	94566	Alameda County	Pleasanton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 426-4240	538	25	21.5	4.8%	161 (29.9%)	5 (0.9%)	35 (6.5%)	281 (52.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	53 (9.9%)	$6,316							94.9	95.6	305	45

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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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Educational resources:

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

Charter Schools vs Regular Public Schools: Understanding the Key Differences

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.