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)
062100002520	831	Chaparral Elementary	Public	K-5	22601 Liberty Bell Rd.	Calabasas	91302	Los Angeles County	Las Virgenes Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 591-2428	537	23	23.3	17.9%	386 (71.9%)	6 (1.1%)	48 (8.9%)	24 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	73 (13.6%)								87.6	90.1	705	126
062409003622	832	Browns Valley Elementary	Public	K-5	9555 Browns Valley School Rd.	Browns Valley	95918	Yuba County	Marysville Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 741-6107	128	6	21.3	43.8%	93 (72.7%)	2 (1.6%)	16 (12.5%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	15 (11.7%)								87.6	83.4	1034	202
060243913939	833	The New School of San Francisco	Public, Charter	K-7	940 Filbert St	San Francisco	94133	San Francisco County	The New School of San Francisco District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 401-6063	439	22	19.9	33.7%	154 (35.1%)	25 (5.7%)	165 (37.6%)	49 (11.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	42 (9.6%)								87.6	86.8	877	44
060903011587	834	Reagan Elementary	Public	K-6	3701 Ashlan Ave.	Clovis	93619	Fresno County	Clovis Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 327-8900	749	31	23.8	30.7%	221 (29.5%)	25 (3.3%)	298 (39.8%)	172 (23.0%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (4.0%)	$4,496							87.6	83.2	1047	213
064215006913	835	Schroeder Elementary	Public	K-6	15151 Columbia Ln.	Huntington Beach	92647	Orange County	Westminster	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 894-7268	474	20	23.7	46.0%	135 (28.5%)	3 (0.6%)	158 (33.3%)	124 (26.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (11.0%)	$6,024							87.6	91.3	614	221
063066004770	836	Sierra Vista Elementary	Public	K-6	1811 North Placentia Ave.	Placentia	92870	Orange County	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 986-7270	479	17	28.1	39.5%	138 (28.8%)	7 (1.5%)	184 (38.4%)	97 (20.3%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	49 (10.2%)	$5,791							87.6	89	763	73
060483000475	837	Horace Mann Elementary	Public	K-5	8701 Charleville Blvd.	Beverly Hills	90211	Los Angeles County	Beverly Hills Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 229-3680	565	43	13	17.7%	321 (56.8%)	19 (3.4%)	57 (10.1%)	87 (15.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	79 (14.0%)	$28,912							87.5	89.9	717	120
060223414064	838	Ross Valley Charter	Public, Charter	K-5	102 Marinda Dr.	Fairfax	94930	Marin County	Ross Valley Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 534-6970	209	10	20.9	25.4%	120 (57.4%)	3 (1.4%)	56 (26.8%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (11.5%)								87.5	82.9	1061	223
063492005916	839	Parkside Montessori	Public	K-8	1685 Eisenhower St.	San Mateo	94402	San Mateo County	San Mateo-Foster City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 312-7575	328	16	20.6	11.9%	116 (35.4%)	3 (0.9%)	79 (24.1%)	85 (25.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	44 (13.4%)	$11,509							87.4	83.1	1050	211
062403000178	840	Morello Park Elementary	Public	K-5	1200 Morello Park Dr.	Martinez	94553	Contra Costa County	Martinez Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 335-5840	506	23	21.7	28.7%	271 (53.6%)	8 (1.6%)	87 (17.2%)	59 (11.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	80 (15.8%)	$6,433							87.4	91.1	631	209

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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.