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)
063324005165	3511	Bell Avenue Elementary	Public	K-6	1900 Bell Ave.	Sacramento	95838	Sacramento County	Robla Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 922-0202	416	17	24.4	87.7%	80 (19.2%)	42 (10.1%)	189 (45.4%)	99 (23.8%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	$6,802							35	28	4067	556
060247212679	3512	Aspire Gateway Academy Charter	Public, Charter	K-5	8929 Kauffman Ave.	South Gate	90280	Los Angeles County	Aspire Gateway Academy Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 249-5740	339	14	23.8	76.1%	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	318 (93.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.9%)								35	41.3	3053	459
069113511232	3513	Sierra Vista Elementary	Public	K-6	20300 Sherman Rd.	Perris	92571	Riverside County	Val Verde Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 443-2430	886	38	23.1	85.3%	41 (4.6%)	94 (10.6%)	704 (79.5%)	15 (1.7%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	27 (3.0%)	$1,167							35	31.5	3769	256
060142005171	3514	Norman G. Ambrosini Elementary	Public	K-4	3850 Rohnerville Rd.	Fortuna	95540	Humboldt County	Fortuna Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 725-4688	323	17	19	79.3%	160 (49.5%)	0 (0.0%)	108 (33.4%)	2 (0.6%)	20 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (10.2%)	$11,409							35	32.5	3690	176
062223002657	3515	Lockeford Elementary	Public	K-8	19456 North Tully Rd.	Lockeford	95237	San Joaquin County	Lodi Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 331-7214	462	20	22.8	73.8%	158 (34.2%)	0 (0.0%)	263 (56.9%)	9 (1.9%)	4 (0.9%)	3 (0.6%)	25 (5.4%)	$10,709							35	32.8	3667	152
061089002034	3516	Princeton Street Elementary	Public	K-5	1959 Princeton St.	Delano	93215	Kern County	Delano Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 721-5080	365	18	20.2	91.2%	8 (2.2%)	2 (0.5%)	314 (86.0%)	37 (10.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	$7,398							35	23.8	4484	968
064074010331	3517	Joseph H. Wardlaw Elementary	Public	K-6	1698 Oakwood Ave.	Vallejo	94591	Solano County	Vallejo City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 556-8730	717	26	27.5	63.9%	57 (7.9%)	162 (22.6%)	198 (27.6%)	234 (32.6%)	2 (0.3%)	24 (3.3%)	40 (5.6%)								35	46.1	2755	762
063417005348	3518	Belvedere Elementary	Public	K-6	2501 East Marshall Blvd.	Highland	92346	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 862-7111	576	26	22.1	79.5%	25 (4.3%)	23 (4.0%)	497 (86.3%)	10 (1.7%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (3.1%)	$7,047							35	36.9	3362	156
062271002978	3519	El Dorado Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	12749 El Dorado Ave.	Sylmar	91342	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 367-5816	362	17	21.2	94.5%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,648							35	18.1	5040	1521
062142002564	3520	Felton Elementary	Public	K-5	10417 Felton Ave.	Lennox	90304	Los Angeles County	Lennox	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 680-8950	361	20	18	91.7%	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.9%)	349 (96.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.4%)	$12,432							34.9	36	3426	94

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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.