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)
062121002541	3581	F. D. Roosevelt Elementary	Public	K-5	3533 West Marine Blvd.	Lawndale	90260	Los Angeles County	Lawndale Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 675-1121	472	19	24.8	88.3%	17 (3.6%)	96 (20.3%)	311 (65.9%)	16 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	29 (6.1%)	$11,028							34.2	33	3649	68
061455001752	3582	McCardle Elementary	Public	K-6	577 East Sierra Ave.	Fresno	93710	Fresno County	Fresno Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 451-4540	468	25	19.1	80.1%	71 (15.2%)	24 (5.1%)	299 (63.9%)	43 (9.2%)	6 (1.3%)	2 (0.4%)	23 (4.9%)	$8,461							34.2	27	4173	591
060639009520	3583	Roy W. Loudon Elementary	Public	K-6	4000 Loudon St.	Bakersfield	93313	Kern County	Panama-Buena Vista Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 398-3210	694	28	24.7	89.2%	56 (8.1%)	52 (7.5%)	525 (75.6%)	26 (3.7%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	30 (4.3%)	$10,561							34.2	36.8	3374	209
061392010611	3584	Sierra Lakes Elementary	Public	K-5	5740 Avenal Pl.	Fontana	92336	San Bernardino County	Fontana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 357-5270	803	36	22.3	41.7%	100 (12.5%)	105 (13.1%)	437 (54.4%)	125 (15.6%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	33 (4.1%)	$6,568							34.2	45.6	2782	802
060609000544	3585	Brittan Elementary	Public	K-8	2340 Pepper St.	Sutter	95982	Sutter County	Brittan Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 822-5155	460	23	19.8	53.9%	314 (68.3%)	0 (0.0%)	107 (23.3%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (7.6%)	$9,570							34.2	24.6	4403	818
060002609486	3586	Frazier Park Elementary	Public	K-4	3149 San Carlos Trail	Lebec	93243	Kern County	El Tejon Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 245-3312	244	12	19.7	75.8%	127 (52.0%)	1 (0.4%)	105 (43.0%)	2 (0.8%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.0%)	$7,057							34.2	26.8	4197	611
062271011645	3587	Frank del Olmo Elementary	Public	K-5	100 North New Hampshire Ave.	Los Angeles	90004	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 427-7200	509	26	19.5	97.6%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,723							34.2	34.6	3526	61
062825010645	3588	Nichols Elementary	Public	K-5	4250 Old Grove Rd.	Oceanside	92057	San Diego County	Oceanside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 435-7400	511	20	26.2	73.2%	80 (15.7%)	22 (4.3%)	301 (58.9%)	44 (8.6%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.6%)	55 (10.8%)	$12,947							34.2	27	4179	591
062169002578	3589	Lincoln Elementary	Public	K-6	6910 N. Gettysburg Pl.	Stockton	95207	San Joaquin County	Lincoln Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 953-8651	573	23	25.1	76.1%	65 (11.3%)	71 (12.4%)	353 (61.6%)	36 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	46 (8.0%)	$4,432							34.2	39.8	3151	438
062316003534	3590	Lindbergh Elementary	Public	K-6	3300 Cedar Ave.	Lynwood	90262	Los Angeles County	Lynwood Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 603-1521	586	26	22.9	86.7%	3 (0.5%)	42 (7.2%)	530 (90.4%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	$5,964							34.2	27.1	4161	571

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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.