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)
062085002501	4951	Alicante Avenue Elementary	Public	K-6	7998 Alicante Ave.	Lamont	93241	Kern County	Lamont Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 845-1452	990	49	20.2	84.2%	4 (0.4%)	3 (0.3%)	977 (98.7%)	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$6,545							18.7	13.5	5452	501
061608002009	4952	Mary Chapa Academy	Public	K-6	490 El Camino Real	Greenfield	93927	Monterey County	Greenfield Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 674-5586	693	31	22.3	83.1%	6 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	683 (98.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	$5,220							18.7	17.4	5115	163
062250002711	4953	Edison Elementary	Public	K-5	625 Maine Ave.	Long Beach	90802	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 590-8481	426	19	22.1	71.4%	15 (3.5%)	56 (13.1%)	338 (79.3%)	6 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.3%)	$9,740							18.7	30	3886	1067
062361010653	4954	George Y. Komure Elementary	Public	K-8	2121 Henry Long Blvd.	Stockton	95206	San Joaquin County	Manteca Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 938-6320	752	32	23.8	72.9%	27 (3.6%)	115 (15.3%)	380 (50.5%)	163 (21.7%)	5 (0.7%)	18 (2.4%)	44 (5.9%)	$4,895							18.7	17.2	5136	182
060636000556	4955	Carl E. Gilbert Elementary	Public	K-5	7255 Eighth St.	Buena Park	90621	Orange County	Buena Park Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 522-7281	508	21	24.1	91.1%	10 (2.0%)	21 (4.1%)	437 (86.0%)	30 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.8%)	$7,193							18.7	23.6	4498	457
061692002156	4956	Little Lake Elementary	Public	K-5	26091 Meridian St.	Hemet	92544	Riverside County	Hemet Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 765-1660	677	29	23.7	83.5%	123 (18.2%)	44 (6.5%)	479 (70.8%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	6 (0.9%)	21 (3.1%)	$8,725							18.7	19.7	4897	59
062271003124	4957	Lankershim Elementary	Public	K-5	5250 Bakman Ave.	North Hollywood	91601	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 769-3130	318	17	18.7	89.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$14,688							18.7	26.9	4181	776
063918006546	4958	Sierra Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	1050 Sierra Ave.	Oroville	95965	Butte County	Thermalito Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 538-2920	403	17	23.3	87.3%	177 (43.9%)	14 (3.5%)	58 (14.4%)	93 (23.1%)	14 (3.5%)	2 (0.5%)	45 (11.2%)	$8,093							18.7	20	4861	97
061392007718	4959	Tokay Elementary	Public	K-5	7846 Tokay Ave.	Fontana	92336	San Bernardino County	Fontana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 357-5770	414	21	19.7	88.6%	19 (4.6%)	15 (3.6%)	357 (86.2%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	14 (3.4%)								18.7	20.5	4804	155
060003304680	4960	Bernhard Marks Elementary	Public	3-5	1717 Valeria St.	Dos Palos	93620	Merced County	Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 392-0250	504	20	25.2	91.3%	59 (11.7%)	11 (2.2%)	429 (85.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	$5,668							18.7	19.8	4873	87

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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.