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)
063384005235	1091	David Lubin Elementary	Public	K-6	3535 M St.	Sacramento	95816	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-4540	455	22	20.6	42.6%	173 (38.0%)	27 (5.9%)	153 (33.6%)	49 (10.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	49 (10.8%)	$7,523							81.4	72.5	1481	390
062271003427	1092	Vena Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	9377 Vena Ave.	Arleta	91331	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 896-9551	486	23	21.1	75.5%	13 (2.7%)	1 (0.2%)	423 (87.0%)	35 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.7%)	$11,153							81.4	77.2	1269	177
060744000698	1093	Palisades Elementary	Public	K-5	26462 Via Sacramento	Capistrano Beach	92624	Orange County	Capistrano Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 496-5942	336	17	19.7	44.3%	186 (55.4%)	0 (0.0%)	86 (25.6%)	5 (1.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (17.3%)	$10,517							81.3	82.4	1077	16
063942006581	1094	Howard Wood Elementary	Public	K-5	2250 West 235th St.	Torrance	90501	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4484	379	18	21.4	44.3%	62 (16.4%)	11 (2.9%)	187 (49.3%)	79 (20.8%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.3%)	34 (9.0%)	$5,212							81.3	88.5	792	302
062745008703	1095	William B. Bimat Elementary	Public	K-6	8600 Northshore Dr.	Bakersfield	93312	Kern County	Norris Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 387-7080	502	26	19.2	36.1%	191 (38.0%)	7 (1.4%)	215 (42.8%)	60 (12.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.6%)	$5,270							81.3	82.5	1075	20
062256002771	1096	Franklin Elementary	Public	K-8	7050 Franklin School Rd.	Loomis	95650	Placer County	Loomis Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 652-1818	472	21	22.2	9.5%	349 (73.9%)	1 (0.2%)	53 (11.2%)	17 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (11.0%)	$6,556							81.3	89.9	718	378
060164508299	1097	Arroyo Vista Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	2491 School House Rd.	Chula Vista	91915	San Diego County	Arroyo Vista Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 656-9676	924	38	24.3	26.8%	141 (15.3%)	24 (2.6%)	540 (58.4%)	149 (16.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	69 (7.5%)								81.3	83.5	1019	78
062271009151	1098	Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies	Public, Alternative	4-12	18605 Erwin St.	Reseda	91335	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 758-5600	1,784	74	24.2	53.5%	689 (38.6%)	57 (3.2%)	635 (35.6%)	298 (16.7%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.2%)	100 (5.6%)	$9,629							81.3	75	1376	278
063459005742	1099	Hacienda Science/Environmental Magnet	Public	K-5	1290 Kimberly Dr.	San Jose	95118	Santa Clara County	San Jose Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 535-6259	624	23	27.6	24.4%	191 (30.6%)	21 (3.4%)	202 (32.4%)	131 (21.0%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	76 (12.2%)	$11,140							81.2	80.9	1133	34
061488001864	1100	Morningside Elementary	Public	K-6	10521 Morningside Dr.	Garden Grove	92843	Orange County	Garden Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 663-6328	426	17	25	71.8%	11 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	126 (29.6%)	270 (63.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	13 (3.1%)	$12,445							81.2	84.8	966	134

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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.