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)
063942006579	201	Walteria Elementary	Public	K-5	24456 Madison St.	Torrance	90505	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4487	626	25	25	15.3%	142 (22.7%)	4 (0.6%)	111 (17.7%)	285 (45.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	84 (13.4%)	$4,980							96.6	97.1	178	23
062724008544	202	Newport Coast Elementary	Public	K-6	6655 Ridge Park Rd.	Newport Beach	92657	Orange County	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 515-6975	456	22	21	16.7%	260 (57.0%)	1 (0.2%)	38 (8.3%)	109 (23.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	47 (10.3%)								96.6	95.2	338	136
061275008592	203	El Camino Creek Elementary	Public	K-6	7885 Paseo Aliso	Carlsbad	92009	San Diego County	Encinitas Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 943-2051	459	20	22.9	4.4%	338 (73.6%)	2 (0.4%)	42 (9.2%)	15 (3.3%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (12.6%)	$8,673							96.6	97	190	13
061803002218	204	Ralph E. Hawes Elementary	Public	K-5	9682 Yellowstone Dr.	Huntington Beach	92646	Orange County	Huntington Beach City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 963-8302	482	23	20.9	21.0%	248 (51.5%)	3 (0.6%)	77 (16.0%)	69 (14.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	83 (17.2%)	$7,054							96.6	95.8	293	89
061473001796	205	Laguna Road Elementary	Public	K-6	300 West Laguna Rd.	Fullerton	92835	Orange County	Fullerton Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 447-7725	602	21	29.3	23.6%	65 (10.8%)	3 (0.5%)	69 (11.5%)	417 (69.3%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	45 (7.5%)	$5,069							96.5	97.2	169	36
062450003674	206	John Sinnott Elementary	Public	K-6	2025 Yellowstone Ave.	Milpitas	95035	Santa Clara County	Milpitas Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 635-2674	714	29	24.6	20.6%	29 (4.1%)	4 (0.6%)	84 (11.8%)	564 (79.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	31 (4.3%)	$6,086							96.5	95.2	341	135
063153011757	207	Monterey Ridge Elementary	Public	K-5	17117 4S Ranch Pkwy.	San Diego	92127	San Diego County	Poway Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 487-6887	819	32	25.4	10.9%	187 (22.8%)	9 (1.1%)	64 (7.8%)	482 (58.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	75 (9.2%)	$6,593							96.5	97.5	150	57
062724004104	208	Roy O. Andersen Elementary	Public	K-6	1900 Port Seabourne Way	Newport Beach	92660	Orange County	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 515-6935	298	16	19	4.7%	205 (68.8%)	1 (0.3%)	20 (6.7%)	24 (8.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (16.1%)								96.5	97.3	165	43
062259007307	209	Rossmoor Elementary	Public	K-5	3272 Shakespeare Dr.	Los Alamitos	90720	Orange County	Los Alamitos Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 799-4520	576	22	26.1	16.5%	231 (40.1%)	10 (1.7%)	168 (29.2%)	80 (13.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	87 (15.1%)	$4,860							96.5	95.5	317	108
062970004625	210	Vista Grande Elementary	Public	K-5	7032 Purpleridge Dr.	Rancho Palos Verdes	90275	Los Angeles County	Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 377-6066	376	15	25	8.2%	76 (20.2%)	10 (2.7%)	45 (12.0%)	192 (51.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (14.1%)	$6,210							96.5	97.6	128	82

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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.