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)
061029001139	61	Abraham Lincoln Elementary	Public	K-5	21710 McClellan Rd.	Cupertino	95014	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 252-4798	665	26	25.4	10.2%	41 (6.2%)	3 (0.5%)	27 (4.1%)	518 (77.9%)	5 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	70 (10.5%)	$6,997							98.3	98.6	43	18
062265011796	62	Gardner Bullis Elementary	Public	K-6	25890 Fremont Rd.	Los Altos Hills	94022	Santa Clara County	Los Altos Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 559-3200	259	15	16.7	3.9%	133 (51.4%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.6%)	73 (28.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (15.8%)	$15,237							98.3	98.2	73	11
063750006333	63	Marengo Elementary	Public	K-5	1400 Marengo Ave.	South Pasadena	91030	Los Angeles County	South Pasadena Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 441-5850	754	28	26.9	14.3%	136 (18.0%)	9 (1.2%)	103 (13.7%)	362 (48.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	144 (19.1%)	$10,641							98.3	98.4	65	2
062970004623	64	Soleado Elementary	Public	K-5	27800 Longhill Dr.	Rancho Palos Verdes	90275	Los Angeles County	Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 377-6854	457	16	28.5	10.7%	83 (18.2%)	11 (2.4%)	57 (12.5%)	235 (51.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	71 (15.5%)	$6,686							98.2	98.8	32	32
062487003716	65	Tamalpais Valley Elementary	Public	K-5	350 Bell Ln.	Mill Valley	94941	Marin County	Mill Valley Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 389-7731	354	17	20.8	5.4%	275 (77.7%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.2%)	9 (2.5%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (13.0%)	$15,470							98.2	97.5	138	73
063033004733	66	Wildwood Elementary	Public	K-5	301 Wildwood Ave.	Piedmont	94611	Alameda County	Piedmont City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 594-2780	264	16	16.3	2.3%	133 (50.4%)	2 (0.8%)	34 (12.9%)	37 (14.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (22.0%)	$12,479							98.2	99	24	42
062970004615	67	Montemalaga Elementary	Public	K-5	1121 Via Nogales	Palos Verdes Estates	90274	Los Angeles County	Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 378-5228	442	18	24.5	5.0%	128 (29.0%)	7 (1.6%)	59 (13.3%)	183 (41.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (14.7%)	$6,364							98.2	97.4	152	85
062718004595	68	Stevenson Ranch Elementary	Public	K-6	25820 North Carroll Ln.	Stevenson Ranch	91381	Los Angeles County	Newhall	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 291-4070	746	27	27.6	15.7%	249 (33.4%)	19 (2.5%)	146 (19.6%)	229 (30.7%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	101 (13.5%)	$8,932							98.2	98.6	42	26
063147004881	69	Corte Madera	Public	4-8	4575 Alpine Rd.	Portola Valley	94028	San Mateo County	Portola Valley Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 851-1777	273	22	12.1	6.6%	183 (67.0%)	2 (0.7%)	32 (11.7%)	18 (6.6%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (13.6%)	$27,075							98.2	98.3	69
062271003256	70	Overland Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	10650 Ashby Ave.	Los Angeles	90064	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 838-7308	446	20	22.3	10.3%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,355							98.2	99.1	19	51

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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.