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)
062706004090	5331	August Schilling Elementary	Public	K-5	36901 Spruce St.	Newark	94560	Alameda County	Newark Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 818-3800	360	13	27.6	62.2%	21 (5.8%)	8 (2.2%)	250 (69.4%)	47 (13.1%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)	30 (8.3%)	$10,844							14.7	20.5	4810	521
061336007283	5332	Suisun Elementary	Public	K-5	725 Golden Eye Way	Suisun City	94585	Solano County	Fairfield-Suisun Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 421-4210	545	21	26.5	71.9%	49 (9.0%)	118 (21.7%)	233 (42.8%)	73 (13.4%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	68 (12.5%)	$5,745							14.7	13.7	5432	100
062271002889	5333	Canoga Park Elementary	Public	K-5	7438 Topanga Canyon Blvd.	Canoga Park	91303	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 340-3591	505	28	18	93.7%	20 (4.0%)	10 (2.0%)	444 (87.9%)	17 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.8%)	$11,408							14.6	16	5235	98
060133204154	5334	Michael J. Castori Elementary	Public	K-6	1801 South Ave.	Sacramento	95838	Sacramento County	Twin Rivers Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 566-3420	558	23	24.2	93.5%	41 (7.3%)	85 (15.2%)	301 (53.9%)	98 (17.6%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.3%)	25 (4.5%)								14.6	13.8	5413	79
060327000413	5335	Bear Mountain Elementary	Public	K-6	1501 Hood St.	Arvin	93203	Kern County	Arvin Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 854-6590	749	38	19.7	96.3%	24 (3.2%)	12 (1.6%)	687 (91.7%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.1%)	$8,314							14.6	14.6	5360	25
061548001964	5336	Concow Elementary	Public	K-8	2771 Pentz Rd.	Oroville	95965	Butte County	Golden Feather Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 533-3467	72	6	12	84.7%	51 (70.8%)	1 (1.4%)	12 (16.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (11.1%)	$26,301							14.6			(n/a)
060250114440	5337	Brookfield Engineering Science Technology Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1704 Cape Horn	Julian	92036	San Diego County	Brookfield Engineering Science Technology Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(833) 619-2378	469	17	27.2	70.4%	71 (15.1%)	5 (1.1%)	373 (79.5%)	9 (1.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.1%)								14.6	7.7	5805	468
063432012000	5338	Joyner Elementary	Public	K-5	4271 Myrtle Ave.	San Diego	92105	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 640-4000	433	18	24.6	90.8%	6 (1.4%)	31 (7.2%)	336 (77.6%)	42 (9.7%)	2 (0.5%)	8 (1.8%)	8 (1.8%)	$7,468							14.6	20	4855	483
060001409078	5339	Mesa Grande Elementary	Public	K-6	9172 3rd Ave.	Hesperia	92345	San Bernardino County	Hesperia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 244-3709	700	30	23.3	74.4%	61 (8.7%)	29 (4.1%)	586 (83.7%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	21 (3.0%)	$7,103							14.6	16	5234	105
060183011124	5340	EJE Elementary Academy Charter	Public, Charter	K-5	851 South Johnson Ave.	El Cajon	92020	San Diego County	EJE Elementary Academy Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 401-4150	569	25	22.7	60.5%	21 (3.7%)	6 (1.1%)	528 (92.8%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.4%)								14.6	18.6	4993	347

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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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