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)
061527001957	1161	Sellers Elementary	Public	K-5	500 North Loraine Ave.	Glendora	91741	Los Angeles County	Glendora Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 852-4574	556	22	24.9	25.2%	225 (40.5%)	1 (0.2%)	201 (36.2%)	104 (18.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.5%)	$6,014							79.8	81.9	1101	60
062271002911	1162	Chapman Elementary	Public	K-5	1947 Marine Ave.	Gardena	90249	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 324-2275	370	19	19.4	70.8%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,155							79.7	76.8	1290	128
062301003510	1163	Meadow Green Elementary	Public	K-6	12025 South Grovedale Dr.	Whittier	90604	Los Angeles County	Lowell Joint	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 902-4241	492	20	24.9	55.3%	82 (16.7%)	12 (2.4%)	342 (69.5%)	45 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.2%)	$7,193							79.7	83.5	1023	140
060149912628	1164	Sierra Expeditionary Learning	Public, Charter	K-8	11603 Donner Pass Rd.	Truckee	96161	Nevada County	Sierra Expeditionary Learning District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 582-3701	211	9	23.4	27.0%	125 (59.2%)	1 (0.5%)	66 (31.3%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (7.6%)								79.6	68.7	1638	474
062271003381	1165	Superior Street Elementary	Public, Charter	K-5	9756 Oso Ave.	Chatsworth	91311	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 349-1410	439	19	23.1	56.9%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,736							79.6	75.5	1352	187
063384005286	1166	Theodore Judah Elementary	Public	K-6	3919 McKinley Blvd.	Sacramento	95819	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-4790	432	18	23.9	32.9%	213 (49.3%)	25 (5.8%)	125 (28.9%)	17 (3.9%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	48 (11.1%)	$6,324							79.6	82.5	1074	92
061233008572	1167	Raymond Case Elementary	Public	K-6	8565 Shasta Lily Dr.	Elk Grove	95624	Sacramento County	Elk Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 681-8820	744	31	24	54.2%	76 (10.2%)	63 (8.5%)	168 (22.6%)	335 (45.0%)	1 (0.1%)	22 (3.0%)	79 (10.6%)	$6,887							79.6	78.2	1234	67
060797007499	1168	Norman Liddell Elementary	Public	K-6	5455 West Alluvial Ave.	Fresno	93722	Fresno County	Central Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 276-3176	613	25	24.3	65.7%	153 (25.0%)	56 (9.1%)	266 (43.4%)	108 (17.6%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	25 (4.1%)	$5,551							79.6	60.9	2017	849
061275001434	1169	Paul Ecke-Central Elementary	Public	K-6	185 Union St.	Encinitas	92024	San Diego County	Encinitas Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 944-4323	608	27	22.5	23.4%	355 (58.4%)	1 (0.2%)	176 (28.9%)	13 (2.1%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	58 (9.5%)	$18,340							79.6	77.2	1270	101
060985011711	1170	Eastvale Elementary	Public	K-6	13031 Orange St.	Corona	92880	Riverside County	Corona-Norco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 738-2180	1,152	45	25.6	64.8%	134 (11.6%)	104 (9.0%)	374 (32.5%)	489 (42.4%)	5 (0.4%)	5 (0.4%)	41 (3.6%)	$6,234							79.5	81.9	1105	65

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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.