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)
062271002980	2571	El Sereno Elementary	Public	K-6	3838 Rosemead Ave.	Los Angeles	90032	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 222-3389	237	11	21.5	95.4%	5 (2.1%)	4 (1.7%)	224 (94.5%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$12,331							49.7	46	2761	190
060639012414	2572	Douglas J. Miller Elementary	Public	K-6	7345 Mountain Ridge Dr.	Bakersfield	93313	Kern County	Panama-Buena Vista Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 836-6689	1,010	35	29.2	77.9%	66 (6.5%)	52 (5.1%)	541 (53.6%)	324 (32.1%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	24 (2.4%)	$10,905							49.7	46.7	2716	144
061518009140	2573	Rod Kelley Elementary	Public	K-5	8755 Kern Ave.	Gilroy	95020	Santa Clara County	Gilroy Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(669) 205-4700	708	26	27.7	59.7%	50 (7.1%)	4 (0.6%)	570 (80.5%)	27 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (8.1%)								49.7	55	2283	290
062271003138	2574	Limerick Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	8530 Limerick Ave.	Canoga Park	91306	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 341-1730	652	31	21	95.7%	21 (3.2%)	9 (1.4%)	543 (83.3%)	36 (5.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	41 (6.3%)	$9,942							49.6	46.1	2759	185
064233006925	2575	Bear River	Public	4-8	100 Wheatland Park Dr.	Wheatland	95692	Yuba County	Wheatland	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 633-3135	564	32	17.4	60.1%	302 (53.5%)	3 (0.5%)	180 (31.9%)	15 (2.7%)	3 (0.5%)	7 (1.2%)	54 (9.6%)	$8,848							49.6	60.8	2023	552
061632502075	2576	Workman Elementary	Public	K-6	16000 Workman St.	La Puente	91744	Los Angeles County	Hacienda la Puente Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 933-4200	312	14	22.2	84.3%	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	288 (92.3%)	10 (3.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.2%)								49.6	54.2	2320	256
060178211864	2577	Rocketship Mateo Sheedy Elementary	Public, Charter	K-5	788 Locust St.	San Jose	95110	Santa Clara County	Rocketship Mateo Sheedy Elementary District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(877) 806-0920	486	15	32.4	77.4%	9 (1.9%)	50 (10.3%)	401 (82.5%)	17 (3.5%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.2%)								49.6	52	2436	141
060964001016	2578	Madrona Elementary	Public	K-5	612 Camino Manzanas	Thousand Oaks	91360	Ventura County	Conejo Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 498-6102	261	15	17.4	50.6%	105 (40.2%)	3 (1.1%)	136 (52.1%)	6 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.2%)	$7,659							49.6	50.4	2512	66
060423000384	2579	North Shore Elementary	Public	K-5	765 North Stanfield Cutoff	Big Bear Lake	92314	San Bernardino County	Bear Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 866-7501	516	23	22.4	67.4%	233 (45.2%)	1 (0.2%)	247 (47.9%)	6 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (5.2%)	$5,117							49.5	52.8	2396	183
060903013977	2580	Virginia R. Boris Elementary	Public	K-6	7071 East Clinton Ave.	Fresno	93737	Fresno County	Clovis Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 327-3800	862	33	26.1	52.6%	121 (14.0%)	31 (3.6%)	327 (37.9%)	328 (38.1%)	5 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	48 (5.6%)	$4,678							49.4	62.2	1943	637

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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.