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)
062553007181	4891	Marina Vista Elementary	Public	K-6	390 Carmel Ave.	Marina	93933	Monterey County	Monterey Peninsula Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 392-3580	466	20	22.8	84.3%	36 (7.7%)	15 (3.2%)	347 (74.5%)	54 (11.6%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	9 (1.9%)	$5,433							19.7	22.4	4622	269
062922004508	4892	Kamala Elementary	Public	K-8	634 West Kamala St.	Oxnard	93033	Ventura County	Oxnard	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 385-1548	952	42	22.7	96.7%	9 (0.9%)	2 (0.2%)	934 (98.1%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	$3,410							19.7	21.3	4728	164
060195614359	4893	Southern California Flex Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	8560 Aliento Rd.	Lucerne Valley	92356	San Bernardino County	Southern California Flex Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(800) 868-6192	569	29	19.9	58.2%	88 (15.5%)	119 (20.9%)	312 (54.8%)	14 (2.5%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.7%)	29 (5.1%)								19.7	17.8	5073	180
063417005356	4894	Davidson Elementary	Public	K-6	2844 Davidson Ave.	San Bernardino	92405	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 881-8153	422	20	21.1	89.8%	21 (5.0%)	29 (6.9%)	358 (84.8%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (2.1%)	$7,668							19.7	15	5324	430
060744008540	4895	Kinoshita Elementary	Public	K-5	2 Via Positiva	San Juan Capistrano	92675	Orange County	Capistrano Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 489-2131	369	16	23	90.0%	15 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	351 (95.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	$10,645							19.7	25.4	4325	570
062583003883	4896	San Martin Gwinn Environmental Science Academy	Public	K-8	13745 Llagas Ave.	San Martin	95046	Santa Clara County	Morgan Hill Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 201-6480	679	33	20.3	57.0%	85 (12.5%)	1 (0.1%)	541 (79.7%)	12 (1.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (5.6%)	$5,398							19.6	23.6	4502	394
063417013056	4897	Bob Holcomb Elementary	Public	K-6	1345 West 48th St.	San Bernardino	92407	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 887-2505	597	26	22.9	87.6%	28 (4.7%)	125 (20.9%)	403 (67.5%)	14 (2.3%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.0%)	20 (3.4%)	$6,786							19.6	15.8	5246	349
062271003086	4898	Hobart Boulevard Elementary	Public	K-5	980 South Hobart Blvd.	Los Angeles	90006	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 386-8661	423	22	19.6	95.5%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,819							19.5	22.1	4643	255
062580009162	4899	Cloverdale Elementary	Public	K-5	12050 Kitching St.	Moreno Valley	92557	Riverside County	Moreno Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 571-4550	728	32	23	73.9%	43 (5.9%)	66 (9.1%)	554 (76.1%)	22 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	42 (5.8%)	$7,331							19.5	14.6	5355	456
060169614242	4900	KIPP Compton Community	Public, Charter	K-8	1650 West 134th St.	Compton	90222	Los Angeles County	KIPP Compton Community District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 607-8811	551	15	36.7	86.0%	0 (0.0%)	342 (62.1%)	183 (33.2%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.0%)								19.5	14.1	5390	490

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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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