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)
062145009564	5051	Redwood Elementary	Public	K-6	331 North Shafter Ave.	Shafter	93263	Kern County	Richland Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 746-8650	637	34	18.9	86.7%	20 (3.1%)	2 (0.3%)	603 (94.7%)	10 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	$6,165							17.7	12.7	5506	455
062958009606	5052	Buena Vista Elementary	Public	K-5	37005 Hillcrest Dr.	Palmdale	93552	Los Angeles County	Palmdale Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 285-4158	574	27	21.4	83.8%	28 (4.9%)	81 (14.1%)	445 (77.5%)	3 (0.5%)	7 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.7%)	$294							17.7	20.2	4828	224
060180412982	5053	Extera Public	Public, Charter	K-8	2226 East Third St.	Los Angeles	90033	Los Angeles County	Extera Public District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 780-8300	298	16	18.1	94.6%	15 (5.0%)	4 (1.3%)	277 (93.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								17.7	22	4659	394
062271003177	5054	McKinley Avenue Elementary	Public	K-6	7812 McKinley Ave.	Los Angeles	90001	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 582-7481	496	26	19	98.8%	2 (0.4%)	79 (15.9%)	414 (83.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$10,377							17.7	14.5	5367	313
062640003989	5055	Mt. Pleasant Elementary	Public	K-5	14275 Candler Dr.	San Jose	95127	Santa Clara County	Mount Pleasant Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 258-6451	205	10	20.5	73.2%	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	174 (84.9%)	19 (9.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	9 (4.4%)	$11,781							17.6	22.1	4642	413
062271011623	5056	Rosa Parks Learning Center	Public	K-5	8855 Noble Ave.	North Hills	91343	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 895-9620	518	29	17.8	95.9%	8 (1.5%)	13 (2.5%)	476 (91.9%)	15 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.2%)	$10,026							17.6	21.1	4750	306
064059006706	5057	Eugene Padan Elementary	Public	K-6	200 Padan School Rd.	Vacaville	95687	Solano County	Vacaville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 453-6235	761	31	24.5	63.7%	169 (22.2%)	79 (10.4%)	389 (51.1%)	44 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.8%)	74 (9.7%)	$6,998							17.6	20.7	4794	263
061518001912	5058	Glen View Elementary	Public	K-5	600 Eighth St.	Gilroy	95020	Santa Clara County	Gilroy Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(669) 205-4400	457	20	22.8	79.6%	10 (2.2%)	2 (0.4%)	376 (82.3%)	17 (3.7%)	4 (0.9%)	3 (0.7%)	45 (9.8%)								17.6	21.2	4734	324
063441007732	5059	Tenderloin Community	Public	K-5	627 Turk St.	San Francisco	94102	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 749-3567	278	13	21.9	74.1%	31 (11.2%)	26 (9.4%)	144 (51.8%)	48 (17.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	27 (9.7%)	$6,103							17.6	14.5	5362	303
063417005392	5060	Wilson Elementary	Public	K-5	2894 North Belle St.	San Bernardino	92404	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 881-8253	470	25	18.8	89.6%	15 (3.2%)	33 (7.0%)	396 (84.3%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (4.5%)	$7,782							17.6	20.7	4790	270

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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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