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)
062031002446	111	Burton Valley Elementary	Public	K-5	561 Merriewood Dr.	Lafayette	94549	Contra Costa County	Lafayette Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 927-3550	680	29	23.8	2.1%	341 (50.1%)	1 (0.1%)	66 (9.7%)	95 (14.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	177 (26.0%)	$12,258							97.6	98.7	39	72
063699013801	112	Solana Ranch Elementary	Public	K-6	13605 Pacific Highlands Ranch	San Diego	92130	San Diego County	Solana Beach Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 350-6600	512	21	24.3	8.8%	140 (27.3%)	1 (0.2%)	46 (9.0%)	255 (49.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	70 (13.7%)	$6,641							97.6	98.9	29	83
063513008461	113	Coyote Creek Elementary	Public	K-5	8700 North Gale Ridge Rd.	San Ramon	94582	Contra Costa County	San Ramon Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 855-7300	661	32	20.4	8.3%	65 (9.8%)	11 (1.7%)	46 (7.0%)	483 (73.1%)	6 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (7.6%)	$6,873							97.6	97.3	160	47
063591006149	114	Foothill Elementary	Public	K-5	13919 Lynde Ave.	Saratoga	95070	Santa Clara County	Saratoga Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 867-4036	293	16	18.3	6.5%	56 (19.1%)	2 (0.7%)	13 (4.4%)	175 (59.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (16.0%)	$910,065							97.6	97	192	78
062013002407	115	La Canada Elementary	Public	K-6	4540 Encinas Dr.	La Canada	91011	Los Angeles County	La Canada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 952-8350	639	26	25	5.2%	267 (41.8%)	3 (0.5%)	70 (11.0%)	212 (33.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	86 (13.5%)	$11,156							97.6	98.4	57	58
063570006090	116	Franklin Elementary	Public	K-5	2400 Montana Ave.	Santa Monica	90403	Los Angeles County	Santa Monica-Malibu Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 828-2814	612	29	21.1	8.8%	384 (62.7%)	25 (4.1%)	55 (9.0%)	101 (16.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (7.4%)	$6,847							97.6	97.9	105	11
063441005369	117	Chin (John Yehall) Elementary	Public	K-5	350 Broadway St.	San Francisco	94133	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 291-7946	253	11	23	75.1%	15 (5.9%)	2 (0.8%)	11 (4.3%)	214 (84.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.3%)	$6,103							97.6	89.2	759	642
060453000416	118	Fox Elementary	Public	K-5	3100 Saint James Rd.	Belmont	94002	San Mateo County	Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 637-4850	424	16	26.1	6.4%	95 (22.4%)	3 (0.7%)	46 (10.8%)	191 (45.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	85 (20.0%)	$11,249							97.6	98	99	19
062271003317	119	Roscomare Road Elementary	Public	K-5	2425 Roscomare Rd.	Los Angeles	90077	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 472-9829	424	19	22.3	11.3%	306 (72.2%)	5 (1.2%)	34 (8.0%)	30 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (11.6%)	$8,971							97.5	98.1	85	34
062865004424	120	Crescent Elementary	Public	K-6	5001 Gerda Dr.	Anaheim	92807	Orange County	Orange Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 997-6371	824	30	27.8	25.6%	272 (33.0%)	11 (1.3%)	185 (22.5%)	264 (32.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	91 (11.0%)	$5,216							97.5	97.6	137	17

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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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