Best Elementary Schools in California

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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)
063315005146	4051	Jefferson Elementary	Public	K-6	4285 Jefferson St.	Riverside	92504	Riverside County	Riverside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 352-8218	920	39	23.5	86.7%	43 (4.7%)	42 (4.6%)	800 (87.0%)	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	29 (3.2%)	$7,100							28.6	28.2	4051
063315005142	4052	Highgrove Elementary	Public	K-6	690 Center St.	Riverside	92507	Riverside County	Riverside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 788-7296	780	31	25.1	80.6%	28 (3.6%)	37 (4.7%)	648 (83.1%)	42 (5.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.1%)	$7,774							28.6	22	4661	609
061962002359	4053	Keyes Elementary	Public	K-5	4400 Maud Ave.	Keyes	95328	Stanislaus County	Keyes Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 667-1660	473	25	18.9	85.0%	52 (11.0%)	4 (0.8%)	382 (80.8%)	28 (5.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)								28.6	25.8	4294	241
064116006786	4054	Crestwood Elementary	Public	K-6	3001 West Whitendale Ave.	Visalia	93277	Tulare County	Visalia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 730-7754	546	22	24.4	84.6%	79 (14.5%)	19 (3.5%)	419 (76.7%)	10 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (3.1%)	$7,709							28.6	28.5	4027	27
062271003391	4055	Telfair Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	10975 Telfair Ave.	Pacoima	91331	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 896-7411	558	31	18	95.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,000							28.6	19.8	4886	831
063066004768	4056	Rio Vista Elementary	Public	K-5	310 North Rio Vista St.	Anaheim	92806	Orange County	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 986-7240	699	26	26.8	84.5%	43 (6.2%)	10 (1.4%)	600 (85.8%)	23 (3.3%)	2 (0.3%)	8 (1.1%)	13 (1.9%)	$6,309							28.6	21.9	4675	619
060501000483	4057	Big Valley Elementary	Public	K-7	90 First St.	Bieber	96009	Lassen County	Big Valley Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 294-5214	72	3	20.9	70.8%	53 (73.6%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (18.1%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,112							28.6			(n/a)
064116006793	4058	Goshen Elementary	Public	K-6	6505 Avenue 308	Visalia	93291	Tulare County	Visalia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 730-7847	531	21	25.3	91.7%	17 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	447 (84.2%)	42 (7.9%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	20 (3.8%)	$7,004							28.6	26.3	4245	187
062334009397	4059	Alpha Elementary	Public	K-6	900 Stadium Rd.	Madera	93637	Madera County	Madera Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 661-4101	702	30	23.6	92.6%	22 (3.1%)	10 (1.4%)	629 (89.6%)	10 (1.4%)	7 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.4%)	$1,787							28.5	19.8	4882	823
063960006594	4060	Traver Elementary	Public	K-8	36736 Canal Dr.	Traver	93673	Tulare County	Traver Joint Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 897-0236	224	9	24.8	89.3%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	217 (96.9%)	7 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,245							28.5	23.4	4514	454

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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.