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)
069102010960	4991	Merced Scholars Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1850 Wardrobe Ave. Bldg. H	Merced	95341	Merced County	Merced County Office of Education	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 381-5165	297	18	16.4	88.6%	34 (11.4%)	7 (2.4%)	236 (79.5%)	12 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.7%)	$9,544							18.3	20.6	4800	191
062271003393	4992	Tenth Street Elementary	Public	1-5	1000 Grattan St.	Los Angeles	90015	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 380-8990	347	16	21.6	95.1%	4 (1.2%)	10 (2.9%)	329 (94.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	$10,567							18.3	22.8	4581	411
063132004834	4993	Alcott Elementary	Public	K-6	1600 South Towne Ave.	Pomona	91766	Los Angeles County	Pomona Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 397-4552	634	28	22.6	96.7%	8 (1.3%)	36 (5.7%)	577 (91.0%)	6 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.8%)	$5,220							18.3	15.4	5290	297
061455011895	4994	Deborah A. Williams Elementary	Public	K-6	525 West Saginaw	Fresno	93705	Fresno County	Fresno Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 248-7540	589	28	21.1	97.8%	40 (6.8%)	109 (18.5%)	388 (65.9%)	11 (1.9%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.4%)	32 (5.4%)	$8,343							18.3	15.3	5294	300
060360000285	4995	Valleydale Elementary	Public	K-5	700 South Lark Ellen	Azusa	91702	Los Angeles County	Azusa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 633-8600	545	23	23.6	85.0%	13 (2.4%)	6 (1.1%)	480 (88.1%)	24 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.0%)	$7,763							18.3	19.8	4872	123
060195010559	4996	Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy	Public	K-6	925 North Sanborn Rd.	Salinas	93905	Monterey County	Alisal Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 796-3916	601	25	24.5	95.2%	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	593 (98.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.8%)	$4,171							18.3	17.1	5145	149
060199312031	4997	Voices College-Bound Language Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	715 Hellyer Ave.	San Jose	95111	Santa Clara County	Voices College-Bound Language Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 361-1960	337	9	37.4	70.9%	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	325 (96.4%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.5%)								18.3	28.5	4020	977
063753006354	4998	Spruce Elementary	Public	K-5	501 Spruce Ave.	South San Francisco	94080	San Mateo County	South San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 877-8780	394	18	21.8	64.5%	15 (3.8%)	4 (1.0%)	320 (81.2%)	40 (10.2%)	2 (0.5%)	7 (1.8%)	6 (1.5%)	$5,603							18.2	25.2	4347	651
063132004835	4999	Allison Elementary	Public	K-6	1011 Russell Pl.	Pomona	91767	Los Angeles County	Pomona Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 397-4556	436	19	22.9	91.3%	16 (3.7%)	23 (5.3%)	388 (89.0%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)	$5,101							18.2	25	4361	638
063237004993	5000	J.P. Kelley Elementary	Public	K-5	380 South Meridian Ave.	Rialto	92376	San Bernardino County	Rialto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 820-7923	666	27	24.6	89.6%	5 (0.8%)	42 (6.3%)	602 (90.4%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.9%)	4 (0.6%)	$7,307							18.2	15.8	5244	244

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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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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.