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)
062271010881	5481	Ricardo Lizarraga Elementary	Public	K-5	401 East 40th Pl.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 235-6960	392	22	18.2	98.0%	2 (0.5%)	9 (2.3%)	377 (96.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	$10,764							12.9	18.4	5005	476
060907000928	5482	Sea View Elementary	Public	K-6	2467 Sea Shore Ave.	Salton City	92275	Imperial County	Coachella Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 848-1565	676	32	21	94.7%	30 (4.4%)	2 (0.3%)	623 (92.2%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.2%)	$13,518							12.9	14.9	5333	149
060149814322	5483	KIPP Bayview Elementary	Public, Charter	K-4	948 Hollister	San Francisco	94124	San Francisco County	KIPP Bayview Elementary District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 404-2602	144	8	18.1	94.4%	3 (2.1%)	74 (51.4%)	37 (25.7%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.8%)	24 (16.7%)								12.9	8.3	5787	304
060256314579	5484	KIPP Stockton	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	742 Dallas Ave.	Stockton	95206	San Joaquin County	KIPP Stockton District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 888-1686	101	9	11	91.1%	7 (6.9%)	16 (15.8%)	70 (69.3%)	5 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.0%)								12.9	19	4950	534
060363000290	5485	Casa Loma Elementary	Public	K-6	525 East Casa Loma Dr.	Bakersfield	93307	Kern County	Bakersfield City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 631-5200	428	24	17.4	97.0%	9 (2.1%)	17 (4.0%)	399 (93.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$7,441							12.8	11.1	5649	164
060182411916	5486	Higher Learning Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	900 Grace Ave.	Sacramento	95838	Sacramento County	Higher Learning Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 286-5183	539	22	24.6	86.3%	65 (12.1%)	90 (16.7%)	221 (41.0%)	100 (18.6%)	4 (0.7%)	25 (4.6%)	33 (6.1%)								12.8	10	5710	224
063432011973	5487	Rodriguez Elementary	Public	K-5	825 South 31st St.	San Diego	92113	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 699-4500	301	12	24.7	90.7%	3 (1.0%)	12 (4.0%)	283 (94.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	$8,922							12.8	15.1	5312	175
061626002029	5488	Mary Buren Elementary	Public	K-4	1050 Peralta St.	Guadalupe	93434	Santa Barbara County	Guadalupe Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 343-2411	727	36	20.4	90.6%	21 (2.9%)	1 (0.1%)	696 (95.7%)	4 (0.6%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	$10,340							12.8	13.1	5482	6
062805012053	5489	Global Family Elementary	Public	K-5	2035 40th Ave.	Oakland	94601	Alameda County	Oakland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 879-2114	440	20	22	97.7%	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	420 (95.5%)	3 (0.7%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.1%)	$7,213							12.8	9.2	5747	258
062007002400	5490	East Lake	Public	K-7	13050 High Valley Rd.	Clearlake Oaks	95423	Lake County	Konocti Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 998-3387	187	7	27.2	80.7%	82 (43.9%)	3 (1.6%)	80 (42.8%)	2 (1.1%)	1 (0.5%)	4 (2.1%)	15 (8.0%)								12.8	10.3	5696	206

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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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