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)
068450009211	271	Brywood Elementary	Public	K-6	1 Westwood	Irvine	92620	Orange County	Irvine Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 936-5500	560	21	27.3	15.9%	104 (18.6%)	13 (2.3%)	55 (9.8%)	313 (55.9%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	72 (12.9%)	$5,354							95.9	96.3	247	24
060744010984	272	Oso Grande Elementary	Public	K-5	30251 Sienna Pkwy.	Ladera Ranch	92694	Orange County	Capistrano Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 234-5966	916	37	24.7	10.8%	640 (69.9%)	5 (0.5%)	76 (8.3%)	72 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	122 (13.3%)	$8,993							95.9	94.7	378	106
060177000006	273	Bay Farm	Public	K-8	200 Aughinbaugh Way	Alameda	94502	Alameda County	Alameda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 748-4010	568	25	22.3	19.4%	154 (27.1%)	13 (2.3%)	59 (10.4%)	205 (36.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	135 (23.8%)	$14,421							95.9	95.6	309	36
063432005557	274	Sunset View Elementary	Public	K-4	4365 Hill St.	San Diego	92107	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 223-7156	381	18	21.1	15.5%	278 (73.0%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (15.7%)	14 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (7.6%)	$7,806							95.9	95.6	312	38
063753006347	275	Monte Verde Elementary	Public	K-5	2551 St. Cloud Dr.	San Bruno	94066	San Mateo County	South San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 877-8838	531	22	24.1	16.0%	40 (7.5%)	2 (0.4%)	86 (16.2%)	335 (63.1%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.7%)	59 (11.1%)	$4,895							95.9	95.7	302	27
063597009193	276	Charles Helmers Elementary	Public	K-6	27300 North Grandview Dr.	Valencia	91354	Los Angeles County	Saugus Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 294-5345	452	19	23.7	25.0%	216 (47.8%)	8 (1.8%)	130 (28.8%)	56 (12.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (9.1%)	$9,932							95.9	93.9	437	161
062271003164	277	Mar Vista Elementary	Public	K-5	3330 Granville Ave.	Los Angeles	90066	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 391-1175	541	26	20.8	9.4%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,641							95.8	96.7	217	60
062271013175	278	Porter Ranch Community	Public	K-8	12450 Mason Ave.	Northridge	91326	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 709-7100	1,363	53	25.7	18.3%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$7,425							95.8	94.8	370	92
063699006283	279	Skyline Elementary	Public	K-6	606 Lomas Santa Fe Dr.	Solana Beach	92075	San Diego County	Solana Beach Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 794-3600	427	18	24.4	15.9%	275 (64.4%)	1 (0.2%)	91 (21.3%)	6 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (12.4%)	$6,586							95.8	97.1	181	98
062271002997	280	Fairburn Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	1403 Fairburn Ave.	Los Angeles	90024	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 470-1344	436	18	24.2	19.7%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,525							95.8	96.1	268	12

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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.