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)
060318000243	2941	Armona Elementary	Public	K-4	14045 Pimo St.	Armona	93202	Kings County	Armona Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 583-5010	553	29	19.2	87.7%	39 (7.1%)	19 (3.4%)	467 (84.4%)	10 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (2.9%)								43.7	39.8	3149	208
062430003652	2942	Morris Elementary	Public	3-5	2395 McKinleyville Ave.	McKinleyville	95519	Humboldt County	McKinleyville Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 839-1529	292	16	18.2	58.9%	156 (53.4%)	3 (1.0%)	44 (15.1%)	5 (1.7%)	32 (11.0%)	1 (0.3%)	51 (17.5%)	$11,545							43.7	45.3	2800	142
060369000328	2943	De Anza Elementary	Public	K-5	12820 Bess St.	Baldwin Park	91706	Los Angeles County	Baldwin Park Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 338-4019	419	21	19.9	88.8%	5 (1.2%)	6 (1.4%)	377 (90.0%)	30 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$6,936							43.7	37.2	3336	393
060363000299	2944	Franklin Elementary	Public	K-6	2400 Truxtun Ave.	Bakersfield	93301	Kern County	Bakersfield City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 631-5270	451	21	21.1	85.4%	58 (12.9%)	67 (14.9%)	299 (66.3%)	7 (1.6%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.8%)	$8,625							43.7	42.9	2953	9
060687000632	2945	West Point Elementary	Public	K-6	54 Bald Mountain Rd.	West Point	95255	Calaveras County	Calaveras Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 754-2255	121	5	24.2	68.6%	73 (60.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (14.9%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (19.0%)	$6,594							43.6	28.6	4012	1067
064098008669	2946	Sunset Elementary	Public	K-8	400 Sunset Ave.	Oak View	93022	Ventura County	Ventura Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 649-6600	332	14	24.5	63.9%	157 (47.3%)	0 (0.0%)	159 (47.9%)	6 (1.8%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.4%)	$6,501							43.6	46.2	2748	198
060246014019	2947	Yosemite Valley Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	3610 East Ashlan Ave	Fresno	93726	Fresno County	Yosemite Valley Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 258-0800	2,551	85	30.1	47.8%	1,234 (48.4%)	73 (2.9%)	842 (33.0%)	89 (3.5%)	8 (0.3%)	3 (0.1%)	296 (11.6%)								43.6	41	3070	123
062271003006	2948	Figueroa Street Elementary	Public	K-5	510 West 111th St.	Los Angeles	90044	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 756-9268	376	18	20.8	98.4%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,176							43.6	24	4457	1509
061111008766	2949	Amelia Earhart Elementary School of International Studies	Public	K-5	45-250 Dune Palms Rd.	Indio	92201	Riverside County	Desert Sands Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 200-3720	782	32	24.4	59.7%	184 (23.5%)	5 (0.6%)	513 (65.6%)	21 (2.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (7.4%)	$7,547							43.6	50.5	2503	446
062460003688	2950	Donn B. Chenoweth Elementary	Public	K-6	3200 Parsons Ave.	Merced	95340	Merced County	Merced City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 385-6620	725	28	25.8	67.6%	154 (21.2%)	36 (5.0%)	423 (58.3%)	55 (7.6%)	7 (1.0%)	2 (0.3%)	48 (6.6%)	$7,116							43.6	50.5	2506	444

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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.