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)
062271003326	4151	San Gabriel Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	8628 San Gabriel Ave.	South Gate	90280	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 567-1488	490	25	19.6	96.1%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,214							27.5	28.9	3990	161
061077001194	4152	Joe Hamilton Elementary	Public	K-5	1050 E St.	Crescent City	95531	Del Norte County	Del Norte County Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 464-0330	306	15	19.7	81.7%	153 (50.0%)	1 (0.3%)	51 (16.7%)	13 (4.2%)	50 (16.3%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (12.1%)	$12,677							27.5	19.3	4936	784
060903009761	4153	Pinedale Elementary	Public	K-6	7171 Sugar Pine Ave.	Pinedale	93650	Fresno County	Clovis Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 327-7700	488	24	20.1	86.9%	31 (6.4%)	21 (4.3%)	375 (76.8%)	46 (9.4%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	10 (2.0%)	$5,487							27.5	22	4656	503
062553013758	4154	Dual Language Academy of the Monterey Peninsula	Public	K-8	1650 Sonoma Ave.	Seaside	93955	Monterey County	Monterey Peninsula Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 899-1100	314	16	19.6	75.2%	24 (7.6%)	5 (1.6%)	276 (87.9%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.3%)	3 (1.0%)	$8,839							27.5	26.9	4187	33
062271009572	4155	Parthenia Academy of Arts and Technology	Public	K-5	16825 Napa St.	North Hills	91343	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 891-6955	431	22	19.5	92.3%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,758							27.4	39.2	3193	962
062250002725	4156	Hudson	Public	K-5	2335 Webster Ave.	Long Beach	90810	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 426-0470	398	17	23.4	67.3%	15 (3.8%)	78 (19.6%)	214 (53.8%)	65 (16.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.5%)	16 (4.0%)	$9,514							27.4	32.2	3715	441
063315005147	4157	Liberty Elementary	Public	K-6	9631 Hayes St.	Riverside	92503	Riverside County	Riverside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 352-8225	602	25	24.5	87.0%	22 (3.7%)	25 (4.2%)	531 (88.2%)	6 (1.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.7%)	$7,219							27.4	28.1	4064	93
062805004260	4158	Emerson Elementary	Public	K-5	4803 Lawton Ave.	Oakland	94609	Alameda County	Oakland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 879-2115	334	14	24.7	71.3%	65 (19.5%)	130 (38.9%)	54 (16.2%)	17 (5.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (19.5%)	$8,799							27.4	46.5	2729	1429
062991010783	4159	S Ben Benavidez Elementary	Public	K-6	13900 Tuolumne St.	Parlier	93648	Fresno County	Parlier Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 646-2963	461	21	21.9	95.0%	7 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	447 (97.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	$5,823							27.4	24.8	4386	227
061605002035	4160	Raffaello Palla Elementary	Public	K-5	800 Fairview Rd.	Bakersfield	93307	Kern County	Greenfield Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 837-6100	855	34	25	91.9%	29 (3.4%)	40 (4.7%)	766 (89.6%)	6 (0.7%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.3%)	$6,886							27.4	26.9	4188	28

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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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