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)
063417011107	5261	Roger Anton Elementary	Public	K-6	1501 Anton Ct.	San Bernardino	92404	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 386-2000	614	28	21.5	90.1%	16 (2.6%)	41 (6.7%)	531 (86.5%)	11 (1.8%)	7 (1.1%)	3 (0.5%)	5 (0.8%)	$6,234							15.4	11	5654	393
062664004033	5262	Snow Elementary	Public	K-5	1130 Foster Rd.	Napa	94558	Napa County	Napa Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 253-3666	385	17	22.6	84.4%	36 (9.4%)	3 (0.8%)	332 (86.2%)	7 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.8%)	$5,831							15.4	13	5487	225
063198009181	5263	William M. Metteer Elementary	Public	K-5	695 Kimball Rd.	Red Bluff	96080	Tehama County	Red Bluff Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 527-9015	463	22	20.8	87.5%	171 (36.9%)	6 (1.3%)	240 (51.8%)	5 (1.1%)	10 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (6.7%)	$10,940							15.4	17.2	5143	120
063789006390	5264	Standard Elementary	Public	K-5	115 East Minner Ave.	Bakersfield	93308	Kern County	Standard Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 392-2120	575	31	18.5	95.7%	248 (43.1%)	33 (5.7%)	276 (48.0%)	5 (0.9%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	9 (1.6%)	$6,776							15.4	11.1	5642	378
060245114255	5265	California Virtual Academy at Maricopa	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	50 Moreland Rd.	Simi Valley	93065	Ventura County	California Virtual Academy at Maricopa District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(805) 581-0202	1,130	41	27.4	75.0%	380 (33.6%)	137 (12.1%)	520 (46.0%)	53 (4.7%)	12 (1.1%)	7 (0.6%)	21 (1.9%)								15.4	23.1	4544	721
063417013143	5266	Graciano Gomez Elementary	Public	K-6	1480 West 11th St.	San Bernardino	92411	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 383-8159	480	22	21.8	94.8%	9 (1.9%)	40 (8.3%)	414 (86.3%)	4 (0.8%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.9%)	$6,495							15.4	20.5	4806	460
060001409079	5267	Kingston Elementary	Public	K-6	7473 Kingston Ave.	Hesperia	92345	San Bernardino County	Hesperia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 244-8869	784	31	25.2	55.9%	203 (25.9%)	18 (2.3%)	539 (68.8%)	4 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.3%)	$6,811							15.4	12.2	5553	286
062619003917	5268	Miramonte Elementary	Public	K-6	10620 Schmidt Rd.	El Monte	91733	Los Angeles County	Mountain View Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 652-4600	502	23	21.9	81.3%	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	479 (95.4%)	20 (4.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)								15.3	16.9	5167	101
060837000813	5269	Chapman Elementary	Public	K-5	1071 East 16th St.	Chico	95928	Butte County	Chico Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 891-3100	300	13	23.8	89.3%	91 (30.3%)	10 (3.3%)	121 (40.3%)	21 (7.0%)	13 (4.3%)	4 (1.3%)	40 (13.3%)	$14,287							15.3	15.7	5254	15
062580003866	5270	Midland Elementary	Public	K-5	11440 Davis St.	Moreno Valley	92557	Riverside County	Moreno Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 571-4610	582	25	23.7	81.3%	35 (6.0%)	67 (11.5%)	452 (77.7%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	19 (3.3%)	$7,182							15.3	13.8	5421	151

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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.