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)
062193002608	1831	Studebaker Elementary	Public	K-5	11800 Halcourt Ave.	Norwalk	90650	Los Angeles County	Little Lake City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 868-7882	448	21	21.8	75.2%	14 (3.1%)	6 (1.3%)	399 (89.1%)	22 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.6%)	$10,740							64.8	67.7	1685	146
062271002940	1832	Cowan Avenue Elementary	Public	K-6	7615 Cowan Ave.	Los Angeles	90045	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 645-1973	390	20	19.5	63.8%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,989							64.8	58.2	2132	300
061281001440	1833	Lassen View Elementary	Public	K-5	705 Loma Vista Dr.	Redding	96002	Shasta County	Enterprise Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 224-4150	415	17	24.4	76.9%	196 (47.2%)	3 (0.7%)	65 (15.7%)	53 (12.8%)	12 (2.9%)	4 (1.0%)	82 (19.8%)	$7,529							64.7	49.1	2576	743
062781004220	1834	Sakamoto Elementary	Public	K-6	6280 Shadelands Dr.	San Jose	95123	Santa Clara County	Oak Grove Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 227-3411	525	23	22.4	21.1%	150 (28.6%)	4 (0.8%)	153 (29.1%)	145 (27.6%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.5%)	64 (12.2%)	$11,002							64.7	71.3	1526	308
063360005184	1835	Crestmont Elementary	Public	K-5	1501 Sheridan Ave.	Roseville	95661	Placer County	Roseville City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 771-1750	471	22	21.3	53.5%	278 (59.0%)	8 (1.7%)	120 (25.5%)	13 (2.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (10.8%)								64.7	48.6	2599	764
060639009339	1836	Leo B. Hart Elementary	Public	K-6	9501 Ridge Oak Dr.	Bakersfield	93311	Kern County	Panama-Buena Vista Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 664-1296	675	27	25	67.9%	162 (24.0%)	51 (7.6%)	365 (54.1%)	69 (10.2%)	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	22 (3.3%)	$11,451							64.7	68.8	1633	203
063600006162	1837	Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy	Public	K-8	200 Phillips Dr.	Sausalito	94965	Marin County	Sausalito Marin City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 332-1024	318	20	15.7	46.5%	85 (26.7%)	87 (27.4%)	82 (25.8%)	32 (10.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (9.7%)	$26,323							64.7	59.9	2058	221
062718004098	1838	Wiley Canyon Elementary	Public	K-6	24240 La Glorita Cir.	Newhall	91321	Los Angeles County	Newhall	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 291-4030	409	18	22.7	72.4%	46 (11.2%)	0 (0.0%)	322 (78.7%)	20 (4.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (4.6%)	$10,806							64.6	62.1	1946	108
061674002132	1839	Southgate Elementary	Public	K-6	26601 Calaroga Ave.	Hayward	94545	Alameda County	Hayward Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 723-3905	611	28	22	69.1%	21 (3.4%)	28 (4.6%)	280 (45.8%)	209 (34.2%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (5.9%)	37 (6.1%)								64.6	64.8	1809	30
062628006932	1840	Monta Loma Elementary	Public	K-5	460 Thompson Ave.	Mountain View	94043	Santa Clara County	Mountain View Whisman	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 903-6915	245	15	16.3	27.8%	61 (24.9%)	14 (5.7%)	112 (45.7%)	28 (11.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.9%)	23 (9.4%)								64.6	75.5	1351	489

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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.