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)
060907011720	3881	Coral Mountain Academy	Public	K-6	51-375 Van Buren St.	Coachella	92236	Riverside County	Coachella Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 398-3525	842	41	20.7	84.2%	13 (1.5%)	2 (0.2%)	822 (97.6%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	$13,764							30.6	26.6	4221	340
061392009136	3882	Locust Elementary	Public	K-6	7420 Locust Ave.	Fontana	92336	San Bernardino County	Fontana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 357-5650	374	20	18.9	83.7%	17 (4.5%)	14 (3.7%)	330 (88.2%)	8 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.1%)								30.6	30.3	3863	19
062271012677	3883	Andres and Maria Cardenas Elementary	Public	K-5	6900 Calhoun Ave.	Van Nuys	91405	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 908-6700	429	20	22	96.3%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,633							30.5	21.3	4725	842
062271003266	3884	Palms Elementary	Public	K-5	3520 Motor Ave.	Los Angeles	90034	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 838-7337	250	16	15.6	74.8%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$17,164							30.5	25.2	4346	462
062691004074	3885	Searles Elementary	Public	K-5	33629 15th St.	Union City	94587	Alameda County	New Haven Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 471-2772	702	30	23.2	43.2%	37 (5.3%)	22 (3.1%)	472 (67.2%)	128 (18.2%)	9 (1.3%)	6 (0.9%)	28 (4.0%)	$11,744							30.5	25.4	4318	433
060639009337	3886	Laurelglen Elementary	Public	K-6	2601 El Portal Dr.	Bakersfield	93309	Kern County	Panama-Buena Vista Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 831-4444	565	23	24.5	71.3%	102 (18.1%)	36 (6.4%)	307 (54.3%)	13 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	103 (18.2%)	$13,139							30.5	30.5	3841	45
062778004202	3887	Nuview Elementary	Public	K-6	29680 Lakeview Ave.	Nuevo	92567	Riverside County	Nuview Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 928-0201	606	24	25.2	85.1%	34 (5.6%)	4 (0.7%)	537 (88.6%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (4.0%)	$10,090							30.5	27.6	4122	235
062244002692	3888	Lo-Inyo Elementary	Public	K-8	223 East Locust St.	Lone Pine	93545	Inyo County	Lone Pine Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 876-5581	211	12	18.3	63.0%	37 (17.5%)	0 (0.0%)	125 (59.2%)	3 (1.4%)	21 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (11.8%)	$9,457							30.5	29.2	3968	80
063468005844	3889	Halkin Elementary	Public	K-5	1300 Williams St.	San Leandro	94577	Alameda County	San Leandro Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 618-4370	687	29	23.4	82.1%	36 (5.2%)	47 (6.8%)	361 (52.5%)	199 (29.0%)	4 (0.6%)	10 (1.5%)	30 (4.4%)	$5,860							30.4	31.1	3791	98
064215006901	3890	Anderson Elementary	Public	K-6	8902 Hewitt Pl.	Garden Grove	92844	Orange County	Westminster	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 894-7201	490	23	21.3	86.5%	18 (3.7%)	1 (0.2%)	229 (46.7%)	225 (45.9%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	14 (2.9%)	$7,179							30.4	35.6	3463	427

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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.