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)
061488001884	3481	C. C. Violette Elementary	Public	K-6	12091 Lampson Ave.	Garden Grove	92840	Orange County	Garden Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 663-6203	265	13	20.3	90.2%	6 (2.3%)	3 (1.1%)	217 (81.9%)	33 (12.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	5 (1.9%)	$12,510							35.4	31.3	3780	299
060205713790	3482	STREAM Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	455E Oro Dam Blvd. East	Oroville	95965	Butte County	STREAM Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 534-1633	428	17	25	48.8%	246 (57.5%)	1 (0.2%)	62 (14.5%)	41 (9.6%)	15 (3.5%)	2 (0.5%)	59 (13.8%)								35.4	51.9	2445	1037
063417005388	3483	Thompson Elementary	Public	K-6	7401 Church Ave.	Highland	92346	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 388-6512	484	23	21.5	81.2%	39 (8.1%)	37 (7.6%)	376 (77.7%)	21 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.3%)	$6,668							35.3	39.9	3138	345
062271003136	3484	Liggett Street Elementary	Public	K-5	9373 Moonbeam Ave.	Panorama City	91402	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 892-4388	556	28	19.8	92.3%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,044							35.3	43.4	2928	556
062720004099	3485	Bonita Elementary	Public	K-5	425 Fink Rd.	Crows Landing	95313	Stanislaus County	Newman-Crows Landing Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 837-4401	134	6	22.3	49.3%	24 (17.9%)	8 (6.0%)	81 (60.4%)	3 (2.2%)	1 (0.7%)	2 (1.5%)	15 (11.2%)	$8,523							35.3	48.4	2615	870
061632502065	3486	Sunset Elementary	Public	K-6	800 North Tonopah Ave.	La Puente	91744	Los Angeles County	Hacienda la Puente Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 933-3200	142	7	20.2	73.2%	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	132 (93.0%)	8 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								35.3	30.6	3832	346
061236001415	3487	Elk Hills Elementary	Public	K-8	501 Kern St.	Tupman	93276	Kern County	Elk Hills Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 765-7431	163	9	17.9	77.9%	135 (82.8%)	2 (1.2%)	22 (13.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.5%)	$11,101							35.3	28.7	4003	516
061674002126	3488	Palma Ceia Elementary	Public	K-6	27679 Melbourne Ave.	Hayward	94545	Alameda County	Hayward Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 723-3870	479	21	23.2	78.3%	16 (3.3%)	10 (2.1%)	311 (64.9%)	105 (21.9%)	2 (0.4%)	12 (2.5%)	23 (4.8%)								35.3	36.8	3365	123
063375005201	3489	Hollingworth Elementary	Public	K-6	3003 East Hollingworth St.	West Covina	91792	Los Angeles County	Rowland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 598-3661	370	18	21.1	75.7%	6 (1.6%)	15 (4.1%)	270 (73.0%)	66 (17.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.2%)								35.3	39.5	3171	318
060005201481	3490	Lafayette Elementary	Public	K-5	3100 Park St.	Eureka	95501	Humboldt County	Eureka City Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 441-2482	239	10	23.4	82.0%	85 (35.6%)	4 (1.7%)	81 (33.9%)	31 (13.0%)	12 (5.0%)	1 (0.4%)	25 (10.5%)								35.3	24.2	4437	947

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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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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.