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)
062724004107	3711	College Park Elementary	Public	K-6	2380 Notre Dame Rd.	Costa Mesa	92626	Orange County	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 424-7960	477	25	19	81.6%	65 (13.6%)	2 (0.4%)	384 (80.5%)	7 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (3.6%)								32.7	42.7	2970	741
060001701149	3712	Rio Vista School of Applied Learning	Public	K-6	13590 Havasu Rd.	Apple Valley	92308	San Bernardino County	Apple Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 240-0280	942	36	26.1	62.5%	339 (36.0%)	39 (4.1%)	488 (51.8%)	25 (2.7%)	2 (0.2%)	4 (0.4%)	45 (4.8%)	$4,599							32.7	40.2	3111	601
062169008875	3713	Claudia Landeen	Public	K-8	4128 Feather River Dr.	Stockton	95219	San Joaquin County	Lincoln Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 953-8660	525	22	23.5	77.3%	46 (8.8%)	84 (16.0%)	276 (52.6%)	61 (11.6%)	5 (1.0%)	8 (1.5%)	45 (8.6%)	$4,097							32.7	26.1	4270	557
063315005153	3714	Mountain View Elementary	Public	K-6	6180 Streeter Ave.	Riverside	92504	Riverside County	Riverside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 788-7433	840	36	23.1	77.9%	59 (7.0%)	40 (4.8%)	695 (82.7%)	16 (1.9%)	5 (0.6%)	6 (0.7%)	19 (2.3%)	$7,667							32.7	32.5	3694	20
063255005064	3715	Valley View Elementary	Public	K-6	3416 Maywood Dr.	Richmond	94803	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1455	206	12	17.1	47.6%	37 (18.0%)	28 (13.6%)	79 (38.3%)	41 (19.9%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (9.7%)	$6,706							32.7	45.5	2791	924
062619003918	3716	Monte Vista Elementary	Public	K-8	11111 Thienes Ave.	El Monte	91733	Los Angeles County	Mountain View Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 652-4650	839	39	21.4	80.3%	8 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	786 (93.7%)	44 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)								32.6	29.3	3960	244
060939000950	3717	Ulysses Grant Elementary	Public	K-6	550 West Olive St.	Colton	92324	San Bernardino County	Colton Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 580-5024	584	23	25.2	87.2%	8 (1.4%)	8 (1.4%)	564 (96.6%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$6,858							32.6	32.4	3702	15
063627006187	3718	Theodore Roosevelt Elementary	Public	K-6	1802 Floral Ave.	Selma	93662	Fresno County	Selma Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 898-6700	636	24	27	91.0%	30 (4.7%)	4 (0.6%)	570 (89.6%)	19 (3.0%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.6%)	7 (1.1%)	$13,629							32.6	37.5	3313	405
060962000991	3719	McKinley Elementary	Public	K-8	14431 Stanford Ave.	Compton	90220	Los Angeles County	Compton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 898-6320	404	15	26.8	67.1%	1 (0.2%)	145 (35.9%)	245 (60.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	8 (2.0%)								32.6	46.1	2758	961
060300000237	3720	Arcata Elementary	Public	K-5	2400 Baldwin St.	Arcata	95521	Humboldt County	Arcata Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 822-4858	262	16	16.9	76.3%	125 (47.7%)	3 (1.1%)	66 (25.2%)	8 (3.1%)	16 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (16.8%)	$12,056							32.6	46.6	2722	998

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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.