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)
062211014134	361	Lawrence Elementary	Public	K-5	2451 Portola Ave.	Livermore	94551	Alameda County	Livermore Valley Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 960-2923	402	20	20.1	32.3%	158 (39.3%)	6 (1.5%)	84 (20.9%)	117 (29.1%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (8.0%)	$7,866							94.8	94.2	416	55
063513011880	362	Live Oak Elementary	Public	K-5	5151 Sherwood Way	San Ramon	94582	Contra Costa County	San Ramon Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 803-3100	567	25	23.1	7.6%	40 (7.1%)	12 (2.1%)	39 (6.9%)	426 (75.1%)	4 (0.7%)	3 (0.5%)	43 (7.6%)	$6,616							94.8	96.1	266	96
063153008598	363	Creekside Elementary	Public	K-5	12362 Springhurst Dr.	San Diego	92128	San Diego County	Poway Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 391-1514	562	25	22.2	13.9%	226 (40.2%)	3 (0.5%)	67 (11.9%)	203 (36.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	59 (10.5%)	$7,332							94.8	97.3	163	200
063513000289	364	Sycamore Valley Elementary	Public	K-5	2200 Holbrook Dr.	Danville	94506	Contra Costa County	San Ramon Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 736-0102	589	25	23.8	4.8%	263 (44.7%)	8 (1.4%)	57 (9.7%)	192 (32.6%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	66 (11.2%)	$7,021							94.8	96.6	224	140
062718004094	365	Meadows Elementary	Public	K-6	25577 North Fedala Rd.	Valencia	91355	Los Angeles County	Newhall	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 291-4050	672	25	26.8	35.0%	335 (49.9%)	8 (1.2%)	236 (35.1%)	46 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (7.0%)	$10,245							94.7	95.8	294	71
061062001184	366	Robert E. Willett Elementary	Public	K-6	1207 Sycamore Ln.	Davis	95616	Yolo County	Davis Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 757-5460	530	21	24.8	13.8%	246 (46.4%)	10 (1.9%)	66 (12.5%)	142 (26.8%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	61 (11.5%)								94.7	91.4	611	245
062785007251	367	Brookside Elementary	Public	K-5	165 North Satinwood Ave.	Oak Park	91377	Ventura County	Oak Park Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 597-4200	560	22	25.4	14.1%	346 (61.8%)	3 (0.5%)	49 (8.8%)	108 (19.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (9.6%)	$9,509							94.7	95.5	318	49
063432005471	368	Green Elementary	Public	K-5	7030 Wandermere Pl.	San Diego	92119	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 460-5755	445	19	23.9	27.0%	223 (50.1%)	23 (5.2%)	121 (27.2%)	25 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	49 (11.0%)	$8,386							94.7	95.4	327	41
060861014615	369	Fahari L. Jeffers Elementary	Public	K-6	1145 Camino Prado	Chula Vista	91913	San Diego County	Chula Vista Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 425-9600	348	16	21.7	17.2%	30 (8.6%)	25 (7.2%)	109 (31.3%)	132 (37.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	50 (14.4%)								94.7	91.6	596	227
062574003849	370	Camino Pablo Elementary	Public	K-5	1111 Camino Pablo	Moraga	94556	Contra Costa County	Moraga Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 376-4435	320	15	21.3	2.5%	148 (46.3%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (10.9%)	55 (17.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	81 (25.3%)	$7,843							94.7	92	572	202

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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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