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)
063570006096	1001	McKinley Elementary	Public	K-5	2401 Santa Monica Blvd.	Santa Monica	90404	Los Angeles County	Santa Monica-Malibu Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 828-5011	403	23	17.3	33.5%	157 (39.0%)	31 (7.7%)	135 (33.5%)	59 (14.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.0%)	$6,965							83.9	87.1	868	133
063432005564	1002	Vista Grande Elementary	Public	K-5	5606 Antigua Blvd.	San Diego	92124	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 496-8290	358	17	21	41.6%	149 (41.6%)	15 (4.2%)	87 (24.3%)	44 (12.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	62 (17.3%)	$8,414							83.9	86.4	896	106
062271003355	1003	Sierra Vista Elementary	Public	K-6	4342 Alpha St.	Los Angeles	90032	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 222-2530	187	9	20.7	86.6%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,828							83.8	71.4	1523	520
061440001674	1004	Tom Maloney Elementary	Public	K-5	38700 Logan Dr.	Fremont	94536	Alameda County	Fremont Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 797-4426	578	23	25.1	26.3%	51 (8.8%)	18 (3.1%)	77 (13.3%)	413 (71.5%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (2.6%)	$8,331							83.7	87.7	836	168
060015310940	1005	Martha Baldwin Elementary	Public	K-8	900 South Almansor St.	Alhambra	91801	Los Angeles County	Alhambra Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 943-3300	935	36	25.8	52.4%	11 (1.2%)	2 (0.2%)	293 (31.3%)	590 (63.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (4.2%)	$11,522							83.7	88.8	774	231
062814004333	1006	Harbour View Elementary	Public	K-5	4343 Pickwick Cir.	Huntington Beach	92649	Orange County	Ocean View	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 846-6602	594	22	27	37.5%	274 (46.1%)	7 (1.2%)	180 (30.3%)	56 (9.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	77 (13.0%)	$5,111							83.7	86.9	873	133
061314001490	1007	Cadwallader Elementary	Public	K-6	3799 Cadwallader Ave.	San Jose	95121	Santa Clara County	Evergreen Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 270-4950	340	14	24.7	39.1%	17 (5.0%)	3 (0.9%)	122 (35.9%)	175 (51.5%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	21 (6.2%)	$8,071							83.7	89.5	744	263
063488005890	1008	Richland Elementary	Public	K-5	910 Richland Rd.	San Marcos	92069	San Diego County	San Marcos Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 290-2400	823	33	24.9	32.3%	340 (41.3%)	0 (0.0%)	339 (41.2%)	60 (7.3%)	5 (0.6%)	3 (0.4%)	75 (9.1%)	$9,260							83.7	87.2	861	147
064215012492	1009	Ada Clegg Elementary	Public	K-5	6311 Larchwood Dr.	Huntington Beach	92647	Orange County	Westminster	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 894-7218	488	22	22.5	57.8%	104 (21.3%)	3 (0.6%)	180 (36.9%)	174 (35.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	25 (5.1%)	$6,274							83.6	77.2	1268	259
063441005586	1010	Argonne Elementary	Public	K-5	680 18th Ave.	San Francisco	94121	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 750-8460	361	19	19.5	27.7%	103 (28.5%)	6 (1.7%)	35 (9.7%)	135 (37.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	79 (21.9%)	$6,103							83.6	84.1	994	16

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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.