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)
060015310945	1251	William Northrup Elementary	Public	K-8	409 South Atlantic Blvd.	Alhambra	91801	Los Angeles County	Alhambra Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 943-6620	793	35	22.3	57.0%	13 (1.6%)	10 (1.3%)	282 (35.6%)	452 (57.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (4.4%)	$11,862							77.8	69.4	1609	358
062814004335	1252	Hope View Elementary	Public	K-5	17622 Flintstone Ln.	Huntington Beach	92647	Orange County	Ocean View	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 847-8571	544	22	24.7	29.8%	309 (56.8%)	3 (0.6%)	115 (21.1%)	45 (8.3%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	69 (12.7%)	$5,275							77.8	83.1	1048	204
063360014462	1253	Riego Creek Elementary	Public	K-5	3255 Pruett Dr.	Roseville	95747	Placer County	Roseville City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 771-1900	600	28	21.5	41.3%	245 (40.8%)	13 (2.2%)	126 (21.0%)	129 (21.5%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.7%)	81 (13.5%)								77.8	74.7	1391	138
062250002703	1254	Burcham Elementary	Public	K-5	5610 East Monlaco Rd.	Long Beach	90808	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 420-2685	357	13	28.5	28.9%	107 (30.0%)	25 (7.0%)	154 (43.1%)	27 (7.6%)	2 (0.6%)	4 (1.1%)	38 (10.6%)	$9,149							77.8	86	912	342
068450007068	1255	University Park Elementary	Public	K-6	4572 Sandburg Way	Irvine	92612	Orange County	Irvine Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 936-6300	496	18	27.5	36.9%	135 (27.2%)	17 (3.4%)	103 (20.8%)	182 (36.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	58 (11.7%)	$6,178							77.7	79.1	1196	59
063588006138	1256	Carlton Hills Elementary	Public	K-8	9353 Pike Rd.	Santee	92071	San Diego County	Santee	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 258-3400	586	26	22.5	37.0%	323 (55.1%)	4 (0.7%)	180 (30.7%)	31 (5.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (8.0%)	$10,007							77.7	66.1	1753	497
063729002798	1257	Main Street Elementary	Public	K-5	3400 North Main St.	Soquel	95073	Santa Cruz County	Soquel Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 464-5650	413	19	22.3	23.5%	262 (63.4%)	2 (0.5%)	104 (25.2%)	13 (3.1%)	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.7%)	25 (6.1%)	$7,797							77.7	80.7	1142	115
060002810353	1258	Ysabel Barnett Elementary	Public	K-5	39925 Harveston Dr.	Temecula	92591	Riverside County	Temecula Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 296-5579	708	30	23.6	25.0%	274 (38.7%)	18 (2.5%)	232 (32.8%)	109 (15.4%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	70 (9.9%)	$9,894							77.7	79.9	1174	84
062271003206	1259	Multnomah Street Elementary	Public	K-5	2101 North Indiana Ave.	Los Angeles	90032	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 225-6005	334	18	18.5	79.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$14,833							77.7	62.1	1950	691
063441005661	1260	Rooftop Elementary	Public	K-8	443 Burnett Ave.	San Francisco	94131	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 695-5692	536	24	22.2	30.4%	182 (34.0%)	57 (10.6%)	136 (25.4%)	41 (7.6%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	115 (21.5%)	$6,103							77.6	67.2	1702	442

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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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Educational resources:

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Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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