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)
060162000019	1761	Kennedy (John F.) Elementary	Public	K-6	17500 Belshire Ave.	Artesia	90701	Los Angeles County	ABC Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 229-7875	387	18	21.5	64.3%	34 (8.8%)	22 (5.7%)	197 (50.9%)	100 (25.8%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	32 (8.3%)	$6,004							66.3	63.2	1883	122
063771006381	1762	Spreckels Elementary	Public	K-5	Fourth St. and Hatton Ave.	Spreckels	93962	Monterey County	Spreckels Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 455-1831	583	27	21.9	16.6%	262 (44.9%)	0 (0.0%)	242 (41.5%)	24 (4.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (9.3%)	$5,457							66.2	61.6	1982	220
062832004386	1763	Old Adobe Elementary Charter	Public, Charter	K-6	2856 Adobe Rd.	Petaluma	94954	Sonoma County	Old Adobe Union	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 765-4301	288	12	24	25.0%	201 (69.8%)	3 (1.0%)	64 (22.2%)	6 (2.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.5%)	$8,896							66.2	66.4	1738	25
061632502037	1764	Bixby Elementary	Public	K-5	16446 Wedgeworth Dr.	Hacienda Heights	91745	Los Angeles County	Hacienda la Puente Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 933-8200	246	12	20.5	88.6%	6 (2.4%)	2 (0.8%)	184 (74.8%)	45 (18.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	8 (3.3%)								66.2	63.7	1854	90
063822006446	1765	Leona H. Cox Community Elementary	Public	K-6	18643 Oakmoor	Canyon Country	91351	Los Angeles County	Sulphur Springs Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 252-2100	425	15	28.3	63.3%	66 (15.5%)	24 (5.6%)	280 (65.9%)	29 (6.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.9%)	$9,914							66.2	57.8	2151	386
060741000682	1766	Capay Joint Union Elementary	Public	K-8	7504 Cutting Ave.	Orland	95963	Glenn County	Capay Joint Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 865-1222	185	9	20.5	45.9%	106 (57.3%)	0 (0.0%)	77 (41.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)								66.2	65.9	1760	6
061209001358	1767	Rio Vista Elementary	Public	K-6	4300 North Esto	El Monte	91731	Los Angeles County	El Monte City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 575-2310	319	20	15.9	79.6%	10 (3.1%)	4 (1.3%)	181 (56.7%)	121 (37.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	$6,540							66.2	78.7	1217	550
064214011847	1768	Lincoln Crossing Elementary	Public	K-5	635 Groveland Ln.	Lincoln	95648	Placer County	Western Placer Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 434-5292	451	19	24.2	20.2%	260 (57.6%)	2 (0.4%)	90 (20.0%)	37 (8.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (13.3%)	$9,890							66.2	79.9	1176	592
060006204234	1769	Fair Oaks Elementary	Public	K-6	151 North Lee Ave.	Oakdale	95361	Stanislaus County	Oakdale Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 847-0391	821	35	23.4	39.0%	437 (53.2%)	10 (1.2%)	305 (37.1%)	22 (2.7%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	43 (5.2%)	$6,399							66.2	61.9	1968	199
061005001096	1770	Grovecenter Elementary	Public	K-5	775 North Lark Ellen Ave.	West Covina	91791	Los Angeles County	Covina-Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 974-4400	545	23	23.6	66.2%	32 (5.9%)	8 (1.5%)	421 (77.2%)	73 (13.4%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	8 (1.5%)	$9,795							66.1	69.3	1611	159

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

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.