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)
062025002424	3521	Avondale Elementary	Public	K-6	8401 Stansbury St.	Spring Valley	91977	San Diego County	La Mesa-Spring Valley	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 668-5880	328	12	27.3	84.1%	18 (5.5%)	24 (7.3%)	253 (77.1%)	23 (7.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.7%)	$6,063							34.9	35.3	3477	44
062922001855	3522	Emilie Ritchen Elementary	Public	K-5	2200 Cabrillo Way	Oxnard	93030	Ventura County	Oxnard	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 385-1572	502	24	20.9	82.9%	19 (3.8%)	9 (1.8%)	447 (89.0%)	21 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.2%)	$3,913							34.9	36	3432	90
062271003348	3523	Shenandoah Street Elementary	Public	K-5	2450 Shenandoah St.	Los Angeles	90034	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 838-3142	315	16	19.6	95.9%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,030							34.9	45.1	2817	706
060002711037	3524	Ronald Reagan Elementary	Public	K-5	35445 Porras Rd.	Wildomar	92595	Riverside County	Lake Elsinore Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 253-7650	532	22	24.3	65.0%	169 (31.8%)	25 (4.7%)	277 (52.1%)	25 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	34 (6.4%)	$7,054							34.9	34.3	3555	31
062847007806	3525	Lincoln Elementary	Public	K-6	440 North Allyn Ave.	Ontario	91764	San Bernardino County	Ontario-Montclair	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 983-9803	561	31	18.2	90.2%	23 (4.1%)	25 (4.5%)	499 (88.9%)	10 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	$14,312							34.9	30.5	3837	312
063384005249	3526	Hubert H. Bancroft Elementary	Public	K-6	2929 Belmar St.	Sacramento	95826	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-4595	399	19	21	57.1%	135 (33.8%)	41 (10.3%)	152 (38.1%)	15 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	53 (13.3%)	$6,859							34.9	39.4	3181	345
061887002292	3527	Woodrow Wilson Elementary	Public	K-5	43 Miriam St.	Daly City	94014	San Mateo County	Jefferson Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 991-1255	286	12	23.8	55.9%	15 (5.2%)	1 (0.3%)	172 (60.1%)	83 (29.0%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	11 (3.8%)	$11,842							34.9	38.8	3226	301
062271003060	3528	Gulf Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	828 West L St.	Wilmington	90744	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 835-3157	652	31	21	92.9%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,415							34.9	25.3	4330	802
063459005741	3529	Merritt Trace Elementary	Public	K-5	651 Dana Ave.	San Jose	95126	Santa Clara County	San Jose Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 535-6257	831	37	22.6	54.4%	143 (17.2%)	17 (2.0%)	592 (71.2%)	34 (4.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	43 (5.2%)	$10,941							34.9	36.4	3405	124
062778002426	3530	Valley View Elementary	Public	K-6	21220 Maurice St.	Nuevo	92567	Riverside County	Nuview Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 928-1841	553	27	20.4	70.7%	77 (13.9%)	6 (1.1%)	439 (79.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.2%)	$11,045							34.8	26.6	4218	688

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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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