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)
060003601108	5011	Jefferson	Public	K-8	2001 Pebblewood	Sacramento	95833	Sacramento County	Natomas Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 567-5580	713	28	25.4	67.9%	73 (10.2%)	138 (19.4%)	324 (45.4%)	84 (11.8%)	3 (0.4%)	27 (3.8%)	64 (9.0%)	$6,503							18.1	13.3	5462	451
062922004507	5012	Cesar E. Chavez Elementary	Public	K-8	301 North Marquita St.	Oxnard	93030	Ventura County	Oxnard	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 385-1524	879	42	21	96.4%	15 (1.7%)	3 (0.3%)	857 (97.5%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$3,922							18.1	15.4	5285	273
062271003123	5013	Langdon Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	8817 Langdon Ave.	North Hills	91343	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 892-0779	537	28	19.1	98.1%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,165							18.1	12	5572	559
062985004645	5014	Captain Raymond Collins	Public	K-5	6125 Coke St.	Long Beach	90805	Los Angeles County	Paramount Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 602-8008	541	25	21.6	91.7%	3 (0.6%)	190 (35.1%)	296 (54.7%)	26 (4.8%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	22 (4.1%)	$3,876							18.1	18.2	5021	7
063459005699	5015	Anne Darling Elementary	Public	K-5	333 North 33rd St.	San Jose	95133	Santa Clara County	San Jose Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 535-6209	295	16	18.7	74.2%	16 (5.4%)	4 (1.4%)	251 (85.1%)	18 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.0%)	$13,211							18.1	18.6	4995	20
061233001399	5016	Florin Elementary	Public	K-6	7300 Kara Dr.	Sacramento	95828	Sacramento County	Elk Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 383-0530	494	22	22.4	63.8%	20 (4.0%)	42 (8.5%)	240 (48.6%)	158 (32.0%)	4 (0.8%)	5 (1.0%)	25 (5.1%)	$7,600							18	16.7	5174	158
069113410217	5017	San Joaquin Elementary	Public	K-8	8535 South Ninth	San Joaquin	93660	Fresno County	Golden Plains Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 693-4321	543	27	20.4	87.3%	3 (0.6%)	7 (1.3%)	530 (97.6%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$5,398							18	12.8	5501	484
062513003733	5018	Franklin Elementary	Public	K-6	120 South Emerald Ave.	Modesto	95351	Stanislaus County	Modesto City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 574-8112	766	32	23.9	95.0%	22 (2.9%)	32 (4.2%)	618 (80.7%)	38 (5.0%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	51 (6.7%)	$12,203							18	12.5	5527	509
062271003437	5019	Vinedale College Preparatory Academy	Public	K-8	10150 La Tuna Canyon Rd.	Sun Valley	91352	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 767-0106	203	12	16.9	91.1%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$22,681							18	10	5709	690
062133002555	5020	San Miguel Elementary	Public	K-6	7059 San Miguel Ave.	Lemon Grove	91945	San Diego County	Lemon Grove	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 825-5619	446	20	22.3	60.8%	33 (7.4%)	73 (16.4%)	285 (63.9%)	21 (4.7%)	4 (0.9%)	4 (0.9%)	26 (5.8%)								18	16	5236	216

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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:

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

Charter Schools vs Regular Public Schools: Understanding the Key Differences

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