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)
060166011228	1031	Heritage K-8 Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	1855 East Valley Pkwy.	Escondido	92027	San Diego County	Heritage K-8 Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 737-3111	1,328	61	21.6	41.0%	471 (35.5%)	32 (2.4%)	586 (44.1%)	140 (10.5%)	14 (1.1%)	6 (0.5%)	79 (5.9%)								83.1	80.7	1140	109
061527001959	1032	Sutherland Elementary	Public	K-5	1330 North Amelia Ave.	Glendora	91740	Los Angeles County	Glendora Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 852-4614	455	20	22.6	38.2%	116 (25.5%)	1 (0.2%)	214 (47.0%)	95 (20.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	27 (5.9%)	$6,052							83.1	88.7	786	246
060645000577	1033	Providencia Elementary	Public	K-5	1919 North Ontario St.	Burbank	91505	Los Angeles County	Burbank Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 729-3100	412	17	24.2	43.9%	122 (29.6%)	12 (2.9%)	217 (52.7%)	19 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	39 (9.5%)	$12,850							83.1	78.4	1224	191
060903008466	1034	Century Elementary	Public	K-6	965 North Sunnyside Ave.	Clovis	93611	Fresno County	Clovis Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 327-8400	660	26	25.3	35.3%	278 (42.1%)	18 (2.7%)	237 (35.9%)	76 (11.5%)	4 (0.6%)	3 (0.5%)	44 (6.7%)	$4,797							83.1	85.1	947	87
062271003270	1035	Park Western Place Elementary	Public	K-5	1214 Park Western Pl.	San Pedro	90732	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 833-3591	555	27	20.5	57.1%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,800							83	76.4	1309	274
063942006578	1036	Victor Elementary	Public	K-5	4820 Spencer St.	Torrance	90503	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4542	971	40	24.4	29.0%	141 (14.5%)	58 (6.0%)	237 (24.4%)	444 (45.7%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	88 (9.1%)	$5,122							83	84.5	979	57
063432005504	1037	Loma Portal Elementary	Public	K-4	3341 Browning St.	San Diego	92106	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 223-1683	360	16	22.5	31.4%	221 (61.4%)	10 (2.8%)	91 (25.3%)	12 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (7.2%)	$7,559							82.9	84.9	956	81
062450003675	1038	Anthony Spangler Elementary	Public	K-6	140 North Abbott	Milpitas	95035	Santa Clara County	Milpitas Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 635-2870	596	25	23.8	30.5%	21 (3.5%)	12 (2.0%)	121 (20.3%)	403 (67.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	37 (6.2%)	$5,641							82.9	79.6	1183	145
062949004553	1039	Valencia Elementary	Public	K-6	250 Aptos School Rd.	Aptos	95003	Santa Cruz County	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 728-7836	488	24	20.2	36.3%	291 (59.6%)	0 (0.0%)	161 (33.0%)	6 (1.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.7%)								82.9	76.8	1288	249
060903009127	1040	Gettysburg Elementary	Public	K-6	2100 Gettysburg Ave.	Clovis	93611	Fresno County	Clovis Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 327-6900	673	27	25	53.0%	239 (35.5%)	16 (2.4%)	290 (43.1%)	95 (14.1%)	6 (0.9%)	5 (0.7%)	22 (3.3%)	$4,801							82.9	83.7	1014	26

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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.