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)
062955009603	2351	Sunny Sands Elementary	Public	K-5	69-310 McCallum Way	Cathedral City	92234	Riverside County	Palm Springs Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 770-8635	721	32	22.5	98.1%	48 (6.7%)	8 (1.1%)	619 (85.9%)	29 (4.0%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (1.8%)	$13,029							53.8	56.2	2229	122
063386010043	2352	Cielo Vista Elementary	Public	K-6	21811 Avenida De Los Fundadore	Rancho Santa Margarita	92688	Orange County	Saddleback Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 589-7456	526	24	21.8	64.1%	148 (28.1%)	2 (0.4%)	294 (55.9%)	49 (9.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	31 (5.9%)	$5,263							53.8	48.4	2618	266
062250002717	2353	Gompers	Public	K-5	5206 Briercrest Ave.	Lakewood	90713	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 925-2285	342	16	22	40.9%	46 (13.5%)	36 (10.5%)	187 (54.7%)	34 (9.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	37 (10.8%)	$8,376							53.8	72.2	1489	864
069113510288	2354	Victoriano Elementary	Public	K-5	25650 Los Cabos Dr.	Moreno Valley	92551	Riverside County	Val Verde Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 490-0390	673	26	25.5	81.9%	19 (2.8%)	175 (26.0%)	399 (59.3%)	41 (6.1%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.6%)	34 (5.1%)	$5,379							53.8	54.6	2302	52
064059010330	2355	Cooper Elementary	Public	K-6	750 Christine Dr.	Vacaville	95687	Solano County	Vacaville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 453-6210	720	31	23.2	41.1%	257 (35.7%)	47 (6.5%)	222 (30.8%)	80 (11.1%)	2 (0.3%)	7 (1.0%)	104 (14.4%)	$6,039							53.7	63.2	1882	473
060252114432	2356	Compass Charter School of Yolo	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	850 Hampshire Rd. Ste. R	Thousand Oaks	91361	Ventura County	Compass Charter School of Yolo District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(855) 937-4227	671	28	24.2	39.2%	398 (59.3%)	16 (2.4%)	154 (23.0%)	24 (3.6%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	70 (10.4%)								53.7	53.1	2385	29
060962000984	2357	Kelly Elementary	Public	K-8	2320 East Alondra Blvd.	Compton	90221	Los Angeles County	Compton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 898-6410	743	28	26.7	63.0%	1 (0.1%)	67 (9.0%)	668 (89.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.7%)								53.7	42.8	2957	600
060861000864	2358	Kellogg (Karl H.) Elementary	Public	K-6	229 East Naples St.	Chula Vista	91911	San Diego County	Chula Vista Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 420-4151	294	15	19.6	69.7%	28 (9.5%)	8 (2.7%)	240 (81.6%)	8 (2.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.1%)	$13,275							53.7	50.2	2525	167
061089012512	2359	Nueva Vista Language Academy	Public, Charter	K-6	120 Garces Hwy.	Delano	93215	Kern County	Delano Union Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 721-5070	617	31	19.9	87.5%	9 (1.5%)	6 (1.0%)	562 (91.1%)	30 (4.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.5%)	$11,431							53.7	48.3	2623	264
062769004159	2360	John Foster Dulles Elementary	Public	K-5	12726 Meadowgreen Rd.	La Mirada	90638	Los Angeles County	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 210-2610	271	12	22.2	49.4%	41 (15.1%)	5 (1.8%)	207 (76.4%)	9 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.3%)	$12,623							53.7	63.9	1851	509

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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.