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)
063480001393	411	Monarch Grove Elementary	Public	K-5	348 Los Osos Valley Rd.	Los Osos	93402	San Luis Obispo County	San Luis Coastal Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 534-2844	331	15	22	36.6%	241 (72.8%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (16.9%)	7 (2.1%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (7.3%)	$14,090							94.3	92.5	541	130
068450013996	412	Beacon Park	Public	K-8	200 Cultivate	Irvine	92618	Orange County	Irvine Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 936-8400	1,035	36	28.3	14.1%	186 (18.0%)	11 (1.1%)	84 (8.1%)	653 (63.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	99 (9.6%)	$6,153							94.2	94.4	395	17
063384005244	413	Genevieve Didion	Public	K-8	6490 Harmon Dr.	Sacramento	95831	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-4575	586	23	25.2	30.7%	128 (21.8%)	14 (2.4%)	137 (23.4%)	189 (32.3%)	4 (0.7%)	4 (0.7%)	110 (18.8%)	$6,290							94.2	93.7	463	50
063513005948	414	Greenbrook Elementary	Public	K-5	1475 Harlan Dr.	Danville	94526	Contra Costa County	San Ramon Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 855-5300	657	28	23.6	3.8%	320 (48.7%)	7 (1.1%)	68 (10.4%)	162 (24.7%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	97 (14.8%)	$7,219							94.2	94.3	403	11
061029001153	415	Louis E. Stocklmeir Elementary	Public	K-5	592 Dunholme Way	Sunnyvale	94087	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 732-3363	822	33	24.5	16.9%	209 (25.4%)	5 (0.6%)	46 (5.6%)	486 (59.1%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	73 (8.9%)	$5,925							94.2	94.8	372	43
061491001890	416	Garfield Elementary	Public	K-6	2200 Freshwater Rd.	Eureka	95503	Humboldt County	Garfield Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 442-5471	69	3	23	27.5%	58 (84.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (10.1%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.3%)	$10,428							94.2	93.1	496	80
061440001680	417	Niles Elementary	Public	K-5	37141 Second St.	Fremont	94536	Alameda County	Fremont Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 793-1141	546	22	24.8	15.8%	91 (16.7%)	8 (1.5%)	82 (15.0%)	313 (57.3%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	49 (9.0%)	$6,904							94.2	94.6	380	37
060177000043	418	Amelia Earhart Elementary	Public	K-5	400 Packet Landing Rd.	Alameda	94502	Alameda County	Alameda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 748-4003	588	23	25.5	20.2%	134 (22.8%)	8 (1.4%)	59 (10.0%)	266 (45.2%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.7%)	116 (19.7%)	$14,325							94.2	95.6	308	110
062961004584	419	Escondido Elementary	Public	K-5	890 Escondido Rd.	Stanford	94305	Santa Clara County	Palo Alto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 856-1337	447	24	18.4	18.8%	153 (34.2%)	17 (3.8%)	151 (33.8%)	79 (17.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	44 (9.8%)	$14,040							94.2	93.9	443	24
063432005521	420	Miramar Ranch Elementary	Public	K-5	10770 Red Cedar Dr.	San Diego	92131	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 271-0470	610	24	25.4	23.3%	212 (34.8%)	19 (3.1%)	116 (19.0%)	194 (31.8%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	66 (10.8%)	$7,257							94.1	94.7	377	43

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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.