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)
063942006550	371	Anza Elementary	Public	K-5	21400 Ellinwood Dr.	Torrance	90503	Los Angeles County	Torrance Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 533-4559	591	25	23.6	10.7%	181 (30.6%)	6 (1.0%)	112 (19.0%)	217 (36.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	75 (12.7%)	$5,164							94.7	96	279	92
061440001665	372	Harvey Green Elementary	Public	K-5	42875 Gatewood St.	Fremont	94538	Alameda County	Fremont Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 656-6438	435	17	25.5	30.8%	16 (3.7%)	7 (1.6%)	69 (15.9%)	320 (73.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (4.8%)	$7,643							94.6	93.9	441	69
060147812541	373	Meadows Arts and Technology Elementary	Public, Charter	K-5	2000 La Granada Dr.	Thousand Oaks	91362	Ventura County	Meadows Arts and Technology Elementary District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 495-7037	410	17	23.5	5.4%	255 (62.2%)	1 (0.2%)	71 (17.3%)	41 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	39 (9.5%)								94.6	95.8	289	84
062100002527	374	Willow Elementary	Public	K-5	29026 Laro Dr.	Agoura	91301	Los Angeles County	Las Virgenes Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 889-0677	587	26	22.5	21.5%	437 (74.4%)	6 (1.0%)	51 (8.7%)	32 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	60 (10.2%)								94.6	92.5	536	162
062970008039	375	Dapplegray Elementary	Public	K-5	3011 Palos Verdes Dr. North	Rolling Hills Estates	90274	Los Angeles County	Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 541-3706	653	26	25.1	7.0%	268 (41.0%)	14 (2.1%)	131 (20.1%)	144 (22.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	96 (14.7%)	$5,901							94.6	94.5	386	11
063699009196	376	Solana Highlands Elementary	Public	K-6	3520 Long Run Dr.	San Diego	92130	San Diego County	Solana Beach Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 794-4300	373	19	20	9.7%	173 (46.4%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (8.8%)	119 (31.9%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	45 (12.1%)	$10,276							94.6	96	275	101
060964001033	377	Wildwood Elementary	Public	K-5	620 West Velarde Dr.	Thousand Oaks	91360	Ventura County	Conejo Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 492-3531	385	18	21.3	14.8%	204 (53.0%)	6 (1.6%)	106 (27.5%)	36 (9.4%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	30 (7.8%)	$7,027							94.6	93.3	481	104
064015006633	378	Arroyo Elementary	Public	K-5	11112 Coronel Rd.	Santa Ana	92705	Orange County	Tustin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 730-7381	539	19	29.1	9.1%	248 (46.0%)	2 (0.4%)	114 (21.2%)	79 (14.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	96 (17.8%)	$9,777							94.6	91.8	585	207
062271003022	379	Franklin Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	1910 North Commonwealth Ave.	Los Angeles	90027	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 663-0320	401	15	27.6	22.2%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,534							94.5	91.1	635	256
062250002739	380	Lowell Elementary	Public	K-5	5201 East Broadway	Long Beach	90803	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 433-6757	570	22	25.5	21.8%	279 (48.9%)	24 (4.2%)	163 (28.6%)	39 (6.8%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	61 (10.7%)	$8,471							94.5	89.8	721	341

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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.