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)
062271003048	5321	Graham Elementary	Public	K-6	8407 South Fir Ave.	Los Angeles	90001	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 583-1263	563	30	18.7	96.6%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,963							14.7	27.1	4164	1157
063441005664	5322	Sanchez Elementary	Public	K-5	325 Sanchez St.	San Francisco	94114	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 241-6380	262	13	20.1	80.2%	13 (5.0%)	17 (6.5%)	201 (76.7%)	16 (6.1%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.2%)	$6,103							14.7	12	5576	254
062475003706	5323	Minnie Cannon Elementary	Public	K-6	20931 Big Canyon Rd.	Middletown	95461	Lake County	Middletown Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 987-4130	182	8	22.7	66.5%	92 (50.5%)	1 (0.5%)	76 (41.8%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (6.6%)	$6,682							14.7	20.1	4838	485
064074006718	5324	Annie Pennycook Elementary	Public	K-6	3620 Fernwood Dr.	Vallejo	94591	Solano County	Vallejo City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 556-8590	451	14	32	74.7%	32 (7.1%)	125 (27.7%)	185 (41.0%)	70 (15.5%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.9%)	26 (5.8%)								14.7	14.9	5330	6
060001409476	5325	Hollyvale Elementary	Public	K-6	11645 Hollyvale Ave.	Victorville	92392	San Bernardino County	Hesperia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 947-3484	484	18	26.8	55.0%	40 (8.3%)	47 (9.7%)	371 (76.7%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	18 (3.7%)	$7,562							14.7	12.7	5509	184
060285000215	5326	Mission Elementary	Public	K-5	1711 Mission Dr.	Antioch	94509	Contra Costa County	Antioch Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 779-7435	479	24	19.7	73.9%	46 (9.6%)	114 (23.8%)	225 (47.0%)	38 (7.9%)	9 (1.9%)	19 (4.0%)	28 (5.8%)	$6,283							14.7	14.5	5368	42
062994004678	5327	Madison Elementary	Public	K-5	515 Ashtabula St.	Pasadena	91104	Los Angeles County	Pasadena Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 396-5780	424	17	25.6	89.9%	7 (1.7%)	21 (5.0%)	394 (92.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$7,421							14.7	13.5	5442	115
061926002313	5328	Mission Bell Elementary	Public	K-6	4020 Conning St.	Riverside	92509	Riverside County	Jurupa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 360-2748	373	17	22	88.2%	9 (2.4%)	4 (1.1%)	351 (94.1%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	$10,957							14.7	12.5	5529	201
060212312449	5329	Aspire Alexander Twilight College Preparatory Academy	Public, Charter	K-5	2360 El Camino Ave.	Sacramento	95821	Sacramento County	Aspire Alexander Twilight College Prep Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 979-1788	429	17	24.8	83.4%	13 (3.0%)	107 (24.9%)	228 (53.1%)	9 (2.1%)	5 (1.2%)	3 (0.7%)	64 (14.9%)								14.7	11.5	5611	282
063987006618	5330	Wilson Elementary	Public	K-6	955 East Tulare Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7260	492	20	25.2	90.2%	34 (6.9%)	12 (2.4%)	436 (88.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	7 (1.4%)	$10,386							14.7	14	5397	67

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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.