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)
062871004468	3471	Alice Shaw Elementary	Public	K-6	759 Dahlia Pl.	Santa Maria	93455	Santa Barbara County	Orcutt Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 938-8850	511	20	25	52.6%	120 (23.5%)	9 (1.8%)	345 (67.5%)	6 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	30 (5.9%)	$6,574							35.6	36.8	3372	99
062334003282	3472	Lincoln Elementary	Public	K-6	650 Liberty Ln.	Madera	93637	Madera County	Madera Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 675-4600	855	36	23.4	77.1%	70 (8.2%)	14 (1.6%)	683 (79.9%)	53 (6.2%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (3.7%)	$1,332							35.5	24.8	4383	911
063171001207	3473	Barnett Elementary	Public	K-6	23925 Couna Way	Ramona	92065	San Diego County	Ramona City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 787-3500	478	19	24.9	47.3%	258 (54.0%)	4 (0.8%)	183 (38.3%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (5.9%)	$6,220							35.5	42.7	2971	502
062769004181	3474	Arturo Sanchez Elementary	Public	K-5	11960 East 162nd St.	Norwalk	90650	Los Angeles County	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 210-4315	258	11	23.3	89.5%	3 (1.2%)	1 (0.4%)	238 (92.2%)	11 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.9%)	$13,283							35.5	32.8	3670	196
061288001452	3475	Conway Elementary	Public	K-6	1325 Conway Dr.	Escondido	92027	San Diego County	Escondido Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 432-2435	515	28	18.2	77.7%	45 (8.7%)	4 (0.8%)	423 (82.1%)	15 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.4%)	$8,075							35.5	42.8	2955	520
061111001233	3476	Martin Van Buren Elementary	Public	K-5	47-733 Van Buren St.	Indio	92201	Riverside County	Desert Sands Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 775-3870	529	23	23	88.5%	7 (1.3%)	5 (0.9%)	491 (92.8%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	20 (3.8%)	$7,430							35.4	30.7	3828	352
060004907415	3477	Cambria Grammar	Public	K-5	3223 Main St.	Cambria	93428	San Luis Obispo County	Coast Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 927-4400	207	13	15.9	64.3%	51 (24.6%)	0 (0.0%)	144 (69.6%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.8%)								35.4	41.1	3061	416
062271003153	3478	Loyola Village Fine And Performing Arts Magnet	Public	K-5	8821 Villanova Ave.	Los Angeles	90045	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 670-0480	204	11	18.5	71.6%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,630							35.4	19.8	4887	1409
063846006456	3479	Bishop Elementary	Public	K-5	450 North Sunnyvale Ave.	Sunnyvale	94085	Santa Clara County	Sunnyvale	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 522-8229	452	23	20	56.4%	57 (12.6%)	6 (1.3%)	271 (60.0%)	73 (16.2%)	9 (2.0%)	7 (1.5%)	29 (6.4%)	$13,689							35.4	29.6	3923	444
060861000868	3480	Montgomery (John J.) Elementary	Public	K-6	1601 Fourth Ave.	Chula Vista	91911	San Diego County	Chula Vista Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 422-6131	315	15	20.3	90.2%	6 (1.9%)	3 (1.0%)	298 (94.6%)	4 (1.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	$11,075							35.4	41.1	3060	420

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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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