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)
061479012430	2511	Vernon E. Greer Elementary	Public	K-6	248 West A St.	Galt	95632	Sacramento County	Galt Joint Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 745-2641	501	23	21.9	59.3%	153 (30.5%)	10 (2.0%)	286 (57.1%)	31 (6.2%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (3.6%)	$11,651							50.9	52.4	2414	97
060133205098	2512	Hillsdale Elementary	Public	K-6	6469 Guthrie Way	North Highlands	95660	Sacramento County	Twin Rivers Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 566-1860	251	12	20.9	86.5%	58 (23.1%)	14 (5.6%)	136 (54.2%)	18 (7.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (9.6%)								50.9	51.9	2447	65
069113511049	2513	Avalon Elementary	Public	K-5	1815 East Rider St.	Perris	92571	Riverside County	Val Verde Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 490-0360	590	24	24.1	85.4%	25 (4.2%)	77 (13.1%)	428 (72.5%)	20 (3.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (6.3%)	$5,749							50.9	47.2	2681	168
062271002968	2514	Dyer Street Elementary	Public	K-5	14500 Dyer St.	Sylmar	91342	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 367-1932	564	27	20.8	92.4%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,091							50.8	43.5	2919	405
060147110830	2515	Accelerated Charter Elementary	Public, Charter	K-6	3914 South Main St.	Los Angeles	90037	Los Angeles County	Accelerated Charter Elementary District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 846-6694	500	19	26.2	96.6%	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.8%)	493 (98.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)								50.8	45.6	2786	271
061336008837	2516	Oakbrook Academy of the Arts	Public	K-8	700 Oakbrook Dr.	Fairfield	94534	Solano County	Fairfield-Suisun Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 863-7930	557	24	23.2	36.3%	110 (19.7%)	51 (9.2%)	188 (33.8%)	124 (22.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	78 (14.0%)	$5,695							50.7	50.1	2529	13
060876000896	2517	Vista del Valle Elementary	Public	K-6	550 Vista Dr.	Claremont	91711	Los Angeles County	Claremont Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 398-0331	322	13	24.7	50.0%	24 (7.5%)	29 (9.0%)	240 (74.5%)	20 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.8%)	$6,264							50.7	56.1	2234	283
063213004967	2518	Henry Ford Elementary	Public	K-5	2498 Massachusetts Ave.	Redwood City	94061	San Mateo County	Redwood City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 482-2404	448	20	22.8	63.2%	103 (23.0%)	3 (0.7%)	294 (65.6%)	25 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	20 (4.5%)								50.7	50.8	2493	25
063207004938	2519	Kingsbury Elementary	Public	K-5	600 Cajon St.	Redlands	92373	San Bernardino County	Redlands Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 307-5550	471	22	21.3	68.4%	101 (21.4%)	22 (4.7%)	301 (63.9%)	16 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	27 (5.7%)	$7,642							50.7	62.6	1920	599
062271003150	2520	Lorne Street Elementary	Public	K-5	17440 Lorne St.	Northridge	91325	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 342-3123	358	18	19.8	73.5%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,852							50.7	57.8	2152	368

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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.