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)
060714000650	741	Bagby Elementary	Public	K-5	1840 Harris Ave.	San Jose	95124	Santa Clara County	Cambrian	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 377-3882	483	21	23	14.9%	167 (34.6%)	9 (1.9%)	130 (26.9%)	94 (19.5%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	79 (16.4%)	$5,729							89.1	86	913	172
063459007429	742	Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary	Public	K-5	1610 Bird Ave.	San Jose	95125	Santa Clara County	San Jose Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 535-6671	300	11	27.6	18.7%	85 (28.3%)	21 (7.0%)	96 (32.0%)	50 (16.7%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (15.3%)	$10,554							89.1	91	636	106
063417009187	743	Hillside Elementary	Public	K-6	4975 North Mayfield Ave.	San Bernardino	92407	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 881-8264	627	28	22	86.3%	29 (4.6%)	45 (7.2%)	531 (84.7%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	14 (2.2%)	$7,276							89.1	78.8	1215	472
063207004940	744	Mariposa Elementary	Public	K-5	30800 Palo Alto Dr.	Redlands	92373	San Bernardino County	Redlands Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 794-8620	460	20	23	46.7%	222 (48.3%)	3 (0.7%)	145 (31.5%)	49 (10.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (8.7%)	$6,199							89.1	84.7	972	228
060780000746	745	Marshall Elementary	Public	K-5	20111 Marshall St.	Castro Valley	94546	Alameda County	Castro Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 537-2431	491	20	24.5	43.0%	68 (13.8%)	16 (3.3%)	130 (26.5%)	210 (42.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	65 (13.2%)	$5,138							89	89.3	757	12
062637003978	746	Valle Verde Elementary	Public	K-5	3275 Peachwillow Ln.	Walnut Creek	94598	Contra Costa County	Mt. Diablo Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 939-5700	467	15	31.1	8.4%	147 (31.5%)	5 (1.1%)	50 (10.7%)	71 (15.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	193 (41.3%)	$12,423							89	92.3	556	190
062259007303	747	Los Alamitos Elementary	Public	K-5	10862 Bloomfield St.	Los Alamitos	90720	Orange County	Los Alamitos Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 816-3300	671	27	24.8	29.1%	158 (23.5%)	19 (2.8%)	286 (42.6%)	104 (15.5%)	1 (0.1%)	11 (1.6%)	91 (13.6%)	$4,960							89	90.8	651	96
061336007857	748	Nelda Mundy Elementary	Public	K-5	570 Vintage Valley Dr.	Fairfield	94534	Solano County	Fairfield-Suisun Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 863-7920	787	30	26.2	19.4%	189 (24.0%)	41 (5.2%)	186 (23.6%)	231 (29.4%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	136 (17.3%)	$5,522							89	88.8	775	27
061551001972	749	Isla Vista Elementary	Public	K-6	6875 El Colegio Rd.	Goleta	93117	Santa Barbara County	Goleta Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 685-4418	463	24	19.2	45.6%	115 (24.8%)	11 (2.4%)	232 (50.1%)	63 (13.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (8.9%)	$14,702							89	83.8	1011	262
062064011581	750	Meyers Elementary	Public	K-5	1095 San Bernardino Ave.	South Lake Tahoe	96150	El Dorado County	Lake Tahoe Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 543-2371	360	16	22.5	20.6%	264 (73.3%)	1 (0.3%)	56 (15.6%)	11 (3.1%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	26 (7.2%)	$11,908							89	89.7	728	22

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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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