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)
064200006875	2771	Cameron Elementary	Public	K-5	1225 East Cameron Ave.	West Covina	91790	Los Angeles County	West Covina Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 931-1740	405	17	23.4	72.6%	12 (3.0%)	5 (1.2%)	305 (75.3%)	73 (18.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (2.2%)	$7,814							46.3	44.2	2870	99
062271003410	2772	Twenty-Fourth Street Elementary	Public	K-4	2055 West 24th St.	Los Angeles	90018	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 735-0278	476	26	18.3	95.2%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,038							46.3	44.4	2861	89
063680000434	2773	Gateway Elementary	Public	K-5	501 South Gateway	Ridgecrest	93555	Kern County	Sierra Sands Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 499-1850	348	15	23.2	46.6%	177 (50.9%)	20 (5.7%)	102 (29.3%)	8 (2.3%)	2 (0.6%)	7 (2.0%)	32 (9.2%)								46.3	54.3	2318	455
060166911902	2774	Golden Valley River	Public, Charter	K-8	9601 Lake Natoma Dr.	Orangevale	95662	Sacramento County	Golden Valley River District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 987-6141	314	13	24.1	33.1%	213 (67.8%)	4 (1.3%)	66 (21.0%)	9 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	21 (6.7%)								46.3	34.9	3513	739
060174011518	2775	South Sutter Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2044 Nicolaus Ave.	East Nicolaus	95659	Sutter County	South Sutter Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(800) 979-4436	2,295	100	23	37.8%	1,292 (56.3%)	51 (2.2%)	400 (17.4%)	77 (3.4%)	5 (0.2%)	5 (0.2%)	465 (20.3%)								46.3	51.6	2458	317
062271003039	2776	Gates Street Elementary	Public	K-5	3333 Manitou Ave.	Los Angeles	90031	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 225-9574	470	25	18.8	92.6%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,370							46.3	49.6	2556	220
063213004973	2777	Adelante Selby Spanish Immersion	Public	K-5	170 Selby Ln.	Atherton	94027	San Mateo County	Redwood City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 482-2415	545	23	23.6	60.6%	70 (12.8%)	3 (0.6%)	450 (82.6%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (3.1%)								46.2	52.4	2417	360
063099004798	2778	Pleasant Valley School of Engineering and Arts	Public	K-8	700 Temple Ave.	Camarillo	93010	Ventura County	Pleasant Valley	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 383-5340	536	25	21.2	57.1%	93 (17.4%)	11 (2.1%)	372 (69.4%)	32 (6.0%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.5%)	$8,868							46.2	36.9	3360	582
063525010074	2779	Hallmark Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	2445 9th St.	Sanger	93657	Fresno County	Sanger Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(559) 524-7190	412	21	19.2	67.5%	52 (12.6%)	8 (1.9%)	298 (72.3%)	35 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (4.4%)	$13,594							46.2	21.7	4685	1906
060162112668	2780	Rocketship Discovery Prep	Public, Charter	K-5	370 Wooster St.	San Jose	95116	Santa Clara County	Rocketship Discovery Prep District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(877) 806-0920	437	16	28.1	76.0%	8 (1.8%)	9 (2.1%)	357 (81.7%)	56 (12.8%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (0.9%)								46.2	32.9	3660	880

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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.