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)
061455001776	4801	Vinland Elementary	Public	K-6	4666 North Maple Ave.	Fresno	93726	Fresno County	Fresno Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 248-7300	517	26	20	89.9%	54 (10.4%)	55 (10.6%)	303 (58.6%)	71 (13.7%)	5 (1.0%)	2 (0.4%)	27 (5.2%)	$7,949							20.5	21.7	4693	108
063276005090	4802	Rio Lindo Elementary	Public	K-5	2131 Snow Ave.	Oxnard	93036	Ventura County	Rio Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 485-3113	408	19	21.4	69.9%	8 (2.0%)	1 (0.2%)	386 (94.6%)	8 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	$6,941							20.5	19.7	4894	92
060939000949	4803	Grand Terrace Elementary	Public	K-6	12066 Vivienda Ave.	Grand Terrace	92313	San Bernardino County	Colton Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 580-5032	650	27	24	81.7%	53 (8.2%)	61 (9.4%)	518 (79.7%)	11 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.8%)	$6,375							20.5	22.5	4612	191
062271003075	4804	Hawaiian Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	540 Hawaiian Ave.	Wilmington	90744	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 830-1151	516	23	22.4	97.1%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,414							20.5	19.2	4942	138
062922004513	4805	Rose Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	220 South Driskill St.	Oxnard	93030	Ventura County	Oxnard	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 385-1575	496	25	19.8	93.8%	4 (0.8%)	3 (0.6%)	486 (98.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$3,926							20.5	19	4951	146
062250007299	4806	Avalon K-12	Public, Alternative	K-12	200 Falls Canyon Rd.	Avalon	90704	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 510-0790	451	30	15	52.3%	78 (17.3%)	0 (0.0%)	364 (80.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.8%)	$15,601							20.5	26.4	4240	566
061692011021	4807	Hamilton Elementary	Public	K-5	57550 Mitchell Rd.	Anza	92539	Riverside County	Hemet Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 763-1840	306	13	23.5	81.0%	105 (34.3%)	0 (0.0%)	154 (50.3%)	10 (3.3%)	25 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.9%)	$9,643							20.5	19.1	4949	142
060261011958	4808	Orange Grove Elementary	Public	K-6	1000 South Harbor Blvd.	Anaheim	92805	Orange County	Anaheim Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 517-8968	575	24	23.9	80.5%	13 (2.3%)	1 (0.2%)	542 (94.3%)	9 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.7%)	$7,201							20.4	19.8	4877	69
061288001459	4809	Lincoln Elementary	Public	K-5	1029 North Broadway	Escondido	92026	San Diego County	Escondido Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 432-2466	546	30	17.9	91.2%	11 (2.0%)	5 (0.9%)	493 (90.3%)	18 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.5%)	$7,314							20.4	24.6	4407	402
060939000953	4810	William McKinley Elementary	Public	K-6	600 West Johnston St.	Colton	92324	San Bernardino County	Colton Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 580-5028	523	22	24.3	93.1%	5 (1.0%)	6 (1.1%)	505 (96.6%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	$6,842							20.4	19.6	4906	96

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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.