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)
060720014280	1901	Campbell School of Innovation	Public, Charter	K-8	295 West Cherry Ln.	Campbell	95008	Santa Clara County	Campbell Union	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 364-4222	781	31	25.1	22.3%	243 (31.1%)	23 (2.9%)	282 (36.1%)	132 (16.9%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	97 (12.4%)								63.5	69.1	1616	285
062450003672	1902	Alexander Rose Elementary	Public	K-6	250 Roswell Dr.	Milpitas	95035	Santa Clara County	Milpitas Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 635-2668	512	21	24.9	42.0%	25 (4.9%)	2 (0.4%)	167 (32.6%)	267 (52.1%)	3 (0.6%)	6 (1.2%)	42 (8.2%)	$6,799							63.5	62.4	1928	26
061488001882	1903	Agnes Ware Stanley Elementary	Public	K-6	12201 Elmwood Ave.	Garden Grove	92840	Orange County	Garden Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 663-6484	310	14	22.1	75.5%	19 (6.1%)	4 (1.3%)	180 (58.1%)	89 (28.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	14 (4.5%)	$11,948							63.5	56.5	2213	310
062553012851	1904	Monte Vista	Public	K-8	100 Toda Vista Dr.	Monterey	93940	Monterey County	Monterey Peninsula Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 392-3890	572	27	21.3	39.7%	261 (45.6%)	17 (3.0%)	227 (39.7%)	27 (4.7%)	2 (0.3%)	6 (1.0%)	32 (5.6%)	$5,948							63.4	59.4	2084	180
060002702451	1905	Tuscany Hills Elementary	Public	K-5	23 Ponte Russo	Lake Elsinore	92532	Riverside County	Lake Elsinore Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 245-6850	644	30	21.4	51.4%	300 (46.6%)	43 (6.7%)	221 (34.3%)	37 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	42 (6.5%)	$7,675							63.4	74.8	1384	521
061455001742	1906	Jefferson Elementary	Public	K-6	202 North Mariposa St.	Fresno	93701	Fresno County	Fresno Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 457-2960	454	26	17.7	96.7%	11 (2.4%)	29 (6.4%)	368 (81.1%)	29 (6.4%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.9%)	$9,112							63.4	57.7	2153	247
063375005205	1907	Killian Elementary	Public	K-6	19100 East Killian St.	Rowland Heights	91748	Los Angeles County	Rowland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 964-6409	452	18	25.8	70.8%	8 (1.8%)	2 (0.4%)	164 (36.3%)	257 (56.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	17 (3.8%)								63.4	76.5	1299	608
063603006165	1908	Cerritos Elementary	Public	K-6	3731 Cerritos	Anaheim	92804	Orange County	Savanna Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 236-3830	346	17	20.3	73.4%	74 (21.4%)	8 (2.3%)	165 (47.7%)	73 (21.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	23 (6.6%)	$11,285							63.4	58.6	2110	202
063753006349	1909	Ponderosa Elementary	Public	K-5	295 Ponderosa Rd.	South San Francisco	94080	San Mateo County	South San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 877-8825	351	18	19.4	28.5%	58 (16.5%)	0 (0.0%)	154 (43.9%)	96 (27.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.4%)	38 (10.8%)	$4,978							63.4	66.2	1751	158
062825004366	1910	North Terrace Elementary	Public	K-8	141 Santa Rosa Dr.	Oceanside	92058	San Diego County	Oceanside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 901-7500	766	31	24.6	61.5%	283 (36.9%)	40 (5.2%)	310 (40.5%)	23 (3.0%)	3 (0.4%)	13 (1.7%)	94 (12.3%)	$12,250							63.4	68.8	1632	278

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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.