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)
060002811041	1291	Crowne Hill Elementary	Public	K-5	33535 Old Kent Rd.	Temecula	92592	Riverside County	Temecula Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 294-6370	507	23	22	25.6%	239 (47.1%)	2 (0.4%)	193 (38.1%)	24 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	48 (9.5%)	$10,748							76.9	77.1	1276	15
063384002539	1292	Matsuyama Elementary	Public	K-6	7680 Windbridge Dr.	Sacramento	95831	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-4650	460	20	22.9	47.0%	71 (15.4%)	56 (12.2%)	143 (31.1%)	109 (23.7%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.2%)	70 (15.2%)	$6,825							76.8	78	1241	51
060155910819	1293	Lake County International Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	15850 Armstrong St.	Middletown	95461	Lake County	Lake County International Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 987-3063	75	4	18.7	70.7%	43 (57.3%)	1 (1.3%)	24 (32.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (9.3%)								76.8			(n/a)
060903008811	1294	Mickey Cox Elementary	Public	K-6	2191 Sierra Ave.	Clovis	93611	Fresno County	Clovis Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 327-6400	640	28	22.9	63.3%	239 (37.3%)	17 (2.7%)	282 (44.1%)	64 (10.0%)	7 (1.1%)	2 (0.3%)	29 (4.5%)	$5,031							76.8	74.2	1414	120
063360004953	1295	Vencil Brown Elementary	Public	K-5	250 Trestle Rd.	Roseville	95678	Placer County	Roseville City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 771-1710	387	19	20.4	47.8%	191 (49.4%)	15 (3.9%)	104 (26.9%)	32 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	42 (10.9%)								76.8	68	1673	378
060207411929	1296	Aveson School of Leaders	Public, Charter	K-5	1919 East Pinecrest Dr.	Altadena	91001	Los Angeles County	Aveson School of Leaders District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 797-1440	347	16	21.6	20.7%	173 (49.9%)	16 (4.6%)	91 (26.2%)	23 (6.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (12.4%)								76.8	81.2	1126	170
060002808270	1297	Helen Hunt Jackson Elementary	Public	K-5	32400 Camino San Dimas	Temecula	92592	Riverside County	Temecula Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 302-5199	484	19	26	21.3%	208 (43.0%)	15 (3.1%)	132 (27.3%)	87 (18.0%)	6 (1.2%)	2 (0.4%)	34 (7.0%)	$9,141							76.8	77.2	1267	30
061977002379	1298	Kings River-Hardwick Elementary	Public, Charter	K-8	10300 Excelsior Ave.	Hanford	93230	Kings County	Kings River-Hardwick Union Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 584-4475	823	35	23.4	30.0%	385 (46.8%)	3 (0.4%)	378 (45.9%)	15 (1.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (5.0%)								76.7	83.3	1038	260
063488009439	1299	Knob Hill Elementary	Public	K-5	1825 Knob Hill Rd.	San Marcos	92069	San Diego County	San Marcos Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 290-2080	752	31	24	38.3%	265 (35.2%)	0 (0.0%)	344 (45.7%)	65 (8.6%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	71 (9.4%)	$7,651							76.7	75.2	1366	67
060232013525	1300	Hollister Prep	Public, Charter	K-8	881 Line St.	Hollister	95023	San Benito County	Hollister Prep District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 313-0772	539	20	27.2	50.1%	48 (8.9%)	2 (0.4%)	471 (87.4%)	13 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)								76.7	79.4	1187	113

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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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Educational resources:

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.