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)
063288005111	2081	Ripon Elementary	Public	K-8	509 West Main St.	Ripon	95366	San Joaquin County	Ripon Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 599-4225	459	21	21.6	29.6%	193 (42.0%)	7 (1.5%)	191 (41.6%)	19 (4.1%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	46 (10.0%)	$9,604							59.6	71.6	1507	574
062271003457	2082	Westminster Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	1010 Abbott Kinney Blvd.	Venice	90291	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 392-3041	344	17	20.2	77.9%	62 (18.0%)	51 (14.8%)	193 (56.1%)	7 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (9.0%)	$13,208							59.6	46.4	2734	652
063386005299	2083	Glen Yermo Elementary	Public	K-6	26400 Trabuco Rd.	Mission Viejo	92691	Orange County	Saddleback Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 586-6766	318	18	17.3	70.4%	85 (26.7%)	0 (0.0%)	180 (56.6%)	26 (8.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (7.9%)	$5,997							59.6	54	2333	250
063525005976	2084	Lone Star Elementary	Public	K-6	2617 South Fowler Ave.	Fresno	93725	Fresno County	Sanger Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 524-6430	641	30	21.6	72.2%	18 (2.8%)	15 (2.3%)	331 (51.6%)	251 (39.2%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	21 (3.3%)	$11,093							59.5	53.8	2355	271
061970002377	2085	Washington Elementary	Public	K-5	1250 K St.	Reedley	93654	Fresno County	Kings Canyon Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 305-7270	325	14	23.2	90.2%	17 (5.2%)	2 (0.6%)	279 (85.8%)	2 (0.6%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.8%)	$8,563							59.5	46.2	2750	665
062271003210	2086	Nestle Avenue Charter	Public, Charter	K-5	5060 Nestle Ave.	Tarzana	91356	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 342-6148	441	20	22	62.6%	181 (41.0%)	21 (4.8%)	107 (24.3%)	31 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	100 (22.7%)	$10,201							59.5	67.1	1707	379
063581006129	2087	Proctor Terrace Elementary	Public	K-6	1711 Bryden Ln.	Santa Rosa	95404	Sonoma County	Santa Rosa Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 890-3950	326	16	20.3	35.0%	154 (47.2%)	2 (0.6%)	127 (39.0%)	8 (2.5%)	3 (0.9%)	3 (0.9%)	28 (8.6%)	$12,034							59.5	57.3	2175	88
061317001500	2088	Evergreen Elementary	Public	K-4	19415 Hooker Creek Rd.	Cottonwood	96022	Shasta County	Evergreen Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 347-3411	542	23	23.5	59.0%	404 (74.5%)	0 (0.0%)	94 (17.3%)	10 (1.8%)	10 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (4.2%)								59.5	58.5	2114	26
062271003044	2089	Glen Alta Elementary	Public	K-8	3410 Sierra St.	Los Angeles	90031	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 223-1195	116	8	14.5	97.4%	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.4%)	109 (94.0%)	3 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$15,916							59.5	46.9	2703	614
060006411533	2090	Santa Fe Elementary	Public	K-5	286 East Orange Ave.	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Porterville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 782-6614	822	36	22.6	64.1%	10 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	802 (97.6%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.6%)	$5,299							59.4	67.2	1704	386

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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.