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)
063348011603	1451	American Elementary	Public	K-6	800 Verdugo	Bakersfield	93312	Kern County	Rosedale Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 587-2277	719	35	20.8	31.8%	306 (42.6%)	20 (2.8%)	304 (42.3%)	63 (8.8%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	23 (3.2%)	$10,028							72.9	73.2	1451
062769004163	1452	Escalona Elementary	Public	K-5	15135 Escalona Rd.	La Mirada	90638	Los Angeles County	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 210-2745	439	19	23	41.5%	64 (14.6%)	5 (1.1%)	303 (69.0%)	35 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (7.1%)	$12,066							72.9	76.4	1305	147
062271002901	1453	Carthay Elementary Of Environmental Studies Magnet	Public	K-5	6351 West Olympic Blvd.	Los Angeles	90048	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 935-8173	323	15	21.5	66.3%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,981							72.8	64.2	1832	379
063386005313	1454	Santiago STEAM Magnet Elementary	Public	K-6	24982 Rivendell Dr.	Lake Forest	92630	Orange County	Saddleback Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 586-2820	506	19	26.2	42.1%	151 (29.8%)	4 (0.8%)	220 (43.5%)	52 (10.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	78 (15.4%)	$6,611							72.8	62.9	1899	445
060148312630	1455	San Diego Global Vision Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	3430 School St.	San Diego	92116	San Diego County	San Diego Global Vision Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 600-5321	417	21	19.8	61.4%	50 (12.0%)	79 (18.9%)	237 (56.8%)	8 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	42 (10.1%)								72.8	70.7	1548	93
061440001688	1456	Vallejo Mill Elementary	Public	K-5	38569 Canyon Heights Dr.	Fremont	94536	Alameda County	Fremont Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 793-1441	403	19	21.2	25.3%	53 (13.2%)	12 (3.0%)	80 (19.9%)	230 (57.1%)	5 (1.2%)	4 (1.0%)	19 (4.7%)	$7,770							72.8	68.8	1636	180
060819000807	1457	Willow Elementary	Public	K-6	1427 South Willow	Glendora	91740	Los Angeles County	Charter Oak Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 914-5839	341	18	18.9	56.3%	51 (15.0%)	7 (2.1%)	230 (67.4%)	38 (11.1%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.8%)	$6,980							72.8	63.7	1855	398
062271003432	1458	Vernon City Elementary	Public	K-6	2360 East Vernon Ave.	Los Angeles	90058	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 582-3727	154	9	17.1	94.2%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,261							72.7	59.1	2093	635
061488001846	1459	Gilbert Elementary	Public	K-6	9551 Orangewood Ave.	Garden Grove	92841	Orange County	Garden Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 663-6318	497	21	24.2	78.7%	25 (5.0%)	3 (0.6%)	224 (45.1%)	222 (44.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	18 (3.6%)	$12,315							72.7	70.9	1539	80
062271003368	1460	Stagg Street Elementary	Public	K-5	7839 Amestoy Ave.	Van Nuys	91406	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 881-9850	431	22	19.5	72.9%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,262							72.7	66.4	1739	279

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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.