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)
064338007026	4261	Jackson Street Elementary	Public	4-8	405 Jackson St.	Yreka	96097	Siskiyou County	Yreka Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 842-3561	438	27	16.2	69.9%	224 (51.1%)	3 (0.7%)	88 (20.1%)	16 (3.7%)	54 (12.3%)	1 (0.2%)	50 (11.4%)	$9,575							26.3	24.5	4412	151
062271010877	4262	Hollywood Elementary	Public	K-5	1115 Tamarind Ave.	Los Angeles	90038	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 464-0331	193	13	14.8	92.2%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$25,626							26.2	17.3	5128	866
063432005413	4263	Balboa Elementary	Public	K-5	1844 South 40th St.	San Diego	92113	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 362-4100	422	20	21.1	93.6%	15 (3.6%)	13 (3.1%)	363 (86.0%)	18 (4.3%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	9 (2.1%)	$8,959							26.2	22.4	4619	356
062922004515	4264	Sierra Linda Elementary	Public	K-5	2201 Jasmine St.	Oxnard	93036	Ventura County	Oxnard	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 385-1581	523	27	19.7	90.8%	17 (3.3%)	7 (1.3%)	481 (92.0%)	10 (1.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.1%)	$4,066							26.2	21	4759	495
061392001596	4265	Oleander Elementary	Public	K-5	8650 Oleander Ave.	Fontana	92335	San Bernardino County	Fontana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 357-5700	607	27	22.6	87.5%	17 (2.8%)	37 (6.1%)	543 (89.5%)	5 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)								26.2	23	4557	292
060797007674	4266	Teague Elementary	Public	K-6	4725 North Polk Ave.	Fresno	93722	Fresno County	Central Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 276-5260	608	23	26.6	92.3%	20 (3.3%)	72 (11.8%)	426 (70.1%)	64 (10.5%)	6 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (3.0%)	$5,691							26.2	17.5	5108	842
062769004182	4267	John H. Nuffer Elementary	Public	K-5	14821 South Jersey Ave.	Norwalk	90650	Los Angeles County	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 210-4060	341	16	20.7	78.9%	5 (1.5%)	9 (2.6%)	294 (86.2%)	16 (4.7%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.2%)	12 (3.5%)	$17,201							26.2	29.2	3971	296
062286003496	4268	Los Molinos Elementary	Public	K-8	7700 Stanford	Los Molinos	96055	Tehama County	Los Molinos Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 384-7903	236	14	16.8	81.8%	77 (32.6%)	2 (0.8%)	146 (61.9%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.4%)								26.2	25.5	4311	43
063417005352	4269	Manuel A. Salinas Creative Arts Elementary	Public	K-5	2699 North California St.	San Bernardino	92407	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 880-6600	443	20	22.1	88.3%	6 (1.4%)	17 (3.8%)	400 (90.3%)	9 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.5%)	$7,731							26.1	26.4	4239	30
060231011445	4270	Learning in an Urban Community with High Achievement (L.U.C.H.A.)	Public	K-5	1711 East San Antonio St.	San Jose	95116	Santa Clara County	Alum Rock Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 928-8300	261	12	21.7	78.2%	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	240 (92.0%)	14 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	$13,559							26.1	23.1	4551	281

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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.