Best Elementary Schools in California

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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)
062994004665	1961	Don Benito Fundamental	Public	K-5	3700 Denair St.	Pasadena	91107	Los Angeles County	Pasadena Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 396-5870	386	17	22.7	57.8%	107 (27.7%)	24 (6.2%)	188 (48.7%)	33 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (8.8%)	$6,663							62.3	66.1	1754	207
063066004764	1962	John O. Tynes Elementary	Public	K-6	735 Stanford	Placentia	92870	Orange County	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 996-5550	680	28	24.2	66.9%	74 (10.9%)	3 (0.4%)	450 (66.2%)	130 (19.1%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	19 (2.8%)	$6,697							62.3	53.6	2366	404
061455007286	1963	H. Roger Tatarian Elementary	Public	K-6	7120 North Valentine Ave.	Fresno	93711	Fresno County	Fresno Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 451-4490	466	24	19.6	45.9%	135 (29.0%)	47 (10.1%)	213 (45.7%)	25 (5.4%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	42 (9.0%)	$8,680							62.3	66.4	1737	226
061551006622	1964	Brandon Elementary	Public	K-6	195 Brandon Dr.	Goleta	93117	Santa Barbara County	Goleta Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 571-3770	444	23	19.3	35.8%	155 (34.9%)	3 (0.7%)	234 (52.7%)	16 (3.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (7.9%)	$14,375							62.3	66.4	1741	223
063504005928	1965	San Pasqual Union Elementary	Public	K-8	15305 Rockwood Rd.	Escondido	92027	San Diego County	San Pasqual Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 745-4931	486	23	21	23.3%	264 (54.3%)	3 (0.6%)	173 (35.6%)	10 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	35 (7.2%)	$9,721							62.3	66.7	1724	241
061296009540	1966	West Heritage Elementary	Public	K-5	13690 West Constitution Way	Fontana	92336	San Bernardino County	Etiwanda Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 899-1199	638	29	22.3	66.8%	76 (11.9%)	84 (13.2%)	340 (53.3%)	73 (11.4%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	61 (9.6%)	$6,001							62.2	56.9	2189	223
063432005447	1967	Dewey Elementary	Public	K-4	3251 Rosecrans St.	San Diego	92110	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 430-1800	307	15	21	67.8%	69 (22.5%)	67 (21.8%)	113 (36.8%)	16 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (13.7%)	$9,466							62.2	64.5	1823	144
062121002545	1968	William Anderson Elementary	Public	K-5	4130 West 154th St.	Lawndale	90260	Los Angeles County	Lawndale Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 676-0197	609	26	23.8	90.1%	17 (2.8%)	48 (7.9%)	459 (75.4%)	59 (9.7%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.8%)	19 (3.1%)	$8,248							62.2	48.1	2633	665
061284001450	1969	Van Allen Elementary	Public	K-5	21051 East Highway 120	Escalon	95320	San Joaquin County	Escalon Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 838-2931	306	14	21.8	42.8%	169 (55.2%)	1 (0.3%)	128 (41.8%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.6%)								62.2	75.2	1363	606
064068006716	1970	Hazel Fischer Elementary	Public	K-5	1605 Blagen Rd.	Arnold	95223	Calaveras County	Vallecito Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 795-8030	176	8	22	50.0%	136 (77.3%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (13.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (8.0%)	$6,906							62.2	71.4	1521	449

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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.