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)
062865004458	2031	West Orange Elementary	Public	K-6	243 South Bush	Orange	92868	Orange County	Orange Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 997-6283	353	13	26.5	86.1%	22 (6.2%)	5 (1.4%)	297 (84.1%)	16 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.7%)	$5,602							60.8	64	1842	189
062271003374	2032	Stonehurst Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	9851 Stonehurst Ave.	Sun Valley	91352	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 767-8014	265	13	20.3	83.0%	31 (11.7%)	1 (0.4%)	213 (80.4%)	7 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.9%)	$14,244							60.8	75.1	1373	659
062193002605	2033	Lakeview Elementary	Public	K-5	11500 East Joslin St.	Santa Fe Springs	90670	Los Angeles County	Little Lake City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 868-8655	474	22	21.5	74.9%	18 (3.8%)	3 (0.6%)	423 (89.2%)	14 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (3.2%)	$10,946							60.8	58.4	2118	85
063888010110	2034	Cummings Valley Elementary	Public	K-5	24220 Bear Valley Rd. Hc80	Tehachapi	93561	Kern County	Tehachapi Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 822-2190	545	24	22.7	36.5%	337 (61.8%)	9 (1.7%)	159 (29.2%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (6.4%)	$514							60.7	56.4	2218	184
063207009619	2035	Arroyo Verde Elementary	Public	K-5	7701 Church St.	Highland	92346	San Bernardino County	Redlands Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 307-5590	541	24	22.5	64.3%	109 (20.1%)	42 (7.8%)	297 (54.9%)	48 (8.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	44 (8.1%)	$5,945							60.7	55.3	2272	237
063432005474	2036	Hancock Elementary	Public	K-5	3303 Taussig St.	San Diego	92124	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 496-8310	705	29	24.4	65.0%	280 (39.7%)	70 (9.9%)	225 (31.9%)	19 (2.7%)	6 (0.9%)	4 (0.6%)	101 (14.3%)	$7,424							60.7	60.3	2045	9
062271002963	2037	Dominguez Elementary	Public	K-5	21250 Santa Fe Ave.	Carson	90810	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 835-7137	435	21	20.7	82.1%	2 (0.5%)	25 (5.7%)	352 (80.9%)	26 (6.0%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.8%)	17 (3.9%)	$9,821							60.6	54.2	2322	285
063118012166	2038	Cobblestone Elementary	Public	K-5	1718 Churchill Way	Plumas Lake	95961	Yuba County	Plumas Lake Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 634-9723	571	26	21.9	41.5%	196 (34.3%)	26 (4.6%)	193 (33.8%)	73 (12.8%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.2%)	75 (13.1%)	$7,919							60.6	62.6	1916	122
060219311829	2039	Ventura Charter School of Arts and Global Education	Public, Charter	K-8	2060 Cameron St.	Ventura	93001	Ventura County	Ventura Charter School of Arts and Global Education District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 648-5503	449	21	21.2	29.8%	231 (51.4%)	0 (0.0%)	156 (34.7%)	10 (2.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (10.9%)								60.6	64.9	1803	236
063441005663	2040	San Francisco Community Alternative	Public	K-8	125 Excelsior Ave.	San Francisco	94112	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 469-4739	274	14	19.7	41.6%	65 (23.7%)	27 (9.9%)	109 (39.8%)	26 (9.5%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.7%)	43 (15.7%)	$6,103							60.5	65.7	1770	270

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.