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)
060003611087	1861	Westlake Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2680 Mabry Dr.	Sacramento	95835	Sacramento County	Natomas Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 567-5760	1,247	58	21.5	33.6%	204 (16.4%)	162 (13.0%)	355 (28.5%)	382 (30.6%)	7 (0.6%)	8 (0.6%)	129 (10.3%)	$10,612							64.3	71.4	1519	342
062271003328	1862	San Jose Street Elementary	Public	K-5	14928 Clymer St.	Mission Hills	91345	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 365-3218	653	28	23.3	68.9%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,721							64.3	55.6	2254	392
062250002757	1863	Signal Hill Elementary	Public	K-5	2285 Walnut Ave.	Signal Hill	90755	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 426-8170	657	23	28.2	66.7%	9 (1.4%)	108 (16.4%)	353 (53.7%)	153 (23.3%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.6%)	29 (4.4%)	$8,733							64.2	57.8	2148	285
062343003564	1864	Dr. Albert Schweitzer Leadership Academy	Public	K-6	229 South Dale Ave.	Anaheim	92804	Orange County	Magnolia Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 527-7761	524	26	20.1	83.4%	29 (5.5%)	17 (3.2%)	393 (75.0%)	66 (12.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	14 (2.7%)								64.2	69.4	1607	257
060994001078	1865	Marguerite Hahn Elementary	Public	K-5	825 Hudis St.	Rohnert Park	94928	Sonoma County	Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 588-5675	468	19	24.6	29.3%	248 (53.0%)	4 (0.9%)	139 (29.7%)	36 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	40 (8.5%)	$5,630							64.2	64.8	1811	54
063432005529	1866	Oak Park Elementary	Public	K-5	2606 54th St.	San Diego	92105	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 344-5000	509	22	23.1	81.5%	20 (3.9%)	92 (18.1%)	214 (42.0%)	162 (31.8%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.5%)	$7,804							64.2	72.3	1487	379
060342000262	1867	Thomas Olaeta Elementary	Public	K-6	2266 High St.	Atwater	95301	Merced County	Atwater Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 357-6148	564	24	23.3	73.6%	99 (17.6%)	16 (2.8%)	398 (70.6%)	35 (6.2%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.1%)	$3,930							64.1	50.4	2513	646
063834006453	1868	Sundale Elementary	Public	K-8	13990 Avenue 240	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Sundale Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 688-7320	824	32	25.7	35.1%	409 (49.6%)	1 (0.1%)	373 (45.3%)	7 (0.8%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	30 (3.6%)	$9,669							64.1	57.6	2163	295
062955004562	1869	Cielo Vista Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	650 South Paseo Dorotea	Palm Springs	92264	Riverside County	Palm Springs Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 416-8250	872	40	22	94.3%	88 (10.1%)	14 (1.6%)	707 (81.1%)	36 (4.1%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	22 (2.5%)	$9,130							64.1	66.7	1727	142
063348007102	1870	Independence Elementary	Public	K-6	2345 Old Farm Rd.	Bakersfield	93312	Kern County	Rosedale Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 588-6011	722	32	22.3	27.8%	376 (52.1%)	16 (2.2%)	268 (37.1%)	30 (4.2%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (3.7%)	$10,028							64.1	55.7	2243	373

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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.