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)
060846009125	541	Eagle Canyon Elementary	Public	K-6	13435 Eagle Canyon Dr.	Chino Hills	91709	San Bernardino County	Chino Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 590-2707	629	25	25.4	36.9%	80 (12.7%)	20 (3.2%)	205 (32.6%)	273 (43.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	48 (7.6%)	$9,607							92.5	92.9	513	28
062490003717	542	Green Hills Elementary	Public	K-5	401 Ludeman Ln.	Millbrae	94030	San Mateo County	Millbrae Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 588-6485	336	13	25.2	17.0%	35 (10.4%)	2 (0.6%)	49 (14.6%)	207 (61.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.5%)	35 (10.4%)	$5,316							92.5	92.4	546	4
061029001134	543	Garden Gate Elementary	Public	K-5	10500 Ann Arbor Ave.	Cupertino	95014	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 252-5414	512	22	22.8	19.7%	19 (3.7%)	4 (0.8%)	20 (3.9%)	437 (85.4%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.5%)	$6,808							92.4	91.7	589	46
061029001154	544	West Valley Elementary	Public	K-5	1635 Belleville Way	Sunnyvale	94087	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 245-0148	404	19	21.1	11.1%	106 (26.2%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (5.7%)	227 (56.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (11.6%)	$7,040							92.4	96.4	236	308
060648000583	545	Lincoln Elementary	Public	K-5	1801 Devereux Dr.	Burlingame	94010	San Mateo County	Burlingame Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 259-3860	411	16	25.6	10.2%	151 (36.7%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (8.3%)	150 (36.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	76 (18.5%)	$9,977							92.4	95.8	290	255
060001909276	546	Murray Elementary	Public	K-5	8435 Davona Dr.	Dublin	94568	Alameda County	Dublin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 828-2568	641	30	21.7	14.5%	129 (20.1%)	27 (4.2%)	107 (16.7%)	324 (50.5%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	50 (7.8%)	$7,889							92.4	91.9	577	31
063597006154	547	Emblem Academy	Public	K-6	22635 Espuella Dr.	Saugus	91350	Los Angeles County	Saugus Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 294-5315	777	30	25.9	27.2%	210 (27.0%)	37 (4.8%)	238 (30.6%)	223 (28.7%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (8.6%)	$9,749							92.4	91.4	612	65
062271003111	548	Justice Street Academy Charter	Public, Charter	K-5	23350 Justice St.	West Hills	91304	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 346-4388	428	18	23.7	40.4%	137 (32.0%)	25 (5.8%)	167 (39.0%)	64 (15.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	34 (7.9%)	$10,347							92.4	90.7	662	114
063432013916	549	Jonas Salk Elementary	Public	K-5	7825 Flanders Dr.	San Diego	92126	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 935-2100	702	28	25	36.9%	90 (12.8%)	22 (3.1%)	136 (19.4%)	339 (48.3%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	111 (15.8%)	$8,016							92.4	92.5	543	6
060141012551	550	Sebastian Questa Elementary	Public	K-8	685 North Montebello St.	Mountain House	95391	San Joaquin County	Lammersville Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 836-7230	858	38	22.4	9.2%	89 (10.4%)	33 (3.8%)	107 (12.5%)	537 (62.6%)	14 (1.6%)	2 (0.2%)	76 (8.9%)								92.3	92.2	558	8

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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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Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.