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)
063522012612	4701	Willow Elementary	Public	K-6	226 Willow Rd.	San Ysidro	92173	San Diego County	San Ysidro Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 428-2231	686	34	20.1	70.1%	10 (1.5%)	4 (0.6%)	662 (96.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.0%)	$7,293							21.7	18.7	4981	280
063441005621	4702	Guadalupe Elementary	Public	K-5	859 Prague St.	San Francisco	94112	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 469-4718	279	10	29.3	70.6%	7 (2.5%)	4 (1.4%)	204 (73.1%)	44 (15.8%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.8%)	15 (5.4%)	$6,103							21.6	25.9	4281	421
060015811511	4703	Osborn Two-Way Immersion Academy	Public	K-5	201 North Soderquist Rd.	Turlock	95380	Stanislaus County	Turlock Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 667-0893	824	34	24.2	60.7%	33 (4.0%)	2 (0.2%)	764 (92.7%)	5 (0.6%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (1.9%)	$10,111							21.6	21.5	4708	5
061104013930	4704	Denair Elementary Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-5	3773 Madera Ave.	Denair	95316	Stanislaus County	Denair Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 632-8887	564	30	18.8	68.4%	212 (37.6%)	3 (0.5%)	319 (56.6%)	4 (0.7%)	5 (0.9%)	2 (0.4%)	19 (3.4%)	$9,395							21.6	19.4	4926	222
064221006920	4705	Westside Elementary	Public	K-8	19191 West Excelsior Ave.	Five Points	93624	Fresno County	Westside Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 884-2492	122	3	40.6	60.7%	3 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	119 (97.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$15,345							21.6	13	5489	784
062619003919	4706	Parkview Elementary	Public	K-8	12044 Elliott Ave.	El Monte	91732	Los Angeles County	Mountain View Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 652-4800	971	49	19.6	69.6%	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	917 (94.4%)	52 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								21.6	25.1	4355	351
064308009466	4707	Woodland Prairie Elementary	Public	K-6	1444 Stetson St.	Woodland	95776	Yolo County	Woodland Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 662-2898	730	29	24.8	89.3%	50 (6.8%)	8 (1.1%)	586 (80.3%)	56 (7.7%)	1 (0.1%)	11 (1.5%)	18 (2.5%)	$6,353							21.6	21.6	4700	7
060261000161	4708	Marshall (John) Elementary	Public	K-6	2066 Falmouth Ave.	Anaheim	92801	Orange County	Anaheim Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 517-8941	727	32	22.7	67.3%	28 (3.9%)	7 (1.0%)	599 (82.4%)	52 (7.2%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	37 (5.1%)	$7,201							21.6	25.1	4358	350
063579006115	4709	La Joya Elementary	Public	K-5	55 Rogge Rd.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Santa Rita Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 443-7216	519	23	22.5	77.3%	30 (5.8%)	3 (0.6%)	478 (92.1%)	5 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	$5,778							21.5	20.6	4802	93
060966509671	4710	Leggett Valley Elementary	Public	K-8	1 School Way	Leggett	95585	Mendocino County	Leggett Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 925-6285	57	4	13.1	84.2%	36 (63.2%)	1 (1.8%)	16 (28.1%)	1 (1.8%)	1 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.5%)	$15,857							21.5			(n/a)

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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.