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)
063801011778	5851	John Marshall Elementary	Public	K-8	1141 Lever Blvd.	Stockton	95206	San Joaquin County	Stockton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 933-7405	429	20	21	79.7%	8 (1.9%)	60 (14.0%)	265 (61.8%)	68 (15.9%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (5.4%)	$10,479							5.1	8	5793	58
060000710348	5852	California School for the Deaf-Riverside	Public, Alternative	K-12	3044 Horace St.	Riverside	92506	Riverside County	Null	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 248-7700	293	62	4.7	38.2%	71 (24.2%)	9 (3.1%)	197 (67.2%)	7 (2.4%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.4%)								4.9	6.3	5851	1
060198000086	5853	Allensworth Elementary	Public	K-8	3320 Young Rd.	Earlimart	93219	Tulare County	Allensworth Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 849-2401	91	5	18.3	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	90 (98.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								4.9	6	5855	2
062805012059	5854	East Oakland Pride Elementary	Public	K-5	8000 Birch St.	Oakland	94621	Alameda County	Oakland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 879-2107	331	14	23.6	94.9%	5 (1.5%)	67 (20.2%)	232 (70.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.6%)	15 (4.5%)	$6,531							4.8	7.4	5815	39
060254714511	5855	Invictus Leadership Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	4928 South Western Ave.	Los Angeles	90047	Los Angeles County	Invictus Leadership Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 792-4403	96	4	24	94.8%	0 (0.0%)	58 (60.4%)	30 (31.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (8.3%)								4.7			(n/a)
060242714316	5856	Mojave River Academy - Rockview Park	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	14466 Main St.	Hesperia	92345	San Bernardino County	Mojave River Academy - Rockview Park District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 245-3222	322	13	24.2	88.5%	65 (20.2%)	20 (6.2%)	218 (67.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.6%)								4.6	5.7	5858	2
063441005649	5857	Mission Education Center	Public	K-5	1670 Noe St.	San Francisco	94131	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 695-5313	141	7	21.6	61.0%	5 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	124 (87.9%)	8 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.8%)	$6,103							4.3	3.5	5872	15
062088014588	5858	The Leadership Academy	Public	K-8	44310 Hardwood Ave.	Lancaster	93534	Los Angeles County	Lancaster Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 726-5454	39	4	9.7	92.3%	5 (12.8%)	24 (61.5%)	9 (23.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.6%)								4.3			(n/a)
061995002389	5859	Hoopa Valley Elementary	Public	K-8	11500 State Highway 96	Hoopa	95546	Humboldt County	Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 625-5600	398	20	19.8	78.1%	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	377 (94.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)								4	4.7	5868	9
062805004296	5860	Markham Elementary	Public	K-5	7220 Krause Ave.	Oakland	94605	Alameda County	Oakland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 879-2138	306	14	22.6	98.7%	1 (0.3%)	79 (25.8%)	205 (67.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.6%)	15 (4.9%)	$6,648							3.9	5.2	5864	4

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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.