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)
062271000444	3351	Sara Coughlin Elementary	Public	K-5	11035 Borden St.	Pacoima	91331	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 686-6428	435	20	21.7	93.3%	5 (1.1%)	7 (1.6%)	417 (95.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)	$10,092							37.1	28	4079	728
060142106108	3352	Grace Thille Elementary	Public	K-6	1144 Ventura St.	Santa Paula	93060	Ventura County	Santa Paula Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 933-8920	375	16	23.4	88.5%	11 (2.9%)	1 (0.3%)	361 (96.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	$8,663							37.1	44	2884	468
062271003009	3353	First Street Elementary	Public	K-6	2820 East First St.	Los Angeles	90033	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 269-0138	353	17	20.7	93.8%	6 (1.7%)	2 (0.6%)	342 (96.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	$11,132							37.1	30.4	3857	504
060002909508	3354	Avaxat Elementary	Public	K-5	24300 Rancho Las Brisas Dr.	Murrieta	92562	Riverside County	Murrieta Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 696-1402	683	31	22	68.7%	171 (25.0%)	39 (5.7%)	345 (50.5%)	38 (5.6%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.7%)	83 (12.2%)								37.1	39.9	3135	219
060240504288	3355	Lazear Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	824 29th Ave.	Oakland	94601	Alameda County	Lazear Charter Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 689-2018	479	20	23.9	81.4%	12 (2.5%)	24 (5.0%)	423 (88.3%)	17 (3.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)								37.1	33.1	3640	285
062121002540	3356	Billy Mitchell Elementary	Public	K-5	14429 Condon Ave.	Lawndale	90260	Los Angeles County	Lawndale Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 676-6140	456	24	19.4	83.1%	14 (3.1%)	40 (8.8%)	362 (79.4%)	15 (3.3%)	3 (0.7%)	7 (1.5%)	15 (3.3%)	$9,762							37.1	34.4	3551	195
062271003321	3357	Russell Elementary	Public	K-6	1263 East Firestone Blvd.	Los Angeles	90001	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 582-7247	743	37	20	96.0%	12 (1.6%)	50 (6.7%)	679 (91.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$10,136							37.1	38.1	3277	80
063441005677	3358	Visitacion Valley Elementary	Public	K-5	55 Schwerin St.	San Francisco	94134	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 469-4796	263	12	21.4	77.9%	6 (2.3%)	23 (8.7%)	73 (27.8%)	122 (46.4%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (7.2%)	20 (7.6%)	$6,103							37.1	52.2	2423	935
064116009007	3359	Golden Oak Elementary	Public	K-6	1700 North Lovers Ln.	Visalia	93292	Tulare County	Visalia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 730-7851	644	32	20.4	74.7%	96 (14.9%)	13 (2.0%)	447 (69.4%)	32 (5.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	54 (8.4%)	$7,748							37.1	21.6	4699	1340
063459008634	3360	Canoas Elementary	Public	K-5	880 Wren Dr.	San Jose	95125	Santa Clara County	San Jose Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 535-6391	281	17	16.7	65.5%	17 (6.0%)	23 (8.2%)	203 (72.2%)	26 (9.3%)	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	8 (2.8%)	$18,205							37.1	32.6	3683	323

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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.