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)
063474005863	1641	San Lorenzo Valley Elementary	Public	K-5	7155 Highway 9	Felton	95018	Santa Cruz County	San Lorenzo Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 335-4475	598	26	23	19.2%	435 (72.7%)	0 (0.0%)	95 (15.9%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (10.7%)	$7,112							68.9	69.7	1591	50
063315005007	1642	Tomas Rivera Elementary	Public	K-6	20440 Red Poppy Ln.	Riverside	92508	Riverside County	Riverside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 697-5757	715	28	25.4	50.8%	225 (31.5%)	32 (4.5%)	353 (49.4%)	46 (6.4%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	56 (7.8%)	$8,362							68.9	74	1427	215
063753006351	1643	Skyline Elementary	Public	K-5	55 Christen Ave.	Daly City	94015	San Mateo County	South San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 877-8941	360	16	22.5	30.8%	21 (5.8%)	5 (1.4%)	62 (17.2%)	234 (65.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.4%)	33 (9.2%)	$5,476							68.9	69.9	1586	57
060142600516	1644	Bonsall Elementary	Public	K-5	31555 Old River Rd.	Bonsall	92003	San Diego County	Bonsall Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 631-5205	891	36	25	35.4%	416 (46.7%)	8 (0.9%)	312 (35.0%)	31 (3.5%)	16 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	107 (12.0%)								68.8	67.6	1688	44
063093008942	1645	Alta Sierra Elementary	Public	K-5	16607 Annie Dr.	Grass Valley	95949	Nevada County	Pleasant Ridge Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 272-2319	319	15	21.2	34.5%	111 (34.8%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (11.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	170 (53.3%)	$11,416							68.8	69.6	1595	50
062871004467	1646	Pine Grove Elementary	Public	K-6	1050 East Rice Ranch Rd.	Santa Maria	93455	Santa Barbara County	Orcutt Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 938-8800	510	20	25.5	38.2%	184 (36.1%)	9 (1.8%)	251 (49.2%)	13 (2.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (10.2%)	$6,715							68.8	67.6	1692	46
062271003122	1647	Robert Hill Lane Elementary	Public	K-6	1500 Avenida Cesar Chavez	Monterey Park	91754	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 263-3877	282	17	16.5	84.4%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$14,398							68.8	67.5	1695	48
060903014491	1648	Janet L. Young Elementary	Public	K-6	3140 North Locan Ave.	Fresno	93737	Fresno County	Clovis Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 327-0900	655	28	23.5	36.8%	177 (27.0%)	26 (4.0%)	243 (37.1%)	168 (25.6%)	8 (1.2%)	4 (0.6%)	28 (4.3%)								68.8	76.3	1311	337
061488001835	1649	Genevieve M. Crosby Elementary	Public	K-6	12181 West St.	Garden Grove	92840	Orange County	Garden Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 663-6346	319	12	26.5	78.4%	21 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	208 (65.2%)	86 (27.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	$12,327							68.8	56.9	2190	541
063474005861	1650	Boulder Creek Elementary	Public	K-5	400 Lomond St.	Boulder Creek	95006	Santa Cruz County	San Lorenzo Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 338-6413	460	21	22.1	32.6%	323 (70.2%)	0 (0.0%)	72 (15.7%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	59 (12.8%)	$7,233							68.8	70.1	1573	77

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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.