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)
063488008974	621	La Costa Meadows Elementary	Public	K-5	6889 El Fuerte St.	Carlsbad	92009	San Diego County	San Marcos Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 290-2121	723	31	23.3	14.8%	466 (64.5%)	7 (1.0%)	128 (17.7%)	41 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	78 (10.8%)	$6,966							91.3	91.7	595	26
063441005620	622	Grattan Elementary	Public	K-5	165 Grattan St.	San Francisco	94117	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 759-2815	384	19	20.2	14.6%	187 (48.7%)	16 (4.2%)	59 (15.4%)	32 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	90 (23.4%)	$6,103							91.3	93	497	125
060003204951	623	Beryl Heights Elementary	Public	K-5	920 Beryl St.	Redondo Beach	90277	Los Angeles County	Redondo Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 798-8611	421	17	25.4	13.1%	188 (44.7%)	8 (1.9%)	95 (22.6%)	41 (9.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	88 (20.9%)	$9,970							91.2	87.4	848	225
063570006089	624	Edison Elementary	Public	K-5	2402 Virginia Ave.	Santa Monica	90404	Los Angeles County	Santa Monica-Malibu Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 828-0335	395	21	19.1	39.5%	108 (27.3%)	4 (1.0%)	272 (68.9%)	8 (2.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	$8,103							91.2	90.3	693	69
060648007418	625	Roosevelt Elementary	Public	K-5	1151 Vancouver Ave.	Burlingame	94010	San Mateo County	Burlingame Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 259-3890	305	12	26.2	23.9%	87 (28.5%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (20.7%)	107 (35.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (15.4%)	$10,919							91.2	86.7	882	257
060253514484	626	Orange County Classical Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	4100 East Walnut Ave.	Orange	92869	Orange County	Orange County Classical Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(657) 223-9420	568	24	23.5	17.1%	257 (45.2%)	9 (1.6%)	102 (18.0%)	178 (31.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	18 (3.2%)								91.2	92.1	568	58
060964001011	627	Cypress Elementary	Public	K-5	4200 Kimber Dr.	Newbury Park	91320	Ventura County	Conejo Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 498-6683	292	13	22.4	14.4%	191 (65.4%)	1 (0.3%)	64 (21.9%)	18 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.2%)	$7,360							91.1	94.4	399	228
060000608775	628	Brookside Elementary	Public	K-5	116 Butterfield Rd.	San Anselmo	94960	Marin County	Ross Valley Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 453-2948	293	14	20.9	10.2%	222 (75.8%)	2 (0.7%)	39 (13.3%)	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (8.5%)	$12,540							91.1	91.3	622	6
062271002884	629	Calabash Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-5	23055 Eugene St.	Woodland Hills	91364	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 224-4430	420	17	24.7	29.3%	250 (59.5%)	19 (4.5%)	67 (16.0%)	29 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (13.1%)	$9,553							91.1	91	642	13
061524001928	630	Benjamin Franklin Elementary	Public	K-6	1610 Lake St.	Glendale	91201	Los Angeles County	Glendale Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 243-1809	626	25	25	21.7%	359 (57.3%)	7 (1.1%)	179 (28.6%)	16 (2.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (10.1%)	$6,205							91.1	92	570	60

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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.