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)
060756011345	431	Carpinteria Family	Public	K-5	1480 Linden Ave.	Carpinteria	93013	Santa Barbara County	Carpinteria Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 684-4141	65	3	21.6	26.2%	47 (72.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (21.5%)	3 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.5%)	$5,363							94	88.8	776	345
062724004115	432	Harbor View Elementary	Public	K-6	900 Goldenrod Ave.	Corona Del Mar	92625	Orange County	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 515-6940	295	18	16.5	11.9%	207 (70.2%)	2 (0.7%)	27 (9.2%)	15 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (14.9%)								94	94.8	371	61
063066004761	433	Glenknoll Elementary	Public	K-6	6361 Glenknoll Dr.	Yorba Linda	92886	Orange County	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 986-7140	440	14	31.4	25.5%	185 (42.0%)	2 (0.5%)	132 (30.0%)	85 (19.3%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	32 (7.3%)	$5,230							94	90.8	656	223
060002009284	434	Lydiksen Elementary	Public	K-5	7700 Highland Oaks Dr.	Pleasanton	94588	Alameda County	Pleasanton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 426-4420	604	27	22.3	7.0%	180 (29.8%)	4 (0.7%)	54 (8.9%)	311 (51.5%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (8.6%)	$6,721							94	95.7	299	135
060846009528	435	Butterfield Ranch Elementary	Public	K-6	6350 Mystic Canyon Dr.	Chino Hills	91709	San Bernardino County	Chino Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 591-0766	575	21	27.1	24.0%	67 (11.7%)	13 (2.3%)	189 (32.9%)	259 (45.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	44 (7.7%)	$9,475							94	92.5	535	100
062805004253	436	Crocker Highlands Elementary	Public	K-5	525 Midcrest Rd.	Oakland	94610	Alameda County	Oakland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 879-3111	422	17	24.8	19.9%	165 (39.1%)	39 (9.2%)	58 (13.7%)	56 (13.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	104 (24.6%)	$5,526							93.9	92.6	530	94
063066009616	437	Linda Vista Elementary	Public	K-5	5600 South Ohio St.	Yorba Linda	92886	Orange County	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 986-7200	382	13	29.3	30.4%	190 (49.7%)	6 (1.6%)	90 (23.6%)	69 (18.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (7.1%)	$6,536							93.9	90.8	650	213
060000608776	438	Wade Thomas Elementary	Public	K-5	150 Ross Ave.	San Anselmo	94960	Marin County	Ross Valley Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 454-4603	303	14	22.1	7.6%	210 (69.3%)	2 (0.7%)	33 (10.9%)	20 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (12.2%)	$11,084							93.9	96.9	197	241
063492005914	439	North Shoreview Montessori	Public	K-8	1301 Cypress Ave.	San Mateo	94401	San Mateo County	San Mateo-Foster City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 312-7588	291	13	22.3	13.4%	86 (29.6%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (21.3%)	89 (30.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	50 (17.2%)	$7,581							93.9	97.6	136	303
063153004900	440	Westwood Elementary	Public	K-5	17449 Matinal Rd.	San Diego	92127	San Diego County	Poway Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 487-2026	830	39	21.1	14.0%	351 (42.3%)	9 (1.1%)	133 (16.0%)	241 (29.0%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	92 (11.1%)	$6,822							93.9	96.1	259	181

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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.