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)
062691007480	1231	Tom Kitayama Elementary	Public	K-5	1959 Sunsprite Dr.	Union City	94587	Alameda County	New Haven Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 475-3982	615	24	25.6	33.7%	45 (7.3%)	24 (3.9%)	193 (31.4%)	299 (48.6%)	5 (0.8%)	5 (0.8%)	44 (7.2%)	$10,843							78.2	81.2	1125	106
061044001166	1232	A. E. Arnold Elementary	Public	K-6	9281 Denni St.	Cypress	90630	Orange County	Cypress Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 220-6965	635	24	26.4	46.3%	141 (22.2%)	35 (5.5%)	222 (35.0%)	204 (32.1%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	29 (4.6%)	$740							78.2	82.1	1085	147
062847008925	1233	Buena Vista Arts-Integrated	Public	K-6	5685 San Bernardino St.	Montclair	91763	San Bernardino County	Ontario-Montclair	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 984-9556	365	15	24.3	59.2%	19 (5.2%)	11 (3.0%)	317 (86.8%)	9 (2.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.9%)	$7,453							78.2	71.5	1515	282
061288009538	1234	L. R. Green Elementary	Public	K-5	3115 Las Palmas Ave.	Escondido	92025	San Diego County	Escondido Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 432-2260	762	43	17.9	44.1%	271 (35.6%)	4 (0.5%)	354 (46.5%)	54 (7.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	78 (10.2%)	$7,813							78.2	76.2	1314	80
060206512962	1235	Sacramento Valley Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	2399 Sellers Way	West Sacramento	95691	Yolo County	Sacramento Valley Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 596-6422	306	20	15.3	85.3%	4 (1.3%)	5 (1.6%)	9 (2.9%)	282 (92.2%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)								78.1	87.8	827	408
062994004671	1236	Hamilton Elementary	Public	K-5	2089 Rose Villa St.	Pasadena	91107	Los Angeles County	Pasadena Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 396-5730	482	20	24.7	51.5%	113 (23.4%)	36 (7.5%)	209 (43.4%)	69 (14.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (11.4%)	$6,732							78	80.9	1131	105
060450000412	1237	Belleview Elementary	Public	K-8	22736 Kuien Mill Rd.	Sonora	95370	Tuolumne County	Belleview Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 586-5510	173	8	21.6	47.4%	119 (68.8%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (18.5%)	2 (1.2%)	6 (3.5%)	2 (1.2%)	12 (6.9%)	$12,497							78	70.2	1569	332
061005001103	1238	Rowland Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	1355 East Rowland Ave.	West Covina	91790	Los Angeles County	Covina-Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 974-4700	440	17	25.8	68.9%	14 (3.2%)	6 (1.4%)	347 (78.9%)	53 (12.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.5%)	$7,613							78	69.5	1603	365
063543013982	1239	Central Park Elementary	Public	K-5	2720 Sonoma Pl.	Santa Clara	95051	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-4400	430	19	22.5	27.4%	76 (17.7%)	11 (2.6%)	93 (21.6%)	212 (49.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	36 (8.4%)	$9,820							78	75.5	1355	116
063441005672	1240	Sunnyside Elementary	Public	K-5	250 Foerster St.	San Francisco	94112	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 469-4746	327	15	21.8	30.9%	126 (38.5%)	6 (1.8%)	60 (18.3%)	63 (19.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.8%)	63 (19.3%)	$6,103							78	85.2	942	298

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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.