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)
061524001926	1171	Thomas Edison Elementary	Public	K-6	435 South Pacific Ave.	Glendale	91204	Los Angeles County	Glendale Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 241-1807	862	34	25.3	54.4%	354 (41.1%)	20 (2.3%)	374 (43.4%)	85 (9.9%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (3.1%)	$6,438							79.5	78.2	1235	64
063441005601	1172	Milk (Harvey) Civil Rights Elementary	Public	K-5	4235 19th St.	San Francisco	94114	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 241-6276	154	9	18.1	31.2%	69 (44.8%)	22 (14.3%)	32 (20.8%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.3%)	27 (17.5%)	$6,103							79.5	83.1	1052	120
060002009287	1173	Valley View Elementary	Public	K-5	480 Adams Way	Pleasanton	94566	Alameda County	Pleasanton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 426-4230	657	28	23.2	19.9%	216 (32.9%)	7 (1.1%)	255 (38.8%)	117 (17.8%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	58 (8.8%)	$6,676							79.5	82	1096	77
063207007269	1174	Cram Elementary	Public	K-5	29700 Water St.	Highland	92346	San Bernardino County	Redlands Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 425-9300	521	21	24.4	44.7%	137 (26.3%)	16 (3.1%)	275 (52.8%)	54 (10.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (7.1%)	$6,243							79.5	81.1	1129	45
060156008300	1175	Classical Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	2950 South Bear Valley Pkwy.	Escondido	92025	San Diego County	Classical Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 546-0101	1,570	55	28.7	26.2%	819 (52.2%)	25 (1.6%)	437 (27.8%)	88 (5.6%)	6 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	194 (12.4%)								79.4	78.3	1232	57
060985011994	1176	Rosa Parks Elementary	Public	K-6	13830 Whispering Hills Dr.	Corona	92880	Riverside County	Corona-Norco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 736-7305	934	36	25.9	67.7%	146 (15.6%)	72 (7.7%)	374 (40.0%)	287 (30.7%)	5 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	48 (5.1%)	$5,693							79.4	76.2	1315	139
060015310944	1177	Repetto Elementary	Public	K-8	650 South Grandridge Ave.	Monterey Park	91754	Los Angeles County	Alhambra Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 570-6240	704	30	23.6	52.8%	18 (2.6%)	8 (1.1%)	248 (35.2%)	393 (55.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (5.3%)	$11,338							79.4	75.5	1354	177
063570007138	1178	Malibu Elementary	Public	K-5	6955 Fernhill Dr.	Malibu	90265	Los Angeles County	Santa Monica-Malibu Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 457-9370	191	9	21.2	16.8%	153 (80.1%)	7 (3.7%)	18 (9.4%)	6 (3.1%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	5 (2.6%)								79.4	85.5	933	245
063384005229	1179	Camellia Elementary	Public	K-6	6600 Cougar Dr.	Sacramento	95828	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-4520	344	16	21.5	86.9%	9 (2.6%)	8 (2.3%)	67 (19.5%)	235 (68.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.6%)	16 (4.7%)	$6,627							79.3	74.7	1389	210
060141011412	1180	Wicklund Elementary	Public	K-8	300 East Legacy Dr.	Mountain House	95391	San Joaquin County	Lammersville Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 836-7200	744	34	21.8	20.0%	118 (15.9%)	29 (3.9%)	169 (22.7%)	358 (48.1%)	9 (1.2%)	5 (0.7%)	56 (7.5%)								79.3	82.7	1066	114

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.