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)
063132010000	4071	Vejar Elementary	Public	K-8	950 West Grand Ave.	Pomona	91766	Los Angeles County	Pomona Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 397-4985	750	36	20.8	96.3%	7 (0.9%)	18 (2.4%)	686 (91.5%)	29 (3.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.1%)	$4,919							28.4	28.4	4036	35
062025002436	4072	Loma Elementary	Public	K-6	10355 Loma Ln.	Spring Valley	91978	San Diego County	La Mesa-Spring Valley	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 668-5862	326	12	27.1	72.7%	51 (15.6%)	41 (12.6%)	182 (55.8%)	20 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (9.8%)	$6,067							28.4	35.2	3490	582
062919007097	4073	Owens Valley Elementary	Public	K-8	202 South Clay St.	Independence	93526	Inyo County	Owens Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 878-2405	76	5	15.2	30.3%	17 (22.4%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (36.8%)	1 (1.3%)	12 (15.8%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (23.7%)	$12,931							28.4			(n/a)
061336014660	4074	Sullivan Language Immersion Academy	Public	K-5	2195 Union Ave.	Fairfield	94533	Solano County	Fairfield-Suisun Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 366-0685	427	18	23.7	60.9%	10 (2.3%)	10 (2.3%)	393 (92.0%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.3%)								28.4	20.3	4824	750
063627006185	4075	Indianola Elementary	Public	K-6	11524 East Dinuba Ave.	Selma	93662	Fresno County	Selma Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 898-6680	417	18	22.9	89.2%	18 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	373 (89.4%)	23 (5.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	$13,852							28.4	32.4	3706	369
060369000325	4076	Charles Bursch Elementary	Public	K-5	4245 North Merced Ave.	Baldwin Park	91706	Los Angeles County	Baldwin Park Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 338-4319	355	14	25.3	92.1%	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	294 (82.8%)	57 (16.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$7,272							28.4	28.4	4031	45
062271003248	4077	One Hundred Sixteenth Street Elementary	Public	K-5	11610 Stanford Ave.	Los Angeles	90059	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 754-3121	419	23	18.6	95.7%	2 (0.5%)	86 (20.5%)	322 (76.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.9%)	$10,900							28.3	21.7	4690	613
061215001368	4078	El Nido Elementary	Public	K-8	161 East El Nido Rd.	El Nido	95317	Merced County	El Nido Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 385-8420	152	9	16.8	93.4%	13 (8.6%)	0 (0.0%)	137 (90.1%)	2 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								28.3	38.7	3236	842
061455001739	4079	Homan Elementary	Public	K-6	1602 West Harvard St.	Fresno	93705	Fresno County	Fresno Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 457-2940	523	26	20.4	95.2%	32 (6.1%)	35 (6.7%)	360 (68.8%)	70 (13.4%)	3 (0.6%)	6 (1.1%)	17 (3.3%)	$8,372							28.3	22.4	4626	547
062223002656	4080	Live Oak Elementary	Public	K-6	5099 East Bear Creek Rd.	Lodi	95240	San Joaquin County	Lodi Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 331-7370	316	15	21	84.8%	51 (16.1%)	3 (0.9%)	221 (69.9%)	21 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	19 (6.0%)	$12,102							28.3	24	4462	382

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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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