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)
060168509993	4501	Morrice Schaefer Charter	Public, Charter	K-6	1370 San Miguel Ave.	Santa Rosa	95403	Sonoma County	Morrice Schaefer Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 522-3015	292	13	22	69.5%	70 (24.0%)	3 (1.0%)	168 (57.5%)	29 (9.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	20 (6.8%)								23.6	35.2	3484	1017
062814004342	4502	Oak View Elementary	Public	K-5	17241 Oak Ln.	Huntington Beach	92647	Orange County	Ocean View	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 842-4459	496	21	23.6	98.6%	9 (1.8%)	5 (1.0%)	478 (96.4%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$5,374							23.6	27.9	4087	415
060005201479	4503	Grant Elementary	Public	K-5	3901 G St.	Eureka	95503	Humboldt County	Eureka City Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 441-2552	273	11	24	69.2%	118 (43.2%)	0 (0.0%)	75 (27.5%)	30 (11.0%)	9 (3.3%)	6 (2.2%)	35 (12.8%)								23.6	32.8	3666	837
063351013038	4504	Roseland Creek Elementary	Public	K-6	1683 Burbank Ave.	Santa Rosa	95407	Sonoma County	Roseland	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 543-2800	463	22	21	82.3%	16 (3.5%)	6 (1.3%)	417 (90.1%)	11 (2.4%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.2%)	$12,082							23.6	19.6	4907	403
064347011377	4505	Andros Karperos	Public	K-8	1700 Camino de Flores	Yuba City	95993	Sutter County	Yuba City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 822-4440	1,143	54	21.2	77.5%	164 (14.3%)	12 (1.0%)	463 (40.5%)	430 (37.6%)	13 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (5.3%)	$7,538							23.6	27.9	4086	419
062361009575	4506	Brock Elliott Elementary	Public	K-8	1110 Stonum Ln.	Manteca	95337	San Joaquin County	Manteca Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 858-7260	789	32	24.5	66.0%	130 (16.5%)	31 (3.9%)	471 (59.7%)	119 (15.1%)	4 (0.5%)	11 (1.4%)	23 (2.9%)	$4,834							23.6	25.3	4342	164
062271003071	4507	Harrison Street Elementary	Public	K-6	3529 City Terrace Dr.	Los Angeles	90063	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 263-9191	262	14	18.7	95.4%	5 (1.9%)	4 (1.5%)	250 (95.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	$12,243							23.6	14.6	5353	846
063801006415	4508	Harrison Elementary	Public	K-8	3203 Sanguinetti Ln.	Stockton	95205	San Joaquin County	Stockton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 933-7205	620	26	23.8	79.4%	28 (4.5%)	35 (5.6%)	438 (70.6%)	90 (14.5%)	3 (0.5%)	6 (1.0%)	20 (3.2%)	$7,859							23.6	25.3	4341	167
061111001230	4509	Abraham Lincoln Elementary	Public	K-5	74-100 Rutledge Way	Palm Desert	92260	Riverside County	Desert Sands Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 862-4340	593	25	23.6	83.8%	71 (12.0%)	13 (2.2%)	470 (79.3%)	17 (2.9%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.9%)	$8,505							23.6	35.1	3491	1018
061035001156	4510	Cutler Elementary	Public	K-5	40532 Road 128	Cutler	93615	Tulare County	Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 528-6931	607	30	20.1	94.9%	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	600 (98.8%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,603							23.6	29.4	3948	562

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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:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

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

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