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)
062271007755	4281	Fishburn Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	5701 Fishburn Ave.	Maywood	90270	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 560-0878	421	22	19.1	93.8%	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	409 (97.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.9%)	$13,637							26	30.8	3819	462
063930006548	4282	Tipton Elementary	Public	K-8	370 North Evans Rd.	Tipton	93272	Tulare County	Tipton Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 752-4213	501	29	17.1	90.4%	19 (3.8%)	4 (0.8%)	469 (93.6%)	8 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,927							26	26	4275	7
060687000631	4283	Valley Springs Elementary	Public	K-5	240 Pine St.	Valley Springs	95252	Calaveras County	Calaveras Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 754-2141	397	19	21.4	44.3%	230 (57.9%)	2 (0.5%)	135 (34.0%)	5 (1.3%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	21 (5.3%)	$4,355							25.9	29.5	3937	346
062580011026	4284	La Jolla Elementary	Public	K-5	14745 Willowgrove Pl.	Moreno Valley	92555	Riverside County	Moreno Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 571-4740	702	28	25	84.0%	46 (6.6%)	174 (24.8%)	378 (53.8%)	51 (7.3%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.7%)	47 (6.7%)	$7,072							25.9	20.1	4845	561
063444014382	4285	Edward Hyatt World Language Academy	Public	K-8	400 East Shaver St.	San Jacinto	92583	Riverside County	San Jacinto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 654-9391	592	23	25.7	70.1%	20 (3.4%)	23 (3.9%)	542 (91.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.8%)	$11,581							25.8	35.2	3488	797
060852011852	4286	Ronald Reagan Elementary	Public	3-4	2200 South Lake Tahoe Dr.	Chowchilla	93610	Madera County	Chowchilla Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 665-8080	481	22	22.3	87.7%	103 (21.4%)	12 (2.5%)	343 (71.3%)	9 (1.9%)	5 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.7%)	$6,310							25.8	20.9	4767	481
062949010413	4287	Watsonville Charter School of the Arts	Public, Charter	K-8	115 Casserly Rd. West Campus	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz County	Pajaro Valley Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 728-8123	408	19	21.2	58.6%	102 (25.0%)	1 (0.2%)	287 (70.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (3.4%)								25.8	20.9	4776	489
060939008127	4288	Gerald A. Smith Elementary	Public	K-6	9551 Linden Ave.	Bloomington	92316	San Bernardino County	Colton Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 580-5033	569	25	22.5	87.7%	8 (1.4%)	23 (4.0%)	530 (93.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	3 (0.5%)	$6,869							25.8	26.9	4190	98
060813009526	4289	Virginia Parks Elementary	Public	K-6	1021 Moffett Rd.	Modesto	95351	Stanislaus County	Ceres Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 556-1670	628	27	23.1	78.0%	73 (11.6%)	10 (1.6%)	478 (76.1%)	53 (8.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.1%)	$8,094							25.8	30.3	3861	428
062250002731	4290	King Elementary	Public	K-5	145 East Artesia Blvd.	Long Beach	90805	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 428-1232	583	24	24.2	77.4%	3 (0.5%)	64 (11.0%)	484 (83.0%)	16 (2.7%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.7%)	11 (1.9%)	$8,404							25.7	31.7	3750	540

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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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