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)
062423013991	2961	Horizon Elementary	Public	K-6	800 South Garzoli Ave.	Mc Farland	93250	Kern County	McFarland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 792-3081	535	22	24.3	84.1%	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	522 (97.6%)	8 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	$5,537							43.4	38.2	3269	308
060360000270	2962	Henry Dalton Elementary	Public	K-5	500 East 10th St.	Azusa	91702	Los Angeles County	Azusa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 815-5245	321	14	23.6	79.1%	5 (1.6%)	7 (2.2%)	278 (86.6%)	11 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (6.2%)	$6,415							43.4	30.4	3856	894
062832004384	2963	La Tercera Elementary	Public	K-6	1600 Albin Way	Petaluma	94954	Sonoma County	Old Adobe Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 765-4303	313	13	23.3	33.5%	157 (50.2%)	7 (2.2%)	123 (39.3%)	9 (2.9%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	14 (4.5%)	$19,963							43.4	33.7	3601	638
062271002863	2964	Brentwood Science	Public	K-5	740 Gretna Green Way	Los Angeles	90049	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 826-5631	247	12	20.5	77.7%	15 (6.1%)	67 (27.1%)	145 (58.7%)	11 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.6%)	$13,612							43.4	42.3	2992	28
062814004332	2965	Golden View Elementary	Public	K-5	17251 Golden View Ln.	Huntington Beach	92647	Orange County	Ocean View	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 847-2516	341	14	24.3	66.3%	112 (32.8%)	2 (0.6%)	169 (49.6%)	22 (6.5%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	33 (9.7%)	$5,125							43.4	47.9	2647	318
061392001123	2966	Canyon Crest Elementary	Public	K-5	11851 Cherry Ave.	Fontana	92337	San Bernardino County	Fontana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 357-5440	438	22	19.6	74.9%	21 (4.8%)	28 (6.4%)	366 (83.6%)	19 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)								43.4	44.7	2842	124
063559006058	2967	Bay View Elementary	Public	K-5	1231 Bay St.	Santa Cruz	95060	Santa Cruz County	Santa Cruz City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 429-3991	378	20	18.9	48.9%	149 (39.4%)	1 (0.3%)	197 (52.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	27 (7.1%)	$12,688							43.4	50.6	2501	466
063963006595	2968	Center Elementary	Public	K-6	3101 Markeley Ln.	Fairfield	94533	Solano County	Travis Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 437-4621	592	22	26.4	44.4%	65 (11.0%)	81 (13.7%)	175 (29.6%)	176 (29.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	94 (15.9%)	$6,536							43.4	44.1	2881	87
069102311877	2969	Twin Ridges Home Study Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	111 New Mohawk Rd.	Nevada City	95959	Nevada County	Nevada County Office of Education	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 478-1815	220	11	20.3	37.7%	166 (75.5%)	3 (1.4%)	24 (10.9%)	1 (0.5%)	4 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (10.0%)	$8,688							43.4	48	2644	325
061392011962	2970	Kathy Binks Elementary	Public	K-5	7358 Cypress Ave.	Fontana	92336	San Bernardino County	Fontana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 357-5030	580	28	20.4	79.7%	36 (6.2%)	47 (8.1%)	438 (75.5%)	44 (7.6%)	5 (0.9%)	2 (0.3%)	8 (1.4%)								43.4	27.6	4116	1146

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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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