Best Elementary Schools in California

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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)
063348000415	1871	Del Rio Elementary	Public	K-6	600 Hidalgo Dr.	Bakersfield	93314	Kern County	Rosedale Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 588-6050	585	24	24.1	29.6%	257 (43.9%)	7 (1.2%)	253 (43.2%)	39 (6.7%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	21 (3.6%)	$10,028							64	65.4	1792	79
060962000987	1872	Laurel Street Elementary	Public	K-8	1321 West Laurel St.	Compton	90220	Los Angeles County	Compton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 898-6440	389	16	25	55.3%	2 (0.5%)	55 (14.1%)	325 (83.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (1.0%)								64	70	1578	294
060250614418	1873	Shasta View Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	675 Shasta View Dr.	Redding	96003	Shasta County	Shasta View Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 233-3861	509	25	20.6	47.7%	385 (75.6%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (11.2%)	7 (1.4%)	10 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (9.4%)								64	66.5	1732	141
064015000774	1874	Barbara Benson Elementary	Public	K-5	12712 Elizabeth Way	Tustin	92780	Orange County	Tustin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 730-7531	327	15	21.8	59.6%	66 (20.2%)	3 (0.9%)	204 (62.4%)	35 (10.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	17 (5.2%)	$10,872							64	63.2	1879	5
060214911882	1875	Village Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	2590 Piner Rd.	Santa Rosa	95401	Sonoma County	Village Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 524-2848	93	0	1860	47.3%	50 (53.8%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (22.6%)	1 (1.1%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (21.5%)								64	65.6	1777	98
060002911239	1876	Monte Vista Elementary	Public	K-5	37420 Via Mira Mosa	Murrieta	92563	Riverside County	Murrieta Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 894-5085	784	30	26.1	53.3%	237 (30.2%)	52 (6.6%)	322 (41.1%)	83 (10.6%)	2 (0.3%)	7 (0.9%)	81 (10.3%)								63.9	51.6	2457	581
060480000457	1877	Brooktree Elementary	Public	K-5	1781 Olivetree Dr.	San Jose	95131	Santa Clara County	Berryessa Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 923-1910	397	19	20.8	30.0%	13 (3.3%)	4 (1.0%)	92 (23.2%)	261 (65.7%)	2 (0.5%)	5 (1.3%)	20 (5.0%)	$11,702							63.9	61.5	1990	113
060173003557	1878	Horizon Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	873 First St.	Lincoln	95648	Placer County	Horizon Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 408-5200	1,508	71	21.3	53.5%	781 (51.8%)	71 (4.7%)	379 (25.1%)	57 (3.8%)	3 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	211 (14.0%)								63.9	67.8	1680	198
060591000536	1879	Garin Elementary	Public	K-5	250 First St.	Brentwood	94513	Contra Costa County	Brentwood Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 513-6370	790	29	27.2	25.3%	243 (30.8%)	63 (8.0%)	270 (34.2%)	128 (16.2%)	4 (0.5%)	5 (0.6%)	77 (9.7%)	$5,844							63.9	63.1	1890	11
064119009460	1880	Lake Elementary	Public	K-5	4950 Lake Blvd.	Oceanside	92056	San Diego County	Vista Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 945-5300	688	29	24.1	33.3%	379 (55.1%)	8 (1.2%)	218 (31.7%)	25 (3.6%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	55 (8.0%)	$6,902							63.9	66.4	1740	140

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