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)
062265002787	101	Loyola Elementary	Public	K-6	770 Berry Ave.	Los Altos	94024	Santa Clara County	Los Altos Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 254-2400	334	19	17.7	1.8%	128 (38.3%)	2 (0.6%)	17 (5.1%)	124 (37.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (18.9%)	$15,394							97.7	98.5	49	52
064015012571	102	Orchard Hills	Public	K-8	11555 Culver Dr.	Irvine	92602	Orange County	Tustin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 430-2078	1,373	47	29	14.9%	251 (18.3%)	13 (0.9%)	125 (9.1%)	864 (62.9%)	3 (0.2%)	6 (0.4%)	111 (8.1%)	$9,678							97.7	98.2	82	20
060002503575	103	Meadows Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	1200 Meadows Ave.	Manhattan Beach	90266	Los Angeles County	Manhattan Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 546-8033	371	16	23.1	5.7%	194 (52.3%)	1 (0.3%)	53 (14.3%)	65 (17.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (15.4%)	$12,847							97.7	98.3	68	35
060141014521	104	Julius Cordes Elementary	Public	K-8	296 East Parco Ave.	Mountain House	95391	San Joaquin County	Lammersville Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 836-7400	878	35	25.3	2.3%	42 (4.8%)	18 (2.1%)	27 (3.1%)	730 (83.1%)	24 (2.7%)	1 (0.1%)	36 (4.1%)								97.7	95.9	281	177
060002503570	105	Aurelia Pennekamp Elementary	Public	K-5	110 South Rowell	Manhattan Beach	90266	Los Angeles County	Manhattan Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 798-6223	482	21	22.9	2.5%	219 (45.4%)	6 (1.2%)	67 (13.9%)	96 (19.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	93 (19.3%)	$11,645							97.7	98.1	87	18
062271002925	106	Clover Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	11020 Clover Ave.	Los Angeles	90034	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 479-7739	433	18	24	24.5%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,987							97.7	98.3	70	36
061029001143	107	Montclaire Elementary	Public	K-5	1160 St. Joseph Ave.	Los Altos	94024	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 967-9388	382	15	25.7	7.6%	107 (28.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.2%)	196 (51.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	57 (14.9%)	$8,608							97.6	97.6	127	20
061389014544	108	Mangini Ranch Elementary	Public	K-5	4640 Sparrow Dr.	Folsom	95630	Sacramento County	Folsom-Cordova Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 294-2460	607	26	23	3.8%	90 (14.8%)	3 (0.5%)	51 (8.4%)	400 (65.9%)	6 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	56 (9.2%)								97.6	95.6	310	202
064015006648	109	Tustin Memorial Elementary	Public	K-5	12712 Browning Ave.	Santa Ana	92705	Orange County	Tustin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 730-7546	587	20	29.3	8.3%	139 (23.7%)	3 (0.5%)	63 (10.7%)	312 (53.2%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	66 (11.2%)	$10,460							97.6	97.7	123	14
060162000009	110	Cerritos Elementary	Public	K-6	13600 East 183rd St.	Cerritos	90703	Los Angeles County	ABC Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 229-7845	626	23	27.4	31.0%	17 (2.7%)	42 (6.7%)	91 (14.5%)	436 (69.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	38 (6.1%)	$5,368							97.6	97.5	140	30

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