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)
062985004646	2411	Wesley Gaines	Public	K-4	7340 East Jackson St.	Paramount	90723	Los Angeles County	Paramount Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 602-8012	335	16	20.9	91.3%	2 (0.6%)	17 (5.1%)	300 (89.6%)	10 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	4 (1.2%)	$4,559							52.7			(n/a)
062271008026	2412	Newcastle Elementary	Public	K-5	6520 Newcastle Ave.	Reseda	91335	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 343-8795	309	15	20.6	90.9%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,666							52.7	45	2827	415
063597006160	2413	Skyblue Mesa Elementary	Public	K-6	28040 Hardesty Ave.	Canyon Country	91351	Los Angeles County	Saugus Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 294-5350	581	22	26.3	41.0%	144 (24.8%)	26 (4.5%)	294 (50.6%)	80 (13.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	35 (6.0%)	$9,957							52.7	55.7	2246	167
060250514436	2414	Sage Oak Charter School - South	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1473 Ford St.	Redlands	92373	San Bernardino County	Sage Oak Charter School - South District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(888) 435-4445	371	69	5.3	31.8%	177 (47.7%)	12 (3.2%)	138 (37.2%)	14 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	27 (7.3%)								52.7	57	2181	233
062664004017	2415	Donaldson Way Elementary	Public	K-5	430 Donaldson Way	American Canyon	94589	Solano County	Napa Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 644-4486	490	19	25.7	62.0%	89 (18.2%)	14 (2.9%)	219 (44.7%)	109 (22.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	56 (11.4%)	$5,083							52.7	46.6	2727	312
060133208952	2416	Ridgepoint Elementary	Public	K-8	4680 Monument Dr.	Sacramento	95842	Sacramento County	Twin Rivers Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 566-1950	664	27	24.5	86.9%	171 (25.8%)	105 (15.8%)	239 (36.0%)	56 (8.4%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (1.5%)	81 (12.2%)								52.7	56.8	2198	218
062454012286	2417	Southshore Elementary	Public	K-5	30975 Southshore Dr.	Menifee	92584	Riverside County	Menifee Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 672-0013	874	36	24.2	52.1%	232 (26.5%)	65 (7.4%)	409 (46.8%)	64 (7.3%)	4 (0.5%)	4 (0.5%)	96 (11.0%)	$9,504							52.7	52.9	2393	24
064023008651	2418	Orchard View	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	700 Watertrough Rd.	Sebastopol	95472	Sonoma County	Twin Hills Union Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(707) 823-4709	216	13	16.3	20.4%	141 (65.3%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (22.7%)	8 (3.7%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	12 (5.6%)	$7,281							52.6	73.1	1454	964
061488000751	2419	Brookhurst Elementary	Public	K-6	9821 William Dalton Way	Garden Grove	92841	Orange County	Garden Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 663-6556	410	16	25.5	83.9%	30 (7.3%)	4 (1.0%)	262 (63.9%)	99 (24.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	13 (3.2%)	$12,522							52.6	50.8	2490	71
060242913878	2420	High Technical Elementary	Public, Charter	K-5	2150 Cushing Rd.	San Diego	92106	San Diego County	High Technical Elementary District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 564-6700	432	19	22.7	46.5%	125 (28.9%)	17 (3.9%)	211 (48.8%)	19 (4.4%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	57 (13.2%)								52.6	51.3	2472	52

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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.