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)
062865004428	3981	Fairhaven Elementary	Public	K-6	1415 East Fairhaven Ave.	Santa Ana	92705	Orange County	Orange Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 997-6178	445	19	23.6	64.5%	15 (3.4%)	4 (0.9%)	408 (91.7%)	9 (2.0%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.3%)	$5,842							29.3	33.2	3628	353
064320007016	3982	Wright Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	4389 Price Ave.	Santa Rosa	95407	Sonoma County	Wright Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 542-0556	457	21	21.8	68.3%	89 (19.5%)	11 (2.4%)	308 (67.4%)	28 (6.1%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (3.3%)								29.3	32.2	3716	266
060256214589	3983	Bostonia Global	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1390 Broadway	El Cajon	92021	San Diego County	Bostonia Global District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 588-3121	1,144	48	23.7	63.6%	212 (18.5%)	48 (4.2%)	802 (70.1%)	8 (0.7%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	69 (6.0%)								29.3	37	3350	633
062316003533	3984	Lincoln Elementary	Public	K-6	11031 State St.	Lynwood	90262	Los Angeles County	Lynwood Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 603-1518	509	22	22.7	93.9%	4 (0.8%)	16 (3.1%)	486 (95.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	$5,695							29.3	19.6	4902	918
060004807407	3985	Glen Speck Elementary	Public	K-5	401 17th St.	Paso Robles	93446	San Luis Obispo County	Paso Robles Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 769-1350	385	14	27.5	79.5%	83 (21.6%)	4 (1.0%)	273 (70.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (6.2%)								29.3	26.3	4249	264
062805004249	3986	Oakland Academy of Knowledge Elementary	Public	K-5	8755 Fontaine St.	Oakland	94605	Alameda County	Oakland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 879-2169	277	13	21.3	86.6%	7 (2.5%)	123 (44.4%)	89 (32.1%)	9 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	45 (16.2%)	$8,150							29.3	20	4856	870
063432005563	3987	Valencia Park Elementary	Public	K-5	5880 Skyline Dr.	San Diego	92114	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 344-3500	409	19	21.5	90.7%	7 (1.7%)	75 (18.3%)	246 (60.1%)	54 (13.2%)	2 (0.5%)	8 (2.0%)	17 (4.2%)	$9,614							29.3	22.9	4572	585
061488001877	3988	Edward Russell Elementary	Public	K-6	600 South Jackson St.	Santa Ana	92704	Orange County	Garden Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 663-6151	452	18	25.1	93.6%	7 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	431 (95.4%)	12 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	$12,416							29.3	28.1	4060	72
061632511364	3989	Grandview College Preparatory Academy	Public	K-8	795 North Grandview Ln.	La Puente	91744	Los Angeles County	Hacienda la Puente Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 933-4901	392	18	22	75.3%	5 (1.3%)	6 (1.5%)	330 (84.2%)	43 (11.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.5%)								29.3	29.7	3917	72
060907008563	3990	Mountain Vista Elementary	Public	K-6	49-750 Hjorth St.	Indio	92201	Riverside County	Coachella Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 775-6888	600	30	20.2	74.2%	10 (1.7%)	3 (0.5%)	580 (96.7%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	$12,880							29.2	22.8	4586	596

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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.