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)
061233011064	331	Arnold Adreani Elementary	Public	K-6	9927 Wildhawk West Dr.	Sacramento	95829	Sacramento County	Elk Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 525-0630	875	35	25	28.2%	147 (16.8%)	40 (4.6%)	151 (17.3%)	442 (50.5%)	1 (0.1%)	13 (1.5%)	81 (9.3%)	$6,701							95.2	95.6	311	20
062865004439	332	Nohl Canyon Elementary	Public	K-6	4100 East Nohl Ranch Rd.	Anaheim	92807	Orange County	Orange Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 997-6203	553	20	28.2	18.3%	218 (39.4%)	1 (0.2%)	120 (21.7%)	142 (25.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	70 (12.7%)	$5,081							95.1	94.8	365	33
063432005443	333	Dailard Elementary	Public	K-5	6425 Cibola Rd.	San Diego	92120	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 286-1550	520	21	24.7	15.6%	300 (57.7%)	10 (1.9%)	109 (21.0%)	29 (5.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	70 (13.5%)	$7,605							95.1	94.2	413	80
068450013796	334	Portola Springs Elementary	Public	K-6	12100 Portola Springs	Irvine	92618	Orange County	Irvine Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 936-8800	887	33	27.1	15.2%	168 (18.9%)	13 (1.5%)	110 (12.4%)	484 (54.6%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.6%)	106 (12.0%)	$4,816							95.1	94.5	390	56
062100002526	335	White Oak Elementary	Public	K-5	31761 West Village School Rd.	Westlake Village	91361	Ventura County	Las Virgenes Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 889-1450	371	17	21.8	16.2%	251 (67.7%)	2 (0.5%)	39 (10.5%)	23 (6.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (14.6%)								95.1	95.4	323	12
063513013980	336	Bella Vista Elementary	Public	K-5	1050 Trumpet Vine Ln.	San Ramon	94582	Contra Costa County	San Ramon Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 659-5900	500	26	19.6	14.4%	42 (8.4%)	24 (4.8%)	29 (5.8%)	364 (72.8%)	7 (1.4%)	3 (0.6%)	31 (6.2%)	$6,003							95.1	94.2	412	76
062211002624	337	Emma C. Smith Elementary	Public	K-5	391 Ontario Dr.	Livermore	94550	Alameda County	Livermore Valley Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 606-4750	652	29	22.4	21.0%	268 (41.1%)	4 (0.6%)	137 (21.0%)	191 (29.3%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	47 (7.2%)	$6,738							95.1	94.6	385	48
069114514711	338	California Republic Leadership Academy Capistrano	Public, Charter	K-8	31711 San Juan Creek Rd.	San Juan Capistrano	92675	Orange County	California Republic Leadership Academy Capistrano District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(949) 298-6040	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								95.1			(n/a)
061074001190	339	Del Mar Hills Elementary	Public	K-6	14085 Mango Dr.	Del Mar	92014	San Diego County	Del Mar Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 755-9763	288	16	18	8.3%	157 (54.5%)	2 (0.7%)	47 (16.3%)	41 (14.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (13.5%)	$13,247							95.1	95.3	333	6
063699002691	340	Solana Santa Fe Elementary	Public	K-6	6570 El Apajo	Rancho Santa Fe	92067	San Diego County	Solana Beach Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 794-4700	327	17	19.8	12.2%	163 (49.8%)	4 (1.2%)	36 (11.0%)	79 (24.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (13.5%)	$8,769							95.1	96.4	239	101

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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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Educational resources:

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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