Best Elementary Schools in California for English Language Learner Students

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Every year, the California Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, English Language Learner students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish California test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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 (English Language Learner vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 3160)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (English Language Learner)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (English Language Learner)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
062718011329	1	Pico Canyon Elementary	Public	K-6	25255 Pico Canyon Rd.	Stevenson Ranch	91381	Los Angeles County	Newhall	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 291-4080	808	31	25.8	29.7%	231 (28.6%)	16 (2.0%)	218 (27.0%)	243 (30.1%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	94 (11.6%)	$8,451							100.0%	92.7%	7.27%
064128006839	2	Maple Hill Elementary	Public	K-5	1350 Maple Hill Rd.	Diamond Bar	91765	Los Angeles County	Walnut Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 861-6224	562	21	27.4	25.1%	21 (3.7%)	5 (0.9%)	78 (13.9%)	438 (77.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	18 (3.2%)	$6,908							99.9%	97.4%	2.58%
068450007065	3	Stone Creek Elementary	Public	K-6	2 Stone Creek South	Irvine	92604	Orange County	Irvine Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 551-1201	460	16	28.8	13.3%	153 (33.3%)	3 (0.7%)	62 (13.5%)	184 (40.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	57 (12.4%)	$5,660							99.9%	95.1%	4.78%
063750006333	4	Marengo Elementary	Public	K-5	1400 Marengo Ave.	South Pasadena	91030	Los Angeles County	South Pasadena Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 441-5850	754	28	26.9	14.3%	136 (18.0%)	9 (1.2%)	103 (13.7%)	362 (48.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	144 (19.1%)	$10,641							99.9%	98.9%	0.95%
063441005676	5	Ulloa Elementary	Public	K-5	2650 42nd Ave.	San Francisco	94116	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 759-2841	521	21	25.1	56.6%	21 (4.0%)	3 (0.6%)	30 (5.8%)	427 (82.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	39 (7.5%)	$6,103							99.8%	95.0%	4.86%
061029001129	6	Nelson S. Dilworth Elementary	Public	K-5	1101 Strayer Dr.	San Jose	95129	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 253-2850	616	25	25	16.1%	40 (6.5%)	2 (0.3%)	33 (5.4%)	487 (79.1%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	48 (7.8%)	$8,279							99.8%	99.2%	0.56%
061029001125	7	Blue Hills Elementary	Public	K-5	12300 De Sanka Ave.	Saratoga	95070	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 257-9282	406	17	24.4	13.1%	46 (11.3%)	3 (0.7%)	22 (5.4%)	293 (72.2%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (9.6%)	$10,068							99.8%	97.7%	2.06%
063441005674	8	Sutro Elementary	Public	K-5	235 12th Ave.	San Francisco	94118	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 750-8525	219	10	22	60.3%	20 (9.1%)	1 (0.5%)	8 (3.7%)	166 (75.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (11.0%)	$6,103							99.7%	91.4%	8.38%
061029008815	9	L. P. Collins Elementary	Public	K-5	10300 Blaney Ave.	Cupertino	95014	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 252-6002	473	19	24.9	12.5%	32 (6.8%)	4 (0.8%)	18 (3.8%)	390 (82.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.7%)	$6,268							99.7%	97.0%	2.72%
061488001834	10	A. G. Cook Elementary	Public	K-6	9802 Woodbury Ave.	Garden Grove	92844	Orange County	Garden Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 663-6251	347	15	22.9	67.4%	16 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	70 (20.2%)	244 (70.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	14 (4.0%)	$12,234							99.7%	97.5%	2.23%

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.