Best Elementary Schools in California for Homeless Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in California!

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, Homeless 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 (Homeless vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 364)	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 (Homeless)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Homeless)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
061296010361	1	John L. Golden Elementary	Public	K-5	12400 Banyan St.	Etiwanda	91739	San Bernardino County	Etiwanda Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 463-9105	912	37	24.3	33.3%	179 (19.6%)	37 (4.1%)	233 (25.5%)	390 (42.8%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	69 (7.6%)	$5,675							99.7%	97.1%	2.64%
064245006944	2	Wallen L. Andrews	Public	K-8	1010 South Caraway Dr.	Whittier	90601	Los Angeles County	Whittier City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 789-3140	578	26	22.1	47.8%	23 (4.0%)	4 (0.7%)	497 (86.0%)	31 (5.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (3.8%)	$4,886							99.5%	73.0%	26.45%
063441005599	3	Lau (Gordon J.) Elementary	Public	K-5	950 Clay St.	San Francisco	94108	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 291-7921	644	29	22.5	89.3%	6 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (5.3%)	567 (88.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (5.7%)	$6,103							99.2%	82.1%	17.09%
062450003674	4	John Sinnott Elementary	Public	K-6	2025 Yellowstone Ave.	Milpitas	95035	Santa Clara County	Milpitas Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 635-2674	714	29	24.6	20.6%	29 (4.1%)	4 (0.6%)	84 (11.8%)	564 (79.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	31 (4.3%)	$6,086							98.9%	96.5%	2.42%
062193002606	5	William W. Orr Elementary	Public	K-5	12130 South Jersey Ave.	Norwalk	90650	Los Angeles County	Little Lake City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 868-7988	360	18	20	78.6%	10 (2.8%)	3 (0.8%)	317 (88.1%)	19 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.4%)	6 (1.7%)	$10,873							98.6%	81.0%	17.61%
064200006880	6	Merced Elementary	Public	K-5	1545 East Merced Ave.	West Covina	91791	Los Angeles County	West Covina Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 931-1700	600	21	28.1	68.5%	14 (2.3%)	4 (0.7%)	416 (69.3%)	156 (26.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.7%)	$6,661							98.4%	86.7%	11.69%
063066004766	7	Morse Elementary	Public	K-6	431 East Morse Ave.	Placentia	92870	Orange County	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 524-6300	369	13	28.3	68.3%	40 (10.8%)	12 (3.3%)	255 (69.1%)	38 (10.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (6.2%)	$6,053							98.1%	77.3%	20.80%
060141406018	8	Franklin Elementary	Public	K-6	1111 East Mason St.	Santa Barbara	93103	Santa Barbara County	Santa Barbara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 963-4283	441	23	18.8	90.2%	26 (5.9%)	2 (0.5%)	399 (90.5%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.5%)	$11,654							97.8%	70.6%	27.21%
061296003831	9	Terra Vista Elementary	Public	K-5	7497 Mountain View Dr.	Rancho Cucamonga	91730	San Bernardino County	Etiwanda Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 945-5715	944	37	25.8	57.1%	163 (17.3%)	85 (9.0%)	363 (38.5%)	225 (23.8%)	3 (0.3%)	16 (1.7%)	89 (9.4%)	$5,420							97.5%	86.2%	11.33%
062343003559	10	Walt Disney	Public	K-6	2323 West Orange Ave.	Anaheim	92804	Orange County	Magnolia Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 535-1183	546	23	23.7	70.7%	83 (15.2%)	9 (1.6%)	268 (49.1%)	167 (30.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	14 (2.6%)								97.3%	76.0%	21.27%

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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.

Educational resources:

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

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

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