Best Elementary Schools in California for Female 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, Female 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 (Female vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 5605)	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 (Female)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Female)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
060927000939	1	Cold Spring Elementary	Public	K-6	2243 Sycamore Canyon Rd.	Santa Barbara	93108	Santa Barbara County	Cold Spring Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 969-2678	193	16	12.1	5.2%	145 (75.1%)	1 (0.5%)	16 (8.3%)	5 (2.6%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (13.0%)	$23,655							100.0%	100.0%	0.00%
061029005406	2	Murdock-Portal Elementary	Public	K-5	1188 Wunderlich Dr.	San Jose	95129	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 973-8191	559	22	24.8	7.7%	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	496 (88.7%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (9.8%)	$6,858							100.0%	99.9%	0.07%
061029001133	3	William Faria Elementary	Public	K-5	10155 Barbara Ln.	Cupertino	95014	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 252-0706	632	25	25	12.0%	14 (2.2%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	576 (91.1%)	10 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (4.4%)	$5,934							99.9%	99.9%	0.01%
063213007422	4	North Star Academy	Public	3-8	400 Duane St.	Redwood City	94062	San Mateo County	Redwood City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 482-2411	519	19	27.2	9.4%	259 (49.9%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (12.1%)	120 (23.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	76 (14.6%)								99.9%	99.9%	0.02%
060241511442	5	Bullis Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	102 West Portola Ave.	Los Altos	94022	Santa Clara County	Bullis Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 947-4100	1,058	70	15	1.9%	192 (18.1%)	1 (0.1%)	44 (4.2%)	637 (60.2%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	181 (17.1%)								99.9%	99.9%	0.03%
062265011202	6	Covington Elementary	Public	K-6	205 Covington Rd.	Los Altos	94024	Santa Clara County	Los Altos Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 947-1100	441	23	18.8	4.1%	128 (29.0%)	6 (1.4%)	25 (5.7%)	218 (49.4%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	60 (13.6%)	$14,697							99.9%	99.9%	0.02%
062970004619	7	Rancho Vista Elementary	Public	K-5	4323 Palos Verdes Dr. North	Rolling Hills Estates	90274	Los Angeles County	Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 378-8388	340	16	21.2	11.2%	127 (37.4%)	5 (1.5%)	64 (18.8%)	89 (26.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (16.2%)	$6,477							99.9%	99.1%	0.73%
062271003470	8	Wonderland Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	8510 Wonderland Ave.	Los Angeles	90046	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 654-4401	426	18	23.6	16.2%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,423							99.9%	99.7%	0.11%
060453000414	9	Central Elementary	Public	K-5	525 Middle Rd.	Belmont	94002	San Mateo County	Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 637-4820	437	17	25.7	3.9%	123 (28.1%)	1 (0.2%)	33 (7.6%)	168 (38.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	111 (25.4%)	$11,089							99.8%	99.7%	0.18%
062265002788	10	Oak Avenue Elementary	Public	K-6	1501 Oak Ave.	Los Altos	94024	Santa Clara County	Los Altos Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 237-3900	332	17	20.1	3.9%	109 (32.8%)	2 (0.6%)	18 (5.4%)	153 (46.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	49 (14.8%)	$14,230							99.8%	99.4%	0.38%

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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:

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Magnet Schools: Unleashing the Power of Education

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