Best Elementary Schools in California for Military Connected 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, Military Connected 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 (Military Connected vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 118)	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 (Military Connected)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Military Connected)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
060002808271	1	Abby Reinke Elementary	Public	K-5	43799 Sunny Meadows Dr.	Temecula	92592	Riverside County	Temecula Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 302-6610	618	27	22.8	21.2%	298 (48.2%)	18 (2.9%)	183 (29.6%)	42 (6.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	75 (12.1%)	$9,985							99.2%	88.7%	10.43%
060750008312	2	Pacific Rim Elementary	Public	K-5	1100 Camino de las Ondas	Carlsbad	92009	San Diego County	Carlsbad Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 331-6200	673	28	24	10.5%	425 (63.2%)	2 (0.3%)	98 (14.6%)	71 (10.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	76 (11.3%)	$6,348							98.3%	99.0%	0.67%
060744014361	3	Esencia	Public	K-5	5 Aprender St.	Rancho Mission Viejo	92694	Orange County	Capistrano Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 234-9200	873	36	24.5	17.3%	503 (57.6%)	6 (0.7%)	121 (13.9%)	100 (11.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	141 (16.2%)								97.5%	90.2%	7.23%
060987001070	4	Coronado Village Elementary	Public	K-5	600 Sixth St.	Coronado	92118	San Diego County	Coronado Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 522-8919	780	31	25.1	14.9%	471 (60.4%)	8 (1.0%)	171 (21.9%)	8 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	119 (15.3%)	$8,992							96.6%	92.7%	3.86%
062553003830	5	La Mesa	Public	K-8	1 La Mesa Way	Monterey	93940	Monterey County	Monterey Peninsula Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 649-1872	564	27	21	28.0%	277 (49.1%)	18 (3.2%)	165 (29.3%)	63 (11.2%)	4 (0.7%)	6 (1.1%)	30 (5.3%)	$5,700							95.8%	80.6%	15.21%
061350001544	6	San Onofre Elementary	Public	K-8	200 Pate Rd.	San Clemente	92672	Orange County	Fallbrook Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 731-4360	525	29	18	57.1%	284 (54.1%)	29 (5.5%)	152 (29.0%)	10 (1.9%)	3 (0.6%)	6 (1.1%)	41 (7.8%)	$7,764							94.9%	92.7%	2.20%
060987001074	7	Silver Strand Elementary	Public	K-5	1350 Leyte Rd.	Coronado	92118	San Diego County	Coronado Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 522-8934	324	13	24.9	21.3%	193 (59.6%)	13 (4.0%)	64 (19.8%)	10 (3.1%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	42 (13.0%)	$10,010							94.1%	94.4%	0.32%
061350001543	8	Mary Fay Pendleton Elementary	Public	K-8	110 Marine Dr.	Oceanside	92058	San Diego County	Fallbrook Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 731-4050	803	38	21.1	56.9%	397 (49.4%)	57 (7.1%)	240 (29.9%)	9 (1.1%)	5 (0.6%)	3 (0.4%)	92 (11.5%)	$6,395							93.2%	89.4%	3.80%
060002906282	9	Tovashal Elementary	Public	K-5	23801 St. Raphael Dr.	Murrieta	92562	Riverside County	Murrieta Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 696-1411	729	27	27	52.1%	244 (33.5%)	28 (3.8%)	312 (42.8%)	47 (6.4%)	2 (0.3%)	9 (1.2%)	87 (11.9%)								92.4%	83.0%	9.33%
060171912214	10	Manzanita Public Charter	Public, Charter	K-6	991 Mountain View Blvd.	Lompoc	93437	Santa Barbara County	Manzanita Public Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 734-5600	453	18	25.1	49.7%	144 (31.8%)	5 (1.1%)	237 (52.3%)	8 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (12.8%)								91.5%	66.1%	25.42%

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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.