Best Elementary Schools in California for White 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, White 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 (White vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 2647)	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 (White)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (White)	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%	0.02%
063213007422	2	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%
062628012540	3	Stevenson Elementary	Public	K-5	750 San Pierre Way	Mountain View	94043	Santa Clara County	Mountain View Whisman	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 903-6950	456	19	24	8.3%	139 (30.5%)	3 (0.7%)	49 (10.7%)	174 (38.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	91 (20.0%)								99.9%	99.5%	0.35%
060474000441	4	Ruth Acty Elementary	Public	K-5	1400 Ada St.	Berkeley	94702	Alameda County	Berkeley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 644-6298	395	21	18.8	16.5%	161 (40.8%)	35 (8.9%)	61 (15.4%)	37 (9.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	100 (25.3%)	$7,964							99.8%	98.6%	1.25%
063600006162	5	Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy	Public	K-8	200 Phillips Dr.	Sausalito	94965	Marin County	Sausalito Marin City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 332-1024	318	20	15.7	46.5%	85 (26.7%)	87 (27.4%)	82 (25.8%)	32 (10.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (9.7%)	$26,323							99.8%	68.7%	31.15%
063033004729	6	Beach Elementary	Public	K-5	100 Lake Ave.	Piedmont	94611	Alameda County	Piedmont City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 594-2666	288	17	16.7	4.2%	137 (47.6%)	5 (1.7%)	33 (11.5%)	53 (18.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (20.8%)	$13,616							99.8%	99.8%	0.06%
063147004881	7	Corte Madera	Public	4-8	4575 Alpine Rd.	Portola Valley	94028	San Mateo County	Portola Valley Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 851-1777	273	22	12.1	6.6%	183 (67.0%)	2 (0.7%)	32 (11.7%)	18 (6.6%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (13.6%)	$27,075							99.7%	98.8%	0.91%
063441006556	8	Sunset Elementary	Public	K-5	1920 41st Ave.	San Francisco	94116	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 759-2760	402	17	24.3	28.6%	70 (17.4%)	2 (0.5%)	27 (6.7%)	232 (57.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	71 (17.7%)	$6,103							99.7%	99.3%	0.41%
062271003470	9	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							99.7%	99.7%	0.08%
062805004314	10	Sequoia Elementary	Public	K-5	3730 Lincoln Ave.	Oakland	94602	Alameda County	Oakland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 879-2151	449	20	22.4	37.2%	136 (30.3%)	41 (9.1%)	124 (27.6%)	45 (10.0%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	97 (21.6%)	$6,698							99.6%	85.2%	14.41%

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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.