Best Elementary Schools in California

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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 (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 5862)	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	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
060985001062	5151	Parkridge Elementary	Public	K-6	750 Corona Ave.	Corona	92879	Riverside County	Corona-Norco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 736-3236	621	29	21.4	95.0%	46 (7.4%)	38 (6.1%)	485 (78.1%)	30 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.0%)	16 (2.6%)	$8,293							16.6	19.6	4900	251
062394008897	5152	Lake Don Pedro Elementary	Public	K-8	2411 Hidalgo	La Grange	95329	Stanislaus County	Mariposa County Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 852-2144	178	8	21.8	79.2%	92 (51.7%)	8 (4.5%)	63 (35.4%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (7.3%)	$9,734							16.6	13.8	5415	263
063801006406	5153	Fillmore Elementary	Public	K-8	2644 East Poplar St.	Stockton	95205	San Joaquin County	Stockton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 933-7185	583	22	26	90.4%	31 (5.3%)	13 (2.2%)	498 (85.4%)	23 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (2.9%)	$6,965							16.6	16.5	5190	37
064281009209	5154	Vista San Gabriel Elementary	Public	K-4	18020 East Avenue O	Palmdale	93591	Los Angeles County	Wilsona Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 264-1155	704	26	26.7	94.9%	43 (6.1%)	53 (7.5%)	590 (83.8%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.0%)	$12,569							16.6	17.2	5133	21
063384005246	5155	H. W. Harkness Elementary	Public	K-6	2147 54th Ave.	Sacramento	95822	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-4585	278	12	24.1	87.4%	11 (4.0%)	31 (11.2%)	154 (55.4%)	47 (16.9%)	4 (1.4%)	7 (2.5%)	23 (8.3%)	$6,714							16.5	15.9	5241	86
063441005646	5156	Marshall Elementary	Public	K-5	1575 15th St.	San Francisco	94103	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 241-6280	247	10	24.1	80.6%	23 (9.3%)	5 (2.0%)	208 (84.2%)	3 (1.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.8%)	$6,103							16.5	16.3	5207	51
060006312224	5157	Lucille Whitehead Intermediate	Public	4-6	119 North Reinway Ave.	Waterford	95386	Stanislaus County	Waterford Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 874-1080	351	13	26.1	89.7%	94 (26.8%)	8 (2.3%)	235 (67.0%)	8 (2.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.4%)	$11,490							16.5	23.5	4511	646
064030006655	5158	Calpella Elementary	Public	K-4	151 Moore St.	Ukiah	95482	Mendocino County	Ukiah Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 472-5630	477	21	22.7	80.9%	176 (36.9%)	3 (0.6%)	240 (50.3%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (6.1%)	$7,552							16.5	23.8	4481	677
061455001745	5159	Kirk Elementary	Public	K-6	2000 East Belgravia Ave.	Fresno	93706	Fresno County	Fresno Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 457-2970	411	22	18.4	99.0%	8 (1.9%)	64 (15.6%)	313 (76.2%)	15 (3.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.4%)	$11,733							16.5	14	5398	239
062271010858	5160	Harmony Elementary	Public	K-5	899 East 42nd St.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 238-0791	451	27	16.7	93.8%	6 (1.3%)	21 (4.7%)	418 (92.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)	$10,709							16.5	9.4	5738	578

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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.
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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.