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)
062865004432	1661	Imperial Elementary	Public	K-6	400 South Imperial Hwy.	Anaheim	92807	Orange County	Orange Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 997-6282	424	17	24.9	36.6%	147 (34.7%)	5 (1.2%)	140 (33.0%)	77 (18.2%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	51 (12.0%)	$4,718							68.4	68.4	1657	4
064015007202	1662	Guin Foss Elementary	Public	K-5	18492 Vanderlip Ave.	Santa Ana	92705	Orange County	Tustin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 730-7552	416	15	27.7	56.7%	85 (20.4%)	4 (1.0%)	270 (64.9%)	31 (7.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (6.3%)	$10,900							68.4	62.5	1921	259
061647005804	1663	Martin Luther King Junior Elementary	Public	K-6	820 Hume Ave.	Hanford	93230	Kings County	Hanford Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 585-3715	665	28	23.7	83.3%	39 (5.9%)	16 (2.4%)	568 (85.4%)	20 (3.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (3.0%)	$9,895							68.4	58.6	2108	445
060164200042	1664	The Academy of Alameda	Public, Charter	K-8	401 Pacific Ave.	Alameda	94501	Alameda County	The Academy of Alameda District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 748-4017	620	31	19.7	57.3%	104 (16.8%)	120 (19.4%)	126 (20.3%)	155 (25.0%)	2 (0.3%)	6 (1.0%)	105 (16.9%)								68.4	71.2	1529	135
062706004082	1665	John F. Kennedy Elementary	Public	K-5	35430 Blackburn Dr.	Newark	94560	Alameda County	Newark Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 818-3400	459	18	25.5	36.8%	63 (13.7%)	4 (0.9%)	195 (42.5%)	120 (26.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)	72 (15.7%)	$10,101							68.4	70.1	1571	94
061233007699	1666	Ellen Feickert Elementary	Public	K-6	9351 Feickert Dr.	Elk Grove	95624	Sacramento County	Elk Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 686-7716	548	25	21.9	39.4%	169 (30.8%)	27 (4.9%)	181 (33.0%)	104 (19.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	64 (11.7%)	$7,837							68.3	65.8	1766	100
063051004741	1667	Pioneer Elementary	Public, Charter	K-5	8810 14th Ave.	Hanford	93230	Kings County	Pioneer Union Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 584-8831	501	21	23.8	49.7%	144 (28.7%)	8 (1.6%)	305 (60.9%)	20 (4.0%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (3.8%)	$7,132							68.3	60.6	2029	362
060194813858	1668	Vibrant Minds Charter	Public, Charter	K-6	412 West Carl Karcher Way	Anaheim	92801	Orange County	Vibrant Minds Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 563-2390	242	8	30.2	75.6%	26 (10.7%)	11 (4.5%)	176 (72.7%)	14 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (6.2%)								68.3	55.2	2275	607
060157011695	1669	Monterey Bay Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	1004 David Ave.	Pacific Grove	93950	Monterey County	Monterey Bay Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 655-4638	478	19	25.1	19.9%	274 (57.3%)	5 (1.0%)	125 (26.2%)	15 (3.1%)	2 (0.4%)	5 (1.0%)	52 (10.9%)								68.3	64.4	1826	157
060160014079	1670	Scholarship Prep - Oceanside	Public, Charter	K-8	4070 Mission Ave.	Oceanside	92057	San Diego County	Scholarship Prep - Oceanside District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(442) 262-3249	536	19	28.2	72.0%	110 (20.5%)	17 (3.2%)	363 (67.7%)	22 (4.1%)	2 (0.4%)	7 (1.3%)	15 (2.8%)								68.2	58.9	2102	432

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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.