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)
060669000593	1491	Butteville Elementary	Public	K-8	24512 Edgewood Rd.	Weed	96094	Siskiyou County	Butteville Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 938-2255	149	10	14.5	40.9%	118 (79.2%)	1 (0.7%)	21 (14.1%)	2 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.7%)								72	64	1846	355
062271003388	1492	Taper Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	1824 Taper Ave.	San Pedro	90731	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 832-3056	699	31	22.5	49.1%	136 (19.5%)	35 (5.0%)	404 (57.8%)	55 (7.9%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	65 (9.3%)	$9,189							72	68.9	1628	136
060639009333	1493	Stockdale Elementary	Public	K-6	7801 Kroll Way	Bakersfield	93309	Kern County	Panama-Buena Vista Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 831-7835	589	25	23.5	59.1%	161 (27.3%)	30 (5.1%)	298 (50.6%)	67 (11.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.4%)	$11,888							72	75.8	1339	154
060001308256	1494	Twin Oaks Elementary	Public	K-6	2835 Club Dr.	Rocklin	95765	Placer County	Rocklin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 624-4101	513	25	20.6	30.6%	245 (47.8%)	6 (1.2%)	105 (20.5%)	69 (13.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	86 (16.8%)	$5,992							71.9	81.2	1124	370
062271002915	1495	Chatsworth Park Elementary School Urban Planning/Community Development Magnet	Public	K-5	22005 Devonshire St.	Chatsworth	91311	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 341-1371	435	18	24.1	60.2%	77 (17.7%)	27 (6.2%)	204 (46.9%)	81 (18.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (10.6%)	$10,485							71.9	79.6	1182	313
062250002723	1496	Holmes Elementary	Public	K-5	5020 Barlin Ave.	Lakewood	90712	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 633-4427	388	17	23.3	60.3%	22 (5.7%)	99 (25.5%)	179 (46.1%)	52 (13.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.1%)	28 (7.2%)	$10,825							71.9	61.7	1980	484
062271003472	1497	Woodlake Elementary Community Charter	Public, Charter	K-5	23231 Hatteras St.	Woodland Hills	91367	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 347-7097	582	25	23.2	37.1%	316 (54.3%)	26 (4.5%)	132 (22.7%)	51 (8.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	55 (9.5%)	$10,010							71.9	74.6	1396	101
060166505708	1498	Chico Country Day	Public, Charter	K-8	102 West 11th St.	Chico	95928	Butte County	Chico Country Day District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 895-2650	574	24	24.2	30.0%	372 (64.8%)	8 (1.4%)	96 (16.7%)	29 (5.1%)	6 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	61 (10.6%)								71.9	65.4	1787	289
061062011834	1499	Fred T. Korematsu Elementary at Mace Ranch	Public	K-6	3100 Loyola Dr.	Davis	95618	Yolo County	Davis Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 757-5358	522	23	22.7	31.8%	223 (42.7%)	28 (5.4%)	106 (20.3%)	104 (19.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	59 (11.3%)								71.8	79.5	1184	315
061473001802	1500	Raymond Elementary	Public	K-6	517 North Raymond Ave.	Fullerton	92831	Orange County	Fullerton Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 447-7740	611	21	29	57.8%	119 (19.5%)	4 (0.7%)	444 (72.7%)	14 (2.3%)	3 (0.5%)	3 (0.5%)	24 (3.9%)	$4,947							71.8	65.7	1775	275

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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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