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)
063581006119	1521	Santa Rosa French-American Charter (SRFACS)	Public, Charter	K-7	1350 Sonoma Ave.	Santa Rosa	95405	Sonoma County	Santa Rosa Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 890-3930	468	24	19.4	23.3%	263 (56.2%)	24 (5.1%)	108 (23.1%)	16 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (12.0%)	$7,436							71.5	69	1622	101
062628013928	1522	Gabriela Mistral Elementary	Public	K-5	505 Escuela Ave.	Mountain View	94040	Santa Clara County	Mountain View Whisman	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 526-3575	380	18	21.1	52.4%	50 (13.2%)	2 (0.5%)	280 (73.7%)	15 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (8.7%)								71.5	76.4	1307	215
060002809503	1523	Rancho Elementary	Public	K-5	31530 La Serena Way	Temecula	92591	Riverside County	Temecula Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 695-7150	460	19	24.2	32.0%	194 (42.2%)	7 (1.5%)	182 (39.6%)	28 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	46 (10.0%)	$10,052							71.5	77.1	1277	246
062569009158	1524	Mountain Meadows Elementary	Public	K-5	4200 Mountain Meadow Dr.	Moorpark	93021	Ventura County	Moorpark Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 378-6306	437	21	21	31.4%	197 (45.1%)	6 (1.4%)	190 (43.5%)	23 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.8%)	$5,532							71.5	76.3	1310	214
062748004137	1525	Spring Grove Elementary	Public	K-8	500 Spring Grove Rd.	Hollister	95023	San Benito County	North County Joint Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 637-3745	750	34	21.9	46.5%	247 (32.9%)	3 (0.4%)	459 (61.2%)	8 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (4.4%)	$7,678							71.5	54	2335	810
063588006143	1526	PRIDE Academy at Prospect Avenue	Public	K-8	9303 Prospect Ave.	Santee	92071	San Diego County	Santee	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 956-5200	563	22	25.8	52.2%	222 (39.4%)	12 (2.1%)	230 (40.9%)	35 (6.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	62 (11.0%)	$9,103							71.5	71.3	1525	1
060256511992	1527	Yuba River Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	10085 Adam Ave.	Grass Valley	95945	Nevada County	Yuba River Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 272-6060	322	12	26.2	50.9%	251 (78.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (9.3%)	5 (1.6%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	32 (9.9%)								71.4	60.5	2032	505
062637003957	1528	Monte Gardens Elementary	Public	K-5	3841 Larkspur Dr.	Concord	94519	Contra Costa County	Mt. Diablo Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 685-3834	578	21	28.1	22.7%	174 (30.1%)	12 (2.1%)	196 (33.9%)	90 (15.6%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	102 (17.6%)	$11,846							71.4	82.7	1068	460
060172211576	1529	Richmond College Preparatory	Public, Charter	K-8	214 South 11th St.	Richmond	94804	Contra Costa County	Richmond College Preparatory District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 235-2066	554	17	32.5	78.7%	2 (0.4%)	84 (15.2%)	439 (79.2%)	9 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	15 (2.7%)								71.4	52.9	2390	861
063846007433	1530	Fairwood Elementary	Public	K-5	1110 Fairwood Ave.	Sunnyvale	94089	Santa Clara County	Sunnyvale	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 523-4870	321	18	18.3	33.3%	60 (18.7%)	9 (2.8%)	109 (34.0%)	105 (32.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	35 (10.9%)	$12,630							71.3	77.9	1244	286

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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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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.