Best Elementary Schools in California

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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)
060003601095	5741	American Lakes	Public	K-8	2800 Stonecreek Dr.	Sacramento	95833	Sacramento County	Natomas Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 567-5500	649	29	22.3	87.7%	46 (7.1%)	182 (28.0%)	298 (45.9%)	42 (6.5%)	4 (0.6%)	11 (1.7%)	66 (10.2%)	$9,033							8.5	7.4	5816	75
060006908610	5742	Pauma Elementary	Public	K-8	33158 Cole Grade Rd.	Pauma Valley	92061	San Diego County	Valley Center-Pauma Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 742-3741	260	12	21.6	76.9%	12 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	197 (75.8%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (17.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.3%)	$13,194							8.5	8.6	5774	32
060201812404	5743	Barack Obama Charter	Public, Charter	K-5	13305 South San Pedro St.	Los Angeles	90061	Los Angeles County	Barack Obama Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 566-4590	375	15	25	90.1%	1 (0.3%)	207 (55.2%)	158 (42.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.1%)								8.5	7.1	5832	89
060179113883	5744	KIPP Ignite Academy	Public, Charter	K-4	9110 South Central Ave.	Los Angeles	90002	Los Angeles County	KIPP Ignite Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 486-6402	442	19	23.2	95.0%	1 (0.2%)	183 (41.4%)	245 (55.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (2.5%)								8.5	11.2	5641	103
062007010228	5745	Pomo	Public	K-7	3350 Acacia St.	Clearlake	95422	Lake County	Konocti Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 994-6744	711	27	26.3	88.5%	194 (27.3%)	13 (1.8%)	418 (58.8%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (8.9%)								8.5	6.4	5845	100
062922006804	5746	Elm Street Elementary	Public	K-5	450 East Elm St.	Oxnard	93033	Ventura County	Oxnard	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 385-1533	468	22	21.7	94.9%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	468 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$4,332							8.4	12.6	5516	230
062610003909	5747	Potrero Elementary	Public	K-6	24875 Potrero Valley Rd.	Potrero	91963	San Diego County	Mountain Empire Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 478-5930	289	14	20.6	79.9%	5 (1.7%)	1 (0.3%)	283 (97.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$7,435							8.4	7.7	5804	57
063441005590	5748	Carmichael (Bessie)/FEC	Public	K-8	375 Seventh St.	San Francisco	94103	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 355-6916	557	26	21	68.8%	47 (8.4%)	96 (17.2%)	160 (28.7%)	162 (29.1%)	4 (0.7%)	5 (0.9%)	83 (14.9%)	$6,103							8.3	12	5577	171
064158006859	5749	Westmore Oaks Elementary	Public	K-8	1100 Clarendon St.	West Sacramento	95691	Yolo County	Washington Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 375-7730	532	27	19.4	90.6%	140 (26.3%)	24 (4.5%)	235 (44.2%)	92 (17.3%)	4 (0.8%)	3 (0.6%)	34 (6.4%)	$7,539							8.3	12.2	5559	190
061455001735	5750	Heaton Elementary	Public	K-6	1533 North San Pablo Ave.	Fresno	93728	Fresno County	Fresno Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 457-2920	513	28	18.2	96.7%	27 (5.3%)	56 (10.9%)	388 (75.6%)	28 (5.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.5%)	$8,726							8.3	8.7	5771	21

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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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