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)
063311005121	3751	Bates Elementary	Public	K-6	180 Primasing Ave.	Courtland	95615	Sacramento County	River Delta Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 775-1771	79	4	19.7	96.2%	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	76 (96.2%)	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,747							32.2	21	4762	1011
060172613746	3752	Caliber: Beta Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	2465 Dolan Way	San Pablo	94806	Contra Costa County	Caliber: Beta Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 685-9886	950	41	23	77.1%	17 (1.8%)	180 (18.9%)	636 (66.9%)	82 (8.6%)	5 (0.5%)	3 (0.3%)	27 (2.8%)								32.2	29	3979	227
060006404874	3753	Roche Elementary	Public	K-6	388 North Roche St.	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Porterville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 782-7250	337	15	22.2	81.3%	39 (11.6%)	6 (1.8%)	278 (82.5%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.0%)	$5,973							32.2	23.9	4468	715
063501005927	3754	Lillian Larsen Elementary	Public	K-8	1601 L St.	San Miguel	93451	San Luis Obispo County	San Miguel Joint Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 467-3216	427	23	18.5	77.3%	55 (12.9%)	3 (0.7%)	360 (84.3%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	$6,971							32.2	40.7	3088	666
062271002882	3755	Cabrillo Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	732 South Cabrillo Ave.	San Pedro	90731	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 832-6446	323	16	20.1	90.4%	6 (1.9%)	27 (8.4%)	271 (83.9%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.0%)	$12,563							32.2	26	4273	518
060168213762	3756	MethodSchools	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	38750 Sky Canyon Dr.	Murrieta	92563	Riverside County	MethodSchools District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(760) 224-0758	361	17	21.5	37.1%	157 (43.5%)	28 (7.8%)	140 (38.8%)	8 (2.2%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (6.4%)								32.2	28.9	3992	236
064293006985	3757	Shirley Rominger Intermediate	Public	3-5	502 Niemann St.	Winters	95694	Yolo County	Winters Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 795-6320	360	14	25.7	62.5%	114 (31.7%)	5 (1.4%)	223 (61.9%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.9%)	$7,095							32.2	38.3	3263	494
060197810975	3758	Stone Bridge	Public, Charter	K-8	1019 2nd Ave.	Napa	94558	Napa County	Stone Bridge District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 252-5522	277	10	27.7	13.4%	186 (67.1%)	4 (1.4%)	47 (17.0%)	14 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	24 (8.7%)								32.2	28.9	3987	229
061839002247	3759	Bennett/Kew P-8 Leadership Academy of Excellence	Public	K-8	11710 South Cherry Ave.	Inglewood	90303	Los Angeles County	Inglewood Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 680-5400	470	18	26.7	90.4%	3 (0.6%)	128 (27.2%)	316 (67.2%)	7 (1.5%)	4 (0.9%)	5 (1.1%)	7 (1.5%)								32.2	33.2	3624	135
062271002803	3760	Albion Street Elementary	Public	K-6	322 South Avenue 18	Los Angeles	90031	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 221-3108	125	8	15.6	88.8%	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.2%)	102 (81.6%)	18 (14.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	$17,723							32.2	43.7	2906	854

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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.