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)
064212006893	3851	Valley View Elementary	Public	K-6	3310 West Ave. L-8	Lancaster	93536	Los Angeles County	Westside Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 943-2451	682	27	25.2	65.5%	147 (21.6%)	72 (10.6%)	398 (58.4%)	16 (2.3%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (6.7%)	$9,579							31	33.2	3622	229
060173203245	3852	Accelerated	Public, Charter	K-8	4000 South Main St.	Los Angeles	90037	Los Angeles County	Accelerated District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 235-6343	745	37	20.1	98.4%	7 (0.9%)	3 (0.4%)	735 (98.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								31	27.3	4146	294
062808011575	3853	Iron House Elementary	Public	K-5	4801 Frank Hengel Way	Oakley	94561	Contra Costa County	Oakley Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 625-6825	496	21	23.6	41.5%	101 (20.4%)	85 (17.1%)	187 (37.7%)	81 (16.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	38 (7.7%)	$6,349							31	27.6	4114	261
062847004406	3854	Mariposa Elementary	Public	K-6	1605 East D St.	Ontario	91764	San Bernardino County	Ontario-Montclair	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 983-4116	567	26	21.8	95.4%	12 (2.1%)	46 (8.1%)	494 (87.1%)	9 (1.6%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	$7,737							31	22.4	4624	770
061209001347	3855	Columbia Elementary	Public	K-8	3400 North California	El Monte	91731	Los Angeles County	El Monte City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 575-2306	713	31	23.1	90.3%	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.7%)	645 (90.5%)	56 (7.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	$7,228							30.9	28.1	4063	208
063207004936	3856	Franklin Elementary	Public	K-5	850 East Colton Ave.	Redlands	92374	San Bernardino County	Redlands Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 307-5530	620	26	23.8	86.0%	47 (7.6%)	39 (6.3%)	478 (77.1%)	17 (2.7%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.8%)	32 (5.2%)	$6,661							30.9	32.4	3703	153
060223708508	3857	Camino Nuevo Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	697 South Burlington Ave.	Los Angeles	90057	Los Angeles County	Camino Nuevo Charter Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 413-4245	601	27	22.5	99.5%	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	600 (99.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								30.9	30.9	3813	44
063276008667	3858	Rio Rosales	Public	K-5	1001 Kohala St.	Oxnard	93030	Ventura County	Rio Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 983-0277	544	23	23.6	59.2%	18 (3.3%)	15 (2.8%)	446 (82.0%)	50 (9.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.8%)	$6,392							30.9	27.9	4081	223
060000107534	3859	Meadowlark Elementary	Public	K-4	3015 West Sacramento St.	Acton	93510	Los Angeles County	Acton-Agua Dulce Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 269-8140	359	16	22.4	64.6%	109 (30.4%)	6 (1.7%)	228 (63.5%)	10 (2.8%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	$6,427							30.9	28	4069	210
062519003762	3860	Alturas Elementary	Public	K-5	809 West Eighth St.	Alturas	96101	Modoc County	Modoc Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 233-7201	357	19	19.1	66.1%	229 (64.1%)	2 (0.6%)	77 (21.6%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.6%)	3 (0.8%)	26 (7.3%)	$6,161							30.9	20.1	4849	989

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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.