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)
061518001909	4001	El Roble Elementary	Public	K-5	930 Third St.	Gilroy	95020	Santa Clara County	Gilroy Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(669) 205-4200	547	23	23.7	61.1%	77 (14.1%)	1 (0.2%)	382 (69.8%)	21 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (12.1%)								29.1	29	3985	16
062271002919	4002	Cienega Elementary	Public	K-5	2611 South Orange Dr.	Los Angeles	90016	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 939-1138	408	22	18.5	87.0%	8 (2.0%)	57 (14.0%)	328 (80.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.4%)	$11,421							29.1	21.2	4744	742
062720004101	4003	Von Renner Elementary	Public	K-5	1388 Patchett Dr.	Newman	95360	Stanislaus County	Newman-Crows Landing Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 862-2868	527	25	21	58.4%	29 (5.5%)	1 (0.2%)	490 (93.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.9%)	$6,760							29.1	27.2	4157	154
062250002766	4004	Webster Elementary	Public	K-5	1755 West 32nd Way	Long Beach	90810	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 595-6568	497	20	24.8	80.3%	8 (1.6%)	109 (21.9%)	326 (65.6%)	40 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	11 (2.2%)	$9,290							29	28.5	4018	14
060236614333	4005	JCS - Pine Valley	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	28876 Old Highway 80	Pine Valley	91962	San Diego County	JCS - Pine Valley District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 473-1300	150	11	14.1	39.3%	103 (68.7%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (22.7%)	2 (1.3%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (5.3%)								29	37.6	3309	696
061674002109	4006	East Avenue Elementary	Public	K-6	2424 East Ave.	Hayward	94541	Alameda County	Hayward Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 723-3815	434	21	21.1	71.2%	40 (9.2%)	63 (14.5%)	223 (51.4%)	52 (12.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.2%)	42 (9.7%)								29	31.6	3759	247
060204514315	4007	STEM Preparatory Elementary	Public, Charter	K-5	1374 West 35th St.	Los Angeles	90007	Los Angeles County	STEM Preparatory Elementary District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 998-0950	319	15	21.2	87.5%	6 (1.9%)	62 (19.4%)	244 (76.5%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)								29	25.4	4324	317
061455001749	4008	Lowell Elementary	Public	K-6	171 North Poplar Ave.	Fresno	93701	Fresno County	Fresno Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 457-3020	307	17	18.4	97.7%	11 (3.6%)	26 (8.5%)	258 (84.0%)	5 (1.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.0%)	$8,825							29	19.8	4883	875
063060012268	4009	Marina Vista Elementary	Public	K-5	50 East Eighth St.	Pittsburg	94565	Contra Costa County	Pittsburg Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 473-2490	592	25	23.6	79.4%	27 (4.6%)	114 (19.3%)	353 (59.6%)	39 (6.6%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.4%)	50 (8.4%)	$6,831							29	30.5	3842	167
061734009378	4010	Cerra Vista Elementary	Public	K-8	2151 Cerra Vista Dr.	Hollister	95023	San Benito County	Hollister	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 636-4470	640	26	24.6	46.9%	108 (16.9%)	12 (1.9%)	438 (68.4%)	29 (4.5%)	6 (0.9%)	6 (0.9%)	41 (6.4%)	$6,599							29	39.4	3177	833

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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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