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)
060363014494	5751	Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Elementary	Public	K-6	1100 Citadel St.	Bakersfield	93307	Kern County	Bakersfield City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 631-5229	676	33	20.3	96.2%	26 (3.8%)	90 (13.3%)	547 (80.9%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	9 (1.3%)								8.3	9.9	5713	38
060363000309	5752	Mt. Vernon Elementary	Public	K-6	2161 Potomac Ave.	Bakersfield	93307	Kern County	Bakersfield City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 631-5380	657	35	18.5	95.4%	31 (4.7%)	27 (4.1%)	588 (89.5%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	$9,275							8.3	10.3	5694	58
063462005785	5753	Howe Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	2404 Howe Ave.	Sacramento	95825	Sacramento County	San Juan Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 971-5165	710	28	25.3	83.4%	170 (23.9%)	85 (12.0%)	162 (22.8%)	266 (37.5%)	1 (0.1%)	6 (0.8%)	20 (2.8%)	$8,103							8.3	9.3	5746	7
062088002505	5754	Desert View Elementary	Public	K-6	1555 West Avenue H-10	Lancaster	93534	Los Angeles County	Lancaster Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 942-9521	718	28	25.6	92.6%	208 (29.0%)	247 (34.4%)	166 (23.1%)	19 (2.6%)	15 (2.1%)	15 (2.1%)	48 (6.7%)	$8,532							8.3	10.6	5677	77
060133204156	5755	Northwood Elementary	Public	K-6	2630 Taft St.	Sacramento	95815	Sacramento County	Twin Rivers Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 566-2705	428	18	23.7	93.9%	43 (10.0%)	56 (13.1%)	168 (39.3%)	114 (26.6%)	3 (0.7%)	6 (1.4%)	38 (8.9%)								8.3	12	5571	184
063393005323	5756	Loma Vista Elementary	Public	K-6	757 Sausal Dr.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Salinas City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 753-5670	468	20	23.4	78.4%	10 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	449 (95.9%)	2 (0.4%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	$6,197							8.2	7.9	5800	44
061785002201	5757	Art Haycox Elementary	Public	K-5	5400 Perkins Rd.	Oxnard	93033	Ventura County	Hueneme Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 488-3578	745	33	22.3	97.2%	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	733 (98.4%)	6 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,731							8.2	6.5	5844	87
063417005366	5758	Lincoln Elementary	Public	K-6	255 West 13th St.	San Bernardino	92405	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 388-6370	572	27	21.1	96.2%	5 (0.9%)	71 (12.4%)	484 (84.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.6%)	$7,331							8.1	9.3	5741	17
060498000481	5759	Big Springs Elementary	Public	K-8	7405 Highway A-12	Montague	96064	Siskiyou County	Big Springs Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 459-3189	120	8	15	65.0%	62 (51.7%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (14.2%)	21 (17.5%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (15.8%)	$9,587							8.1	33.4	3616	2143
063441005669	5760	Malcolm X Academy	Public	K-5	350 Harbor Rd.	San Francisco	94124	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 695-5950	105	5	23.3	81.0%	2 (1.9%)	65 (61.9%)	9 (8.6%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.8%)	23 (21.9%)	$6,103							8.1	7.2	5825	65

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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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