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)
060205512661	4471	Paragon Collegiate Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	1608 Sampson St.	Marysville	95901	Yuba County	Paragon Collegiate Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 742-2505	202	10	20.2	69.8%	94 (46.5%)	3 (1.5%)	79 (39.1%)	6 (3.0%)	4 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (7.9%)								23.9	23.6	4500	29
060907000926	4472	Palm View Elementary	Public	K-6	1390 Seventh St.	Coachella	92236	Riverside County	Coachella Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 398-2861	532	26	20.5	93.6%	4 (0.8%)	7 (1.3%)	518 (97.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	$13,110							23.9	18	5051	579
060978001042	4473	West Street Elementary	Public	K-6	900 West St.	Corning	96021	Tehama County	Corning Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 824-7705	314	14	22.4	89.5%	78 (24.8%)	0 (0.0%)	225 (71.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.9%)	$11,650							23.9	20.4	4816	343
063384010358	4474	Cesar Chavez Intermediate	Public	4-6	7500 32nd St.	Sacramento	95822	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-4530	380	14	27.1	93.7%	15 (3.9%)	48 (12.6%)	188 (49.5%)	96 (25.3%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.0%)	14 (3.7%)	$5,579							23.9	33.2	3625	849
062697004075	4475	New Hope Elementary	Public	K-8	26675 North Sacramento Blvd.	Thornton	95686	San Joaquin County	New Hope Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 794-2376	168	10	16.8	81.5%	10 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	155 (92.3%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	$13,296							23.9	26	4278	197
061839002262	4476	Frank D. Parent Tk-8	Public	K-8	5354 West 64th St.	Inglewood	90302	Los Angeles County	Inglewood Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 680-5430	297	13	23.7	81.8%	0 (0.0%)	208 (70.0%)	70 (23.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.7%)								23.9	18.3	5014	538
061473001791	4477	Commonwealth Elementary	Public	K-6	2200 East Commonwealth Ave.	Fullerton	92831	Orange County	Fullerton Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 447-7705	297	12	24.7	76.4%	13 (4.4%)	7 (2.4%)	252 (84.8%)	16 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.0%)	$6,415							23.8	29.8	3904	573
061437001647	4478	Robert F. Kennedy Elementary	Public	K-6	1602 Lucretia Ave.	San Jose	95122	Santa Clara County	Franklin-McKinley Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 283-6325	300	16	19	69.3%	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.3%)	227 (75.7%)	66 (22.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)								23.8	21.9	4676	198
060438011843	4479	Taylor Mountain Elementary	Public	K-6	1210 East Bellevue Ave.	Santa Rosa	95407	Sonoma County	Bellevue Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 542-3671	457	22	20.7	79.6%	34 (7.4%)	11 (2.4%)	378 (82.7%)	17 (3.7%)	5 (1.1%)	2 (0.4%)	10 (2.2%)	$13,565							23.8	24.8	4382	97
060242312796	4480	Hardy Brown College Prep	Public, Charter	K-8	655 West 2nd St.	San Bernardino	92410	San Bernardino County	Hardy Brown College Prep District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 884-1410	329	21	15.5	75.4%	0 (0.0%)	217 (66.0%)	78 (23.7%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (9.1%)								23.8	39	3214	1266

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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.