Best Elementary Schools in California

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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)
062271003191	1791	John B. Monlux Elementary	Public	K-5	6051 Bellaire Ave.	North Hollywood	91606	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 763-4693	657	28	23.4	84.0%	453 (68.9%)	7 (1.1%)	159 (24.2%)	20 (3.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (2.4%)	$11,841							65.5	60.3	2044	253
063271008496	1792	Rio Bravo Elementary	Public	K-4	22725 Elementary Ln.	Bakersfield	93314	Kern County	Rio Bravo-Greeley Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 588-6313	594	28	20.9	47.6%	282 (47.5%)	5 (0.8%)	278 (46.8%)	22 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.0%)	$6,743							65.4	63.2	1889	97
060591010753	1793	Pioneer Elementary	Public	K-5	2010 Shady Willow Ln.	Brentwood	94513	Contra Costa County	Brentwood Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 513-6410	921	34	27	20.7%	206 (22.4%)	98 (10.6%)	237 (25.7%)	272 (29.5%)	5 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	101 (11.0%)	$5,332							65.4	62.9	1900	107
060213610056	1794	The O'Farrell Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	6130 Skyline Dr.	San Diego	92114	San Diego County	The O'Farrell Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 263-3009	1,819	76	23.9	60.6%	32 (1.8%)	214 (11.8%)	1,059 (58.2%)	373 (20.5%)	1 (0.1%)	14 (0.8%)	125 (6.9%)								65.4	52.4	2415	621
063386005316	1795	Trabuco Elementary	Public	K-6	31052 Trabuco Canyon Rd.	Trabuco Canyon	92679	Orange County	Saddleback Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 858-0343	95	5	20.2	44.2%	42 (44.2%)	1 (1.1%)	31 (32.6%)	3 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (18.9%)	$11,383							65.4	71.4	1520	275
063072004779	1796	Weimar Hills	Public	4-8	200 West Weimar Crossroad	Weimar	95713	Placer County	Placer Hills Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 637-4121	385	20	19.3	33.2%	331 (86.0%)	4 (1.0%)	28 (7.3%)	2 (0.5%)	7 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.1%)								65.4	47.2	2683	887
064320004118	1797	Robert L. Stevens Elementary	Public	K-6	2345 Giffen Ave.	Santa Rosa	95407	Sonoma County	Wright Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 575-8883	442	18	24.5	74.2%	36 (8.1%)	12 (2.7%)	313 (70.8%)	52 (11.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	25 (5.7%)								65.4	64.8	1812	15
062025002435	1798	Lemon Avenue Elementary	Public	K-6	8787 Lemon Ave.	La Mesa	91941	San Diego County	La Mesa-Spring Valley	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 668-5835	513	19	27	46.4%	240 (46.8%)	24 (4.7%)	172 (33.5%)	12 (2.3%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	62 (12.1%)	$5,605							65.3	77.8	1248	550
062847011354	1799	Vista Grande Elementary	Public	K-6	1390 West Francis St.	Ontario	91762	San Bernardino County	Ontario-Montclair	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 988-2234	384	17	22.5	82.0%	23 (6.0%)	25 (6.5%)	309 (80.5%)	22 (5.7%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	$7,274							65.3	63.7	1856	57
060985001054	1800	Highland Elementary	Public	K-6	2301 Alhambra St.	Norco	92860	Riverside County	Corona-Norco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 736-3308	567	24	23.6	62.8%	284 (50.1%)	4 (0.7%)	233 (41.1%)	17 (3.0%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (4.4%)	$8,116							65.3	63.3	1874	74

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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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