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)
062637003984	4911	Wren Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	3339 Wren Ave.	Concord	94519	Contra Costa County	Mt. Diablo Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 685-7002	357	17	21	72.8%	62 (17.4%)	16 (4.5%)	180 (50.4%)	59 (16.5%)	2 (0.6%)	5 (1.4%)	32 (9.0%)	$12,854							19.3	17.9	5063	152
060133201202	4912	Fairbanks Elementary	Public	K-6	227 Fairbanks Ave.	Sacramento	95838	Sacramento County	Twin Rivers Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 566-3435	369	15	24.6	92.7%	20 (5.4%)	56 (15.2%)	128 (34.7%)	122 (33.1%)	4 (1.1%)	12 (3.3%)	27 (7.3%)								19.3	16.1	5229	317
063738014501	4913	SBUSD Virtual Academy	Public	K-6	490 Emory St.	Imperial Beach	91932	San Diego County	South Bay Union	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(619) 628-1605	65	3	21.6	58.5%	4 (6.2%)	1 (1.5%)	55 (84.6%)	4 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.5%)								19.3	9.9	5715	802
061630001111	4914	Los Amigos Elementary	Public	K-5	8496 Ninth St.	Rancho Cucamonga	91730	San Bernardino County	Cucamonga Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 982-8387	531	26	20.1	79.5%	22 (4.1%)	51 (9.6%)	423 (79.7%)	21 (4.0%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.9%)	8 (1.5%)	$6,862							19.3	19.6	4911	3
060681000619	4915	Madison Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	1615 East Madison Ave.	El Cajon	92019	San Diego County	Cajon Valley Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 588-3077	647	26	24.5	88.9%	310 (47.9%)	34 (5.3%)	218 (33.7%)	30 (4.6%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	50 (7.7%)	$11,218							19.2	23.4	4517	398
060148112377	4916	SOAR Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	198 West Mill St.	San Bernardino	92408	San Bernardino County	SOAR Charter Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 888-3300	449	20	22.3	84.2%	41 (9.1%)	61 (13.6%)	325 (72.4%)	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	14 (3.1%)								19.2	23.5	4509	407
063432005466	4917	Fulton K-8	Public	K-8	7055 Skyline Dr.	San Diego	92114	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 344-3200	322	14	22.9	91.6%	14 (4.3%)	79 (24.5%)	168 (52.2%)	37 (11.5%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.9%)	20 (6.2%)	$8,520							19.2	29.1	3976	941
060744000702	4918	San Juan Elementary	Public	K-5	31642 El Camino Real	San Juan Capistrano	92675	Orange County	Capistrano Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 493-4533	673	27	24.9	73.0%	86 (12.8%)	3 (0.4%)	550 (81.7%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (4.8%)	$9,610							19.2	30.1	3879	1039
060426008798	4919	North Beardsley Elementary	Public	K-6	900 Sanford Dr.	Bakersfield	93308	Kern County	Beardsley Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 392-0878	767	35	21.9	98.8%	268 (34.9%)	35 (4.6%)	427 (55.7%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (4.0%)	$6,444							19.2	16.3	5209	290
062958009173	4920	Chaparral Prep Academy	Public	K-5	37500 50th St. East	Palmdale	93552	Los Angeles County	Palmdale Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 285-9777	580	23	25.2	89.7%	23 (4.0%)	67 (11.6%)	465 (80.2%)	8 (1.4%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.1%)	$269							19.2	19.4	4928	8

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.