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)
063559006069	751	Westlake Elementary	Public	K-5	1000 High St.	Santa Cruz	95060	Santa Cruz County	Santa Cruz City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 429-3878	471	20	23.7	24.6%	276 (58.6%)	6 (1.3%)	94 (20.0%)	25 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	68 (14.4%)	$8,637							89	88.6	789	38
060162000004	752	Bragg Elementary	Public	K-6	11501 Bos St.	Cerritos	90703	Los Angeles County	ABC Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 229-7830	623	24	25.9	51.8%	31 (5.0%)	58 (9.3%)	198 (31.8%)	239 (38.4%)	2 (0.3%)	8 (1.3%)	87 (14.0%)	$5,277							88.9	91	644	108
060169507533	753	San Jose Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	2021 West Alwood St.	West Covina	91790	Los Angeles County	San Jose Charter Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 856-1693	1,256	56	22.6	53.3%	45 (3.6%)	13 (1.0%)	885 (70.5%)	301 (24.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.2%)	9 (0.7%)								88.9	89	764	11
060903009762	754	Red Bank Elementary	Public	K-6	1454 Locan Ave.	Clovis	93611	Fresno County	Clovis Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 327-7800	802	32	25	31.2%	278 (34.7%)	27 (3.4%)	273 (34.0%)	163 (20.3%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	56 (7.0%)	$4,367							88.9	82.6	1070	316
060162000026	755	Stowers(Cecil B.) Elementary	Public	K-6	13350 Beach St.	Cerritos	90703	Los Angeles County	ABC Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 229-7905	536	18	29.9	39.7%	39 (7.3%)	24 (4.5%)	159 (29.7%)	272 (50.7%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	38 (7.1%)	$4,993							88.9	87.8	834	79
063877004954	756	Glenshire Elementary	Public	K-5	10990 Dorchester Dr.	Truckee	96161	Nevada County	Tahoe-Truckee Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 582-3720	485	21	23.4	14.6%	363 (74.8%)	2 (0.4%)	63 (13.0%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (10.7%)	$15,180							88.9	87.1	867	111
060744000695	757	Moulton Elementary	Public	K-5	29851 Highlands Ave.	Laguna Niguel	92677	Orange County	Capistrano Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 234-5980	530	22	24	27.5%	332 (62.6%)	6 (1.1%)	87 (16.4%)	35 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	69 (13.0%)	$9,505							88.9	90.7	658	99
061488001865	758	John Murdy Elementary	Public	K-6	14851 Donegal Dr.	Garden Grove	92844	Orange County	Garden Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 663-6405	673	28	24.4	76.8%	16 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	91 (13.5%)	535 (79.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (4.6%)	$12,219							88.9	90.2	696	62
061524001938	759	Horace Mann Elementary	Public	K-5	501 East Acacia Ave.	Glendale	91205	Los Angeles County	Glendale Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 246-2421	646	26	24.8	78.2%	415 (64.2%)	4 (0.6%)	177 (27.4%)	46 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	$6,496							88.8	90.8	653	106
060627011240	760	Oak Meadow Elementary	Public	K-5	7701 Silva Valley Pkwy.	El Dorado Hills	95762	El Dorado County	Buckeye Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 933-9746	461	17	27.1	16.9%	205 (44.5%)	11 (2.4%)	81 (17.6%)	114 (24.7%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	46 (10.0%)	$8,585							88.8	91.1	634	126

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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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Educational resources:

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.