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)
063384005227	391	Caleb Greenwood Elementary	Public	K-6	5457 Carlson Dr.	Sacramento	95819	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-4515	497	18	27	24.5%	271 (54.5%)	22 (4.4%)	113 (22.7%)	31 (6.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	58 (11.7%)	$6,608							94.4	92.9	512	121
060744011268	392	Canyon Vista Elementary	Public	K-5	27800 Oak View Dr.	Aliso Viejo	92656	Orange County	Capistrano Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 234-5941	508	22	23	17.1%	291 (57.3%)	2 (0.4%)	55 (10.8%)	83 (16.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	77 (15.2%)	$9,888							94.4	96.1	260	132
061440001668	393	O. N. Hirsch Elementary	Public	K-5	41399 Chapel Way	Fremont	94538	Alameda County	Fremont Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 657-3537	411	17	24.4	30.4%	24 (5.8%)	3 (0.7%)	41 (10.0%)	328 (79.8%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.9%)	$7,723							94.4	95.8	285	108
060876000895	394	Sycamore Elementary	Public	K-6	225 West Eighth St.	Claremont	91711	Los Angeles County	Claremont Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 398-0324	339	13	26	19.5%	163 (48.1%)	5 (1.5%)	86 (25.4%)	40 (11.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (13.0%)	$5,298							94.4	91.3	620	226
060453012574	395	Redwood Shores Elementary	Public	K-5	225 Shearwater Pkwy.	Redwood City	94065	San Mateo County	Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 802-8060	408	19	21.4	6.6%	115 (28.2%)	3 (0.7%)	44 (10.8%)	178 (43.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	66 (16.2%)	$11,347							94.4	96.5	231	164
063432005477	396	Hearst Elementary	Public	K-5	6230 Del Cerro Blvd.	San Diego	92120	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 583-5704	530	21	25.7	19.2%	317 (59.8%)	8 (1.5%)	89 (16.8%)	27 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	88 (16.6%)	$7,084							94.4	92.6	527	131
063441005652	397	New Traditions Elementary	Public	K-5	2049 Grove St.	San Francisco	94117	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 750-8490	254	9	29.8	20.9%	125 (49.2%)	14 (5.5%)	39 (15.4%)	19 (7.5%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	54 (21.3%)	$6,103							94.4	91.3	615	218
062271002888	398	Canfield Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	9233 Airdrome St.	Los Angeles	90035	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 552-2525	296	15	20.4	48.6%	140 (47.3%)	12 (4.1%)	71 (24.0%)	18 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	53 (17.9%)	$11,831							94.4	90.4	686	288
060964012393	399	Env Academy of Research Technical and Earth Scis	Public	K-5	2626 Michael Dr.	Newbury Park	91320	Ventura County	Conejo Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 498-3686	541	22	24.5	17.9%	238 (44.0%)	3 (0.6%)	163 (30.1%)	93 (17.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	43 (7.9%)	$6,740							94.4	94.2	418	19
061389010355	400	Empire Oaks Elementary	Public	K-5	1830 Bonhill Dr.	Folsom	95630	Sacramento County	Folsom-Cordova Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 294-9130	409	18	22.4	12.2%	179 (43.8%)	6 (1.5%)	63 (15.4%)	108 (26.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	51 (12.5%)	$6,837							94.3	91.1	630	230

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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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