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)
061038001163	1631	Cutten Elementary	Public	3-6	4182 Walnut Dr.	Eureka	95503	Humboldt County	Cutten Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 441-3900	302	13	23.7	44.0%	189 (62.6%)	1 (0.3%)	44 (14.6%)	10 (3.3%)	9 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (16.2%)	$9,960							69.1	59.3	2088	457
060985009355	1632	Prado View Elementary	Public	K-6	2800 Ridgeline Dr.	Corona	92882	Riverside County	Corona-Norco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 736-3474	548	24	22.8	63.1%	172 (31.4%)	16 (2.9%)	231 (42.2%)	96 (17.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (5.8%)	$8,060							69.1	63.5	1864	232
062682004062	1633	Seven Hills Intermediate	Public	4-8	700 Hoover Ln.	Nevada City	95959	Nevada County	Nevada City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 265-1840	431	21	20.7	33.4%	351 (81.4%)	5 (1.2%)	38 (8.8%)	7 (1.6%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.5%)	$3,081							69	77.8	1249	384
063822009448	1634	Pinetree Community Elementary	Public	K-6	29156 Lotusgarden Dr.	Canyon Country	91387	Los Angeles County	Sulphur Springs Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 298-2280	660	26	25.3	28.3%	207 (31.4%)	30 (4.5%)	313 (47.4%)	49 (7.4%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (8.8%)	$6,485							69	67.8	1682	48
062769004173	1635	La Pluma Elementary	Public	K-5	14420 La Pluma Dr.	La Mirada	90638	Los Angeles County	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 210-3205	287	11	25	60.6%	42 (14.6%)	3 (1.0%)	194 (67.6%)	28 (9.8%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.7%)	17 (5.9%)	$12,409							69	47.1	2689	1054
062343003560	1636	Dr. Peter Marshall	Public	K-6	2627 Crescent Ave.	Anaheim	92801	Orange County	Magnolia Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 527-8821	718	33	21.7	67.8%	50 (7.0%)	23 (3.2%)	552 (76.9%)	71 (9.9%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	18 (2.5%)								68.9	73.2	1452	184
062664004013	1637	Browns Valley Elementary	Public	K-7	1001 Buhman Ave.	Napa	94558	Napa County	Napa Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 253-3761	570	23	25	39.1%	361 (63.3%)	3 (0.5%)	157 (27.5%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (7.5%)	$5,893							68.9	66.9	1714	77
060627000548	1638	Buckeye Elementary	Public	K-5	4561 Buckeye Rd.	Shingle Springs	95682	El Dorado County	Buckeye Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 677-2277	349	13	26.8	39.8%	257 (73.6%)	2 (0.6%)	73 (20.9%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.0%)	$10,375							68.9	73.3	1449	189
063462005792	1639	Earl Legette Elementary	Public	K-6	4623 Kenneth Ave.	Fair Oaks	95628	Sacramento County	San Juan Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 979-8430	548	22	24.9	34.1%	368 (67.2%)	4 (0.7%)	110 (20.1%)	23 (4.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	40 (7.3%)	$7,077							68.9	69.7	1594	45
060330009303	1640	San Gabriel Elementary	Public	K-5	8500 San Gabriel Rd.	Atascadero	93422	San Luis Obispo County	Atascadero Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 462-4340	359	13	27.6	46.2%	198 (55.2%)	12 (3.3%)	100 (27.9%)	11 (3.1%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (9.7%)	$11,197							68.9	74.2	1416	224

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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.