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)
062970004622	51	Silver Spur Elementary	Public	K-5	5500 Ironwood St.	Rancho Palos Verdes	90275	Los Angeles County	Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 378-5011	539	23	23.2	4.8%	290 (53.8%)	4 (0.7%)	62 (11.5%)	104 (19.3%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	76 (14.1%)	$6,288							98.5	97.6	132	81
063513012242	52	Creekside Elementary	Public	K-5	6011 Massara St.	Danville	94506	Contra Costa County	San Ramon Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 314-2000	550	30	18.2	6.0%	116 (21.1%)	5 (0.9%)	42 (7.6%)	329 (59.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (10.2%)	$6,419							98.5	97.5	141	89
060001912927	53	Harold William Kolb	Public	K-5	3150 Palermo Way	Dublin	94568	Alameda County	Dublin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 551-4000	722	30	24	6.9%	63 (8.7%)	19 (2.6%)	35 (4.8%)	565 (78.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	38 (5.3%)	$5,492							98.5	96.3	248	195
060648013999	54	Hoover Elementary	Public	K-5	2220 Summit Dr.	Burlingame	94010	San Mateo County	Burlingame Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 259-3900	215	10	21.5	5.1%	94 (43.7%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.6%)	82 (38.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (12.6%)	$12,383							98.4	97.9	110	56
063432010380	55	Scripps Elementary	Public	K-5	11778 Cypress Canyon Rd.	San Diego	92131	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 605-2000	762	29	26	15.0%	203 (26.6%)	2 (0.3%)	75 (9.8%)	375 (49.2%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	104 (13.6%)	$7,159							98.4	98.6	46	9
063513005949	56	John Baldwin Elementary	Public	K-5	741 Brookside Dr.	Danville	94526	Contra Costa County	San Ramon Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 855-5200	447	20	22.5	2.5%	264 (59.1%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (10.3%)	77 (17.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (13.2%)	$6,123							98.4	97.9	109	53
060205811590	57	Union Street Charter	Public, Charter	K-5	470 Union St.	Arcata	95521	Humboldt County	Union Street Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 822-4845	99	6	16.5	45.5%	69 (69.7%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (15.2%)	1 (1.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (13.1%)								98.4	98.9	31	26
063174004910	58	R. Roger Rowe Elementary	Public	K-5	5927 La Granada	Rancho Santa Fe	92067	San Diego County	Rancho Santa Fe Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 756-1141	331	22	15	5.1%	248 (74.9%)	2 (0.6%)	31 (9.4%)	23 (6.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (7.9%)	$9,895							98.3	98.4	59	1
061029007787	59	C. B. Eaton Elementary	Public	K-5	20220 Suisun Dr.	Cupertino	95014	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 255-2848	478	20	23.3	16.1%	47 (9.8%)	2 (0.4%)	16 (3.3%)	357 (74.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (11.5%)	$6,729							98.3	98.1	89	30
060750008312	60	Pacific Rim Elementary	Public	K-5	1100 Camino de las Ondas	Carlsbad	92011	San Diego County	Carlsbad Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 331-6200	652	27	24.1	9.7%	416 (63.8%)	2 (0.3%)	101 (15.5%)	64 (9.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (10.3%)	$6,348							98.3	98.5	48	12

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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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