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)
062025002438	1241	Murdock Elementary	Public	K-6	4354 Conrad Dr.	La Mesa	91941	San Diego County	La Mesa-Spring Valley	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 668-5775	617	26	23.7	43.3%	234 (37.9%)	22 (3.6%)	255 (41.3%)	23 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	79 (12.8%)	$5,526							78	74.7	1386	145
063441005613	1242	Garfield Elementary	Public	K-5	420 Filbert St.	San Francisco	94133	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 291-7924	191	10	18.6	50.3%	17 (8.9%)	18 (9.4%)	33 (17.3%)	83 (43.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (20.9%)	$6,103							78	70.7	1549	307
060453000418	1243	Nesbit Elementary	Public	K-8	500 Biddulph Way	Belmont	94002	San Mateo County	Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 637-4860	596	26	22.7	25.0%	136 (22.8%)	14 (2.3%)	188 (31.5%)	152 (25.5%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.9%)	89 (14.9%)	$12,333							77.9	87.5	847	396
060645000566	1244	Thomas Edison Elementary	Public	K-5	2110 West Chestnut St.	Burbank	91506	Los Angeles County	Burbank Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 729-0150	461	20	23.6	23.4%	192 (41.6%)	6 (1.3%)	141 (30.6%)	51 (11.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	71 (15.4%)	$10,305							77.9	74.3	1411	167
062271003286	1245	Pomelo Community Charter	Public, Charter	K-5	7633 March Ave.	West Hills	91304	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 887-9700	587	26	22.5	28.6%	253 (43.1%)	21 (3.6%)	138 (23.5%)	83 (14.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	91 (15.5%)	$9,600							77.9	75.9	1331	86
063441005631	1246	Jefferson Elementary	Public	K-5	1725 Irving St.	San Francisco	94122	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 759-2821	502	22	23.3	35.3%	107 (21.3%)	4 (0.8%)	41 (8.2%)	265 (52.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	84 (16.7%)	$6,103							77.9	92.3	557	689
061524001935	1247	Mark Keppel Elementary	Public	K-5	730 Glenwood Rd.	Glendale	91202	Los Angeles County	Glendale Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 244-2113	959	38	25.2	45.7%	642 (66.9%)	10 (1.0%)	77 (8.0%)	171 (17.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (6.2%)	$6,090							77.9	83.6	1017	230
061296008585	1248	Cecilia Lucero Solorio Elementary	Public	K-5	15172 Walnut St.	Fontana	92336	San Bernardino County	Etiwanda Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 357-8691	741	32	23.1	34.0%	103 (13.9%)	69 (9.3%)	397 (53.6%)	98 (13.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	72 (9.7%)	$6,067							77.9	74.1	1422	174
060861009350	1249	Chula Vista Hills Elementary	Public	K-6	980 Buena Vista Way	Chula Vista	91910	San Diego County	Chula Vista Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 482-7066	456	19	24	40.6%	46 (10.1%)	8 (1.8%)	315 (69.1%)	47 (10.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	39 (8.6%)	$9,704							77.9	68	1674	425
062271011646	1250	Charles H. Kim Elementary	Public	K-5	225 South Oxford Ave.	Los Angeles	90004	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 368-5600	472	26	18.1	88.3%	8 (1.7%)	13 (2.8%)	247 (52.3%)	189 (40.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.0%)	$9,973							77.8	78.5	1221	29

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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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