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)
061440001675	671	John G. Mattos Elementary	Public	K-5	37944 Farwell Dr.	Fremont	94536	Alameda County	Fremont Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 793-1359	365	16	22.5	17.5%	50 (13.7%)	5 (1.4%)	70 (19.2%)	213 (58.4%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	24 (6.6%)	$7,717							90.5	83.3	1039	368
061296010609	672	Grapeland Elementary	Public	K-5	7171 Etiwanda Ave.	Etiwanda	91739	San Bernardino County	Etiwanda Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 463-7026	617	26	23.7	31.0%	102 (16.5%)	43 (7.0%)	234 (37.9%)	178 (28.8%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (8.9%)	$4,916							90.5	91.9	576	96
062250002712	673	Emerson Parkside Academy	Public	K-5	2625 Josie Ave.	Long Beach	90815	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 420-2631	337	17	19.4	28.5%	135 (40.1%)	22 (6.5%)	109 (32.3%)	30 (8.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (12.2%)	$8,710							90.5	87.9	824	151
060964001029	674	Weathersfield Elementary	Public	K-5	3151 Darlington Dr.	Thousand Oaks	91360	Ventura County	Conejo Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 492-3563	440	20	22	20.5%	246 (55.9%)	6 (1.4%)	137 (31.1%)	18 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (7.5%)	$8,044							90.4	94.8	373	301
061473001805	675	Sunset Lane Elementary	Public	K-6	2030 Sunset Ln.	Fullerton	92833	Orange County	Fullerton Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 447-7750	716	25	28.6	40.4%	55 (7.7%)	8 (1.1%)	167 (23.3%)	445 (62.2%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	38 (5.3%)	$5,169							90.4	93.2	488	187
063432005545	676	Sandburg Elementary	Public	K-5	11230 Avenida del Gato	San Diego	92126	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 566-0510	554	24	23.4	43.3%	93 (16.8%)	8 (1.4%)	112 (20.2%)	245 (44.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	94 (17.0%)	$8,190							90.4	90.1	706	30
060015310934	677	Brightwood Elementary	Public	K-8	1701 Brightwood St.	Monterey Park	91754	Los Angeles County	Alhambra Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 943-3360	789	32	24.8	36.9%	13 (1.6%)	6 (0.8%)	289 (36.6%)	439 (55.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	40 (5.1%)	$11,523							90.4	91.6	598	79
060474006865	678	Rosa Parks Environmental Science	Public	K-5	920 Allston Way	Berkeley	94710	Alameda County	Berkeley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 644-8812	371	18	20.6	30.5%	160 (43.1%)	35 (9.4%)	90 (24.3%)	38 (10.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (12.7%)	$9,046							90.4	90.7	659	19
060004306172	679	Brook Knoll Elementary	Public	K-5	151 Brook Knoll Dr.	Santa Cruz	95060	Santa Cruz County	Scotts Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 423-2454	467	21	22	14.8%	318 (68.1%)	2 (0.4%)	73 (15.6%)	27 (5.8%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	40 (8.6%)	$7,270							90.4	87.6	845	166
063543006052	680	Sutter Elementary	Public	K-5	3200 Forbes Ave.	Santa Clara	95051	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-4200	293	13	22.3	15.0%	91 (31.1%)	2 (0.7%)	63 (21.5%)	86 (29.4%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (16.7%)	$10,598							90.4	90.9	647	33

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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.