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)
061632502051	3811	Lassalette	Public	K-8	14333 Lassalette St.	La Puente	91744	Los Angeles County	Hacienda la Puente Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 933-3000	425	20	20.9	88.0%	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	388 (91.3%)	27 (6.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.2%)								31.4	32.9	3662	149
063384005282	3812	Susan B. Anthony Elementary	Public	K-6	7864 Detroit Blvd.	Sacramento	95832	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-4710	314	14	22.4	77.1%	6 (1.9%)	12 (3.8%)	60 (19.1%)	224 (71.3%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	9 (2.9%)	$9,441							31.4	31.5	3771	41
064212010911	3813	Anaverde Hills	Public	K-8	2902 Greenbrier St.	Palmdale	93551	Los Angeles County	Westside Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 575-9923	576	24	24	52.3%	62 (10.8%)	99 (17.2%)	351 (60.9%)	38 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (4.5%)	$9,579							31.4	40.2	3113	700
060657000589	3814	Burton Elementary	Public	K-6	2375 West Morton St.	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Burton Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 784-2401	463	18	25.7	90.1%	48 (10.4%)	3 (0.6%)	352 (76.0%)	8 (1.7%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (10.6%)	$6,206							31.4	30.5	3849	35
063393005319	3815	Boronda Elementary	Public	K-6	1114 Fontes Ln.	Salinas	93907	Monterey County	Salinas City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 784-2231	272	13	20.9	47.4%	20 (7.4%)	2 (0.7%)	235 (86.4%)	2 (0.7%)	8 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.8%)	$8,743							31.4	25.8	4290	475
061632502068	3816	Valinda School of Academics	Public	K-8	1030 Indian Summer Ave.	La Puente	91744	Los Angeles County	Hacienda la Puente Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 933-4700	504	23	21.7	83.1%	10 (2.0%)	8 (1.6%)	448 (88.9%)	23 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (2.8%)								31.4	29.6	3926	110
062958012870	3817	Dos Caminos Dual Immersion	Public	K-8	39066 Palm Tree Way	Palmdale	93551	Los Angeles County	Palmdale Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 947-1849	902	35	25.5	78.2%	29 (3.2%)	30 (3.3%)	825 (91.5%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.1%)	$2,119							31.3	28.5	4024	207
062271003142	3818	Lockwood Avenue Elementary	Public	K-6	4345 Lockwood Ave.	Los Angeles	90029	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 662-2101	314	16	19.6	97.5%	19 (6.1%)	10 (3.2%)	256 (81.5%)	24 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.6%)	$13,333							31.3	27.9	4097	279
062985009986	3819	Harry Wirtz Elementary	Public	K-5	8535 Contreras St.	Paramount	90723	Los Angeles County	Paramount Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 602-8068	432	19	22.7	94.9%	3 (0.7%)	25 (5.8%)	391 (90.5%)	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.7%)	6 (1.4%)	2 (0.5%)	$4,984							31.3	33.3	3620	199
062513003745	3820	John Muir Elementary	Public	K-6	1215 Lucerne Ave.	Modesto	95350	Stanislaus County	Modesto City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 574-8182	555	25	22.3	87.0%	120 (21.6%)	13 (2.3%)	324 (58.4%)	29 (5.2%)	3 (0.5%)	6 (1.1%)	60 (10.8%)	$14,048							31.3	30.3	3859	39

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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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Educational resources:

Charter Schools vs Regular Public Schools: Understanding the Key Differences

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.