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)
063132004862	4871	Washington Elementary	Public	K-5	975 East Ninth St.	Pomona	91766	Los Angeles County	Pomona Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 397-4675	664	28	23.7	92.6%	18 (2.7%)	11 (1.7%)	617 (92.9%)	13 (2.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	$6,004							19.9	22	4660	211
062271003158	4872	Main Street Elementary	Public	K-5	129 East 53rd St.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 232-4856	649	36	18	94.6%	6 (0.9%)	39 (6.0%)	595 (91.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.4%)	$10,018							19.9	15.2	5306	434
063488005892	4873	San Marcos Elementary	Public	K-5	1 Tiger Way	San Marcos	92069	San Diego County	San Marcos Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 290-2430	599	28	21.3	80.6%	15 (2.5%)	10 (1.7%)	562 (93.8%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.3%)	$8,146							19.9	27	4174	699
060411000376	4874	Sunkist Elementary	Public	K-5	935 Mayland Ave.	La Puente	91746	Los Angeles County	Bassett Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 931-7700	320	15	21.3	92.2%	8 (2.5%)	4 (1.3%)	292 (91.3%)	14 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	$2,896							19.8	26.6	4215	659
061632502073	4875	Wing Lane Elementary	Public	K-5	16605 Wing Ln.	La Puente	91744	Los Angeles County	Hacienda la Puente Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 933-5900	288	13	22.1	85.8%	3 (1.0%)	3 (1.0%)	258 (89.6%)	17 (5.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.1%)								19.8	15.1	5311	436
060444008118	4876	Frank E. Woodruff Elementary	Public	K-6	15332 South Eucalyptus St.	Bellflower	90706	Los Angeles County	Bellflower Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 804-6545	435	18	24.1	88.3%	11 (2.5%)	48 (11.0%)	343 (78.9%)	23 (5.3%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.6%)	$9,056							19.8	17.2	5144	268
064074006725	4877	Federal Terrace Elementary	Public	K-6	415 Daniels St.	Vallejo	94590	Solano County	Vallejo City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 556-8460	271	11	25.2	84.9%	11 (4.1%)	64 (23.6%)	137 (50.6%)	48 (17.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	9 (3.3%)								19.8	16.5	5193	316
063697009195	4878	Baldy Mesa Elementary	Public	K-5	10376 Baldy Mesa Rd.	Phelan	92329	San Bernardino County	Snowline Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 949-1232	960	40	24	72.6%	150 (15.6%)	32 (3.3%)	676 (70.4%)	13 (1.4%)	7 (0.7%)	5 (0.5%)	77 (8.0%)	$6,937							19.8	17.2	5137	259
062316003542	4879	Wilson Elementary	Public	K-6	11700 School St.	Lynwood	90262	Los Angeles County	Lynwood Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 603-1525	540	24	22.5	93.9%	7 (1.3%)	19 (3.5%)	512 (94.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$4,726							19.8	23.7	4494	385
060813000783	4880	Carroll Fowler Elementary	Public	K-6	2611 Garrison St.	Ceres	95307	Stanislaus County	Ceres Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 556-1640	527	22	23.9	86.1%	86 (16.3%)	5 (0.9%)	407 (77.2%)	17 (3.2%)	2 (0.4%)	5 (0.9%)	5 (0.9%)	$8,069							19.8	15.4	5291	411

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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.