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)
062271003221	3671	Charles W. Barrett Elementary	Public	K-5	419 West 98th St.	Los Angeles	90003	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 756-1419	515	29	17.7	98.8%	2 (0.4%)	90 (17.5%)	411 (79.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (1.9%)	$10,561							33.1	25.8	4291	620
063441005640	3672	Flynn (Leonard R.) Elementary	Public	K-5	3125 Cesar Chavez St.	San Francisco	94110	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 695-5770	383	20	19.6	56.1%	63 (16.4%)	44 (11.5%)	214 (55.9%)	7 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	52 (13.6%)	$6,103							33.1	20.2	4826	1154
063060004746	3673	Foothill Elementary	Public	K-5	1200 Jensen Dr.	Pittsburg	94565	Contra Costa County	Pittsburg Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 473-2450	550	25	22	67.5%	30 (5.5%)	58 (10.5%)	359 (65.3%)	51 (9.3%)	4 (0.7%)	4 (0.7%)	44 (8.0%)	$8,213							33.1	31	3803	130
060948000962	3674	Columbia Elementary	Public	K-8	22540 Parrotts Ferry Rd.	Columbia	95310	Tuolumne County	Columbia Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 533-7700	450	25	17.8	54.7%	309 (68.7%)	5 (1.1%)	91 (20.2%)	4 (0.9%)	14 (3.1%)	2 (0.4%)	23 (5.1%)	$9,172							33.1	35.4	3472	202
062825004374	3675	South Oceanside Elementary	Public	K-5	1806 South Horne St.	Oceanside	92054	San Diego County	Oceanside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 435-2100	496	19	26.1	66.1%	188 (37.9%)	2 (0.4%)	239 (48.2%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	61 (12.3%)	$11,751							33	40.2	3112	563
060261000155	3676	Juarez (Benito) Elementary	Public	K-6	841 South Sunkist St.	Anaheim	92806	Orange County	Anaheim Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 517-8923	662	30	22	71.8%	40 (6.0%)	10 (1.5%)	542 (81.9%)	42 (6.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (4.1%)	$6,284							33	24.7	4391	715
060363000313	3677	Bessie E. Owens Elementary	Public	K-6	815 Potomac Ave.	Bakersfield	93307	Kern County	Bakersfield City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 631-5420	900	43	20.9	93.2%	52 (5.8%)	87 (9.7%)	749 (83.2%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (0.8%)	$10,334							33	26.4	4242	565
061926008149	3678	Sky Country Elementary	Public	K-6	5520 Lucretia Ave.	Jurupa Valley	91752	Riverside County	Jurupa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 360-2816	475	23	20.3	72.6%	67 (14.1%)	3 (0.6%)	381 (80.2%)	5 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	15 (3.2%)	$9,604							33	25.3	4334	656
061716005507	3679	Hickman Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	13306 Fourth St.	Hickman	95323	Stanislaus County	Hickman Community Charter	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 874-9070	579	24	23.6	42.1%	356 (61.5%)	13 (2.2%)	147 (25.4%)	15 (2.6%)	7 (1.2%)	2 (0.3%)	39 (6.7%)	$8,557							33	39.3	3184	495
060152412447	3680	Aspire Titan Academy	Public, Charter	K-5	6720 South Alameda St.	Huntington Park	90255	Los Angeles County	Aspire Titan Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 583-5421	321	11	29.1	93.8%	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	308 (96.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.1%)								33	26.9	4180	500

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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.