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)
062308003529	861	Shell Beach Elementary	Public	K-6	2100 Shell Beach Rd.	Pismo Beach	93449	San Luis Obispo County	Lucia Mar Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 474-3760	347	17	20.2	35.4%	204 (58.8%)	1 (0.3%)	91 (26.2%)	11 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (11.5%)	$4,351							87.1	85.4	937	76
060217812215	862	Goethe International Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	12500 Braddock Dr.	Los Angeles	90066	Los Angeles County	Goethe International Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 306-3484	440	22	20.2	23.0%	165 (37.5%)	67 (15.2%)	120 (27.3%)	26 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (14.1%)								87	87.9	820	42
060561000510	863	J. Marion Roynon Elementary	Public	K-5	2715 E St.	La Verne	91750	Los Angeles County	Bonita Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 971-8207	804	33	24.3	44.5%	145 (18.0%)	19 (2.4%)	505 (62.8%)	76 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (7.2%)								87	85.9	920	57
062772004197	864	San Ramon Elementary	Public	K-5	45 San Ramon Way	Novato	94945	Marin County	Novato Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 897-1196	441	20	22.5	19.5%	250 (56.7%)	6 (1.4%)	108 (24.5%)	25 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (11.6%)	$7,014							87	81.9	1104	240
063432005416	865	Bay Park Elementary	Public	K-5	2433 Denver St.	San Diego	92110	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 605-1100	526	20	26.1	23.0%	360 (68.4%)	5 (1.0%)	96 (18.3%)	9 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (10.6%)	$6,802							87	88.4	804	61
061887002289	866	Marjorie H. Tobias Elementary	Public	K-5	725 Southgate Ave.	Daly City	94015	San Mateo County	Jefferson Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 991-1246	307	13	23.6	35.5%	6 (2.0%)	1 (0.3%)	49 (16.0%)	216 (70.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	34 (11.1%)	$11,103							86.9	83.8	1010	144
062805004314	867	Sequoia Elementary	Public	K-5	3730 Lincoln Ave.	Oakland	94602	Alameda County	Oakland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 879-2151	447	19	23.5	43.6%	142 (31.8%)	51 (11.4%)	114 (25.5%)	43 (9.6%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	92 (20.6%)	$6,698							86.9	88.3	810	57
063597003259	868	Mountainview Elementary	Public	K-6	22201 West Cypress Pl.	Saugus	91390	Los Angeles County	Saugus Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 294-5325	914	36	25.3	21.9%	465 (50.9%)	8 (0.9%)	292 (31.9%)	65 (7.1%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	81 (8.9%)	$9,593							86.9	85.3	940	72
064119009652	869	Empresa Elementary	Public	K-5	4850 Avenida Empresa	Oceanside	92056	San Diego County	Vista Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 940-8454	688	28	24.5	37.2%	297 (43.2%)	18 (2.6%)	253 (36.8%)	25 (3.6%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	92 (13.4%)	$6,897							86.8	82.8	1062	193
063597008063	870	North Park Elementary	Public	K-6	23335 West Sunset Hills Dr.	Valencia	91354	Los Angeles County	Saugus Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 294-5370	469	19	24.6	23.5%	220 (46.9%)	10 (2.1%)	145 (30.9%)	46 (9.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (10.2%)	$9,853							86.8	68.6	1642	772

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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.