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)
062580008907	3461	Butterfield Language Academy	Public	K-8	13400 Kitching St.	Moreno Valley	92553	Riverside County	Moreno Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 571-4540	964	44	22.1	88.1%	29 (3.0%)	65 (6.7%)	829 (86.0%)	16 (1.7%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	22 (2.3%)	$7,270							35.7	30.8	3823	362
062847004399	3462	Hawthorne Elementary	Public	K-6	705 West Hawthorne St.	Ontario	91762	San Bernardino County	Ontario-Montclair	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 986-6582	559	23	24	81.4%	46 (8.2%)	18 (3.2%)	476 (85.2%)	7 (1.3%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.4%)	$7,499							35.7	28.4	4030	568
063627006186	3463	Andrew Jackson Elementary	Public	K-6	2220 Huntsman Ave.	Selma	93662	Fresno County	Selma Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 898-6690	632	27	23.4	86.2%	32 (5.1%)	1 (0.2%)	567 (89.7%)	22 (3.5%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.8%)	$12,377							35.7	39.3	3187	276
061734012075	3464	Hollister Dual Language Academy	Public	K-8	873 Santa Ana Rd. Ste. 200	Hollister	95023	San Benito County	Hollister	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 634-4930	850	39	21.9	56.1%	38 (4.5%)	1 (0.1%)	803 (94.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (0.9%)	$5,847							35.6	39.6	3163	301
061128001254	3465	Anderson (Linford L.) Elementary	Public	K-5	415 East C St.	Dixon	95620	Solano County	Dixon Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 693-6360	443	19	23.9	86.0%	75 (16.9%)	11 (2.5%)	308 (69.5%)	15 (3.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (7.4%)	$5,833							35.6	38.1	3275	190
062250002768	3466	Willard Elementary	Public	K-5	1055 Freeman Ave.	Long Beach	90804	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 438-9934	560	20	27.5	79.1%	12 (2.1%)	69 (12.3%)	409 (73.0%)	53 (9.5%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	13 (2.3%)	$8,132							35.6	28.4	4034	568
062847004396	3467	El Camino Elementary	Public	K-6	1525 West Fifth St.	Ontario	91762	San Bernardino County	Ontario-Montclair	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 986-6402	478	26	18.3	87.2%	22 (4.6%)	22 (4.6%)	410 (85.8%)	21 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	$11,029							35.6	32.7	3671	204
061455010488	3468	Hamilton Elementary	Public	K-8	102 East Clinton	Fresno	93704	Fresno County	Fresno Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 248-7370	798	43	18.5	86.2%	86 (10.8%)	50 (6.3%)	611 (76.6%)	13 (1.6%)	8 (1.0%)	3 (0.4%)	26 (3.3%)	$8,720							35.6	39.6	3166	302
063375005202	3469	Hurley Elementary	Public	K-6	535 South Dora Guzman Ave.	La Puente	91744	Los Angeles County	Rowland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 965-2429	395	18	21.9	94.9%	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	370 (93.7%)	17 (4.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)								35.6	38.3	3262	207
060011609482	3470	Spring Valley Elementary	Public	K-8	46655 Road 200	O Neals	93645	Madera County	Chawanakee Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 868-3343	254	10	25.5	52.8%	176 (69.3%)	1 (0.4%)	56 (22.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.7%)	$5,562							35.6	43.6	2913	557

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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.