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)
060245412948	3941	Grow Academy Arvin	Public, Charter	K-8	901 Nectarine Ct.	Arvin	93203	Kern County	Grow Academy Arvin District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 855-8200	801	31	26.2	89.4%	19 (2.4%)	9 (1.1%)	761 (95.0%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	8 (1.0%)								29.8	23.4	4520	579
062361003584	3942	New Haven Elementary	Public	K-8	14600 South Austin Rd.	Manteca	95336	San Joaquin County	Manteca Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 858-7360	484	19	25.5	66.3%	129 (26.7%)	10 (2.1%)	265 (54.8%)	61 (12.6%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	15 (3.1%)	$5,802							29.8	42.8	2961	981
063045011180	3943	Jack London Elementary	Public	K-6	2707 Francisco Ave.	Santa Rosa	95403	Sonoma County	Piner-Olivet Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 522-3030	258	12	22.2	59.7%	64 (24.8%)	8 (3.1%)	139 (53.9%)	25 (9.7%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	19 (7.4%)	$13,230							29.8	34.5	3540	403
061455007285	3944	Ayer Elementary	Public	K-6	5272 East Lowe Ave.	Fresno	93727	Fresno County	Fresno Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 253-6400	546	29	18.6	91.9%	21 (3.8%)	80 (14.7%)	328 (60.1%)	84 (15.4%)	4 (0.7%)	4 (0.7%)	25 (4.6%)	$8,672							29.7	28.2	4052	108
061605002004	3945	Fairview Elementary	Public	K-5	425 East Fairview Rd.	Bakersfield	93307	Kern County	Greenfield Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 837-6050	570	25	22.5	97.2%	23 (4.0%)	7 (1.2%)	535 (93.9%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	$9,269							29.7	25.2	4349	404
062316003539	3946	Mark Twain Elementary	Public	K-6	12315 Thorson Ave.	Lynwood	90262	Los Angeles County	Lynwood Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 603-1500	563	26	21.6	98.8%	3 (0.5%)	40 (7.1%)	515 (91.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	$5,694							29.7	35.4	3468	478
062271000453	3947	Walnut Park Elementary	Public	K-5	2642 Olive St.	Huntington Park	90255	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 588-3145	530	25	21.2	93.0%	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	520 (98.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.1%)	$10,241							29.6	24.5	4413	466
063657006208	3948	Shasta Elementary	Public	K-8	10446 Red Bluff Rd.	Shasta	96087	Shasta County	Shasta Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 243-1110	102	5	22.3	54.9%	78 (76.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (7.8%)	2 (2.0%)	3 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (10.8%)	$9,044							29.6	33.1	3636	312
063906006543	3949	Terra Bella Elementary	Public	K-5	9364 Road 238	Terra Bella	93270	Tulare County	Terra Bella Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 535-4451	481	26	18.5	93.6%	11 (2.3%)	1 (0.2%)	464 (96.5%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,997							29.6	28.4	4033	84
062271003386	3950	Sylvan Park Elementary	Public	K-5	6238 Noble Ave.	Van Nuys	91411	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 988-4020	663	31	21.3	96.1%	24 (3.6%)	12 (1.8%)	593 (89.4%)	10 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.6%)	$10,946							29.6	21.6	4707	757

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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.