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)
060524000494	4451	Georgetown Elementary	Public	K-6	6530 Wentworth Springs Rd.	Georgetown	95634	El Dorado County	Black Oak Mine Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 333-8320	258	10	25.8	55.0%	189 (73.3%)	1 (0.4%)	38 (14.7%)	4 (1.6%)	3 (1.2%)	1 (0.4%)	22 (8.5%)	$9,985							24	34.7	3520	931
060214713935	4452	Empowering Possibilities International Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	2945 Ramco St.	West Sacramento	95691	Yolo County	Empowering Possibilities International Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 286-5130	406	21	19.1	72.7%	354 (87.2%)	3 (0.7%)	25 (6.2%)	7 (1.7%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (3.4%)								24	17.7	5086	634
062271003148	4453	Loreto Street Elementary	Public	K-5	3408 Arroyo Seco Ave.	Los Angeles	90065	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 222-5176	258	16	16.1	90.3%	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.2%)	244 (94.6%)	7 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	$14,334							24	44.4	2858	1595
062271003227	4454	Noble Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	8329 Noble Ave.	North Hills	91343	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 892-1151	692	34	20.3	93.4%	29 (4.2%)	6 (0.9%)	623 (90.0%)	18 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.3%)	$9,250							24	23.2	4538	84
060245008788	4455	Ione Elementary	Public	K-6	415 South Ione St.	Ione	95640	Amador County	Amador County Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 257-7000	530	23	23	41.3%	350 (66.0%)	1 (0.2%)	128 (24.2%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.3%)	5 (0.9%)	33 (6.2%)	$5,658							24	22.3	4631	176
063384005225	4456	Bret Harte Elementary	Public	K-6	2751 Ninth Ave.	Sacramento	95818	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-5190	189	10	19.5	79.4%	24 (12.7%)	28 (14.8%)	83 (43.9%)	21 (11.1%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.6%)	28 (14.8%)	$8,464							24	21.4	4716	260
062271003160	4457	Manchester Avenue Elementary	Public	1-6	661 West 87th St.	Los Angeles	90044	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 778-3472	567	25	22.6	97.5%	3 (0.5%)	102 (18.0%)	420 (74.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (7.1%)	$9,981							24	37	3353	1104
063531005983	4458	Diamond Elementary	Public	K-5	1450 South Center St.	Santa Ana	92704	Orange County	Santa Ana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 480-8100	367	18	20.2	81.5%	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	350 (95.4%)	12 (3.3%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$7,009							24	19.1	4944	486
062720012979	4459	Hurd Barrington Elementary	Public	K-5	838 Eucalyptus Ave.	Newman	95360	Stanislaus County	Newman-Crows Landing Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 862-2585	435	21	20.7	54.5%	65 (14.9%)	7 (1.6%)	333 (76.6%)	10 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (4.4%)	$5,335							24	22.1	4648	189
060939000952	4460	Mary B. Lewis Elementary	Public	K-6	18040 San Bernardino Ave.	Bloomington	92316	San Bernardino County	Colton Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 580-5025	575	24	23.9	94.3%	23 (4.0%)	49 (8.5%)	493 (85.7%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.9%)	$6,773							24	19.9	4870	410

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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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