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)
062136008709	2641	Cinnamon Elementary	Public	K-6	500 East Cinnamon Dr.	Lemoore	93245	Kings County	Lemoore Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 924-6870	473	24	19.5	80.5%	48 (10.1%)	20 (4.2%)	345 (72.9%)	23 (4.9%)	9 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.9%)	$8,618							48.4	40.1	3115	474
062271003369	2642	Stanford Avenue Elementary	Public	1-5	2833 Illinois Ave.	South Gate	90280	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 569-8117	367	18	20.3	96.5%	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	357 (97.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.4%)	$9,160							48.4	30.9	3815	1173
063462005773	2643	Harry Dewey Fundamental Elementary	Public	K-6	7025 Falcon Rd.	Fair Oaks	95628	Sacramento County	San Juan Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 867-2020	388	18	21.5	41.5%	251 (64.7%)	4 (1.0%)	83 (21.4%)	12 (3.1%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.3%)	32 (8.2%)	$8,457							48.3	59	2096	547
062019002416	2644	Sierra Vista Elementary	Public	K-6	1800 East Whittier Blvd.	La Habra	90631	Orange County	La Habra City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 690-2359	454	20	22.6	74.9%	36 (7.9%)	3 (0.7%)	378 (83.3%)	20 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.5%)	$10,315							48.3	45.1	2816	172
062271003390	2645	Tarzana Elementary	Public	K-5	5726 Topeka Dr.	Tarzana	91356	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 881-1424	244	14	17.4	99.2%	48 (19.7%)	16 (6.6%)	145 (59.4%)	17 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (7.4%)	$12,347							48.3	32.5	3688	1043
061209001348	2646	Cortada Elementary	Public	K-6	3111 North Potrero Ave.	El Monte	91733	Los Angeles County	El Monte City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 575-2391	361	17	21.2	94.7%	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	304 (84.2%)	56 (15.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$7,717							48.2	40.6	3093	447
060687000628	2647	Mokelumne Hill Elementary	Public	K-6	8350 Highway 26	Mokelumne Hill	95245	Calaveras County	Calaveras Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 754-2140	163	8	20.3	52.1%	128 (78.5%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (11.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (8.0%)	$7,171							48.2	42.1	3008	361
061187001323	2648	Antelope Elementary	Public	K-8	111527 Highway 395	Coleville	96107	Mono County	Eastern Sierra Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 495-2231	122	6	19.7	40.2%	76 (62.3%)	2 (1.6%)	31 (25.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (5.7%)								48.2	61.5	1991	657
062271002811	2649	Amestoy Elementary	Public	K-5	1048 West 149th St.	Gardena	90247	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 327-5592	671	33	20.3	84.2%	9 (1.3%)	129 (19.2%)	476 (70.9%)	41 (6.1%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	12 (1.8%)	$9,598							48.2	51.7	2454	195
060202707493	2650	Antioch Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	3325 Hacienda Way	Antioch	94509	Contra Costa County	Antioch Charter Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 755-7311	207	11	19.5	27.5%	57 (27.5%)	23 (11.1%)	70 (33.8%)	42 (20.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	14 (6.8%)								48.2	40.7	3083	433

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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.