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)
062827004382	3281	Topa Topa Elementary	Public	K-6	916 Mountain View Ave.	Ojai	93023	Ventura County	Ojai Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 640-4366	355	15	24.4	40.0%	199 (56.1%)	5 (1.4%)	127 (35.8%)	9 (2.5%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (3.1%)								38.3	72.5	1480	1801
062250002732	3282	Lafayette Elementary	Public	K-5	2445 Chestnut Ave.	Long Beach	90806	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 426-7075	849	31	27.8	77.4%	14 (1.6%)	99 (11.7%)	681 (80.2%)	25 (2.9%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.5%)	24 (2.8%)	$7,474							38.3	36.2	3413	131
061455001712	3283	Burroughs Elementary	Public	K-6	166 North Sierra Vista Ave.	Fresno	93702	Fresno County	Fresno Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 253-6430	688	34	20.1	96.4%	8 (1.2%)	15 (2.2%)	620 (90.1%)	37 (5.4%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	4 (0.6%)	$8,644							38.2	29.9	3898	615
060240112941	3284	Trivium Charter	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1550 South College Dr.	Santa Maria	93454	Santa Barbara County	Trivium Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(805) 291-1303	320	15	20.6	39.4%	149 (46.6%)	3 (0.9%)	130 (40.6%)	8 (2.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (8.8%)								38.2	41.5	3034	250
069113511048	3285	Lasselle Elementary	Public	K-5	26446 Krameria Ave.	Moreno Valley	92551	Riverside County	Val Verde Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 490-0350	729	32	22.4	79.7%	41 (5.6%)	146 (20.0%)	478 (65.6%)	32 (4.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (4.1%)	$5,264							38.2	42.5	2982	303
062271003408	3286	Twentieth Street Elementary	Public	K-5	1358 East Walnut St.	Los Angeles	91106	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 747-7151	510	27	18.8	92.2%	5 (1.0%)	25 (4.9%)	469 (92.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.0%)	$11,473							38.2	38.4	3261	25
060579008487	3287	Myron D. Witter Elementary	Public	K-6	150 K St.	Brawley	92227	Imperial County	Brawley Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 344-0750	828	36	22.9	74.0%	47 (5.7%)	5 (0.6%)	771 (93.1%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	$11,462							38.2	45.2	2809	478
060411007263	3288	Don Julian Elementary	Public	K-8	13855 Don Julian Rd.	La Puente	91746	Los Angeles County	Bassett Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 931-2900	557	24	23	92.3%	9 (1.6%)	12 (2.2%)	511 (91.7%)	23 (4.1%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$2,425							38.2	39.1	3200	88
063680006242	3289	Faller Elementary	Public	K-5	1500 West Upjohn St.	Ridgecrest	93555	Kern County	Sierra Sands Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 499-1690	504	22	23.2	58.5%	233 (46.2%)	28 (5.6%)	189 (37.5%)	9 (1.8%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.8%)	39 (7.7%)								38.2	33.9	3585	296
060985001067	3290	Vicentia Elementary	Public	K-6	2005 South Vicentia Ave.	Corona	92882	Riverside County	Corona-Norco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 736-3228	551	23	23.9	87.8%	51 (9.3%)	8 (1.5%)	459 (83.3%)	17 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	14 (2.5%)	$8,434							38.1	43.6	2917	373

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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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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.