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)
063525008475	1611	Sanger Academy Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	2207 Ninth St.	Sanger	93657	Fresno County	Sanger Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 524-6840	619	29	21.2	68.3%	28 (4.5%)	3 (0.5%)	559 (90.3%)	22 (3.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.8%)	$8,702							69.5	55.5	2255	644
063610006171	1612	Stanwood A. Murphy Elementary	Public	K-8	417 Church St.	Scotia	95565	Humboldt County	Scotia Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 764-2212	192	10	19.1	76.0%	129 (67.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (13.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (17.7%)	$11,204							69.5	43.4	2930	1318
063525011999	1613	Ronald W. Reagan Elementary	Public	K-6	1586 South Indianola	Sanger	93657	Fresno County	Sanger Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 524-6780	491	21	23.1	66.8%	41 (8.4%)	6 (1.2%)	395 (80.4%)	40 (8.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.4%)	$10,669							69.4	64.7	1813	200
063432005476	1614	Hawthorne Elementary	Public	K-6	4750 Lehrer Dr.	San Diego	92117	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(858) 634-5701	256	10	25.6	60.2%	62 (24.2%)	5 (2.0%)	102 (39.8%)	36 (14.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.7%)	44 (17.2%)	$10,247							69.4	68.4	1653	39
060591008455	1615	Loma Vista Elementary	Public	K-5	2110 San Jose Ave.	Brentwood	94513	Contra Costa County	Brentwood Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 513-6390	711	28	25.3	18.6%	231 (32.5%)	49 (6.9%)	194 (27.3%)	160 (22.5%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	73 (10.3%)	$5,269							69.4	69.8	1588	27
060480000467	1616	Summerdale Elementary	Public	K-5	1100 Summerdale Dr.	San Jose	95132	Santa Clara County	Berryessa Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 923-1960	274	11	24.9	39.8%	10 (3.6%)	13 (4.7%)	70 (25.5%)	165 (60.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	13 (4.7%)	$12,045							69.3	74.5	1399	217
062301003509	1617	Macy Elementary	Public	K-6	2301 West Russell St.	La Habra	90631	Orange County	Lowell Joint	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 902-4231	408	18	22.6	46.3%	102 (25.0%)	1 (0.2%)	254 (62.3%)	19 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (7.8%)	$6,585							69.3	51.9	2442	825
062949004549	1618	Rio del Mar Elementary	Public	K-6	819 Pinehurst Dr.	Aptos	95003	Santa Cruz County	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 688-2053	408	19	22	24.0%	262 (64.2%)	3 (0.7%)	90 (22.1%)	13 (3.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (9.3%)								69.3	77	1280	338
062865004436	1619	La Veta Elementary	Public	K-6	2800 East La Veta Ave.	Orange	92869	Orange County	Orange Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 997-6155	456	18	25.9	66.2%	58 (12.7%)	2 (0.4%)	336 (73.7%)	24 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (7.9%)	$5,494							69.3	60.7	2026	407
063213008182	1620	Orion Alternative	Public	K-5	555 Avenue Del Ora	Redwood City	94062	San Mateo County	Redwood City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 482-2412	461	21	22.2	28.0%	98 (21.3%)	6 (1.3%)	152 (33.0%)	89 (19.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.3%)	110 (23.9%)								69.3	70.5	1555	65

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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.