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)
061288013863	2001	Quantum Academy	Public	4-8	420 North Falconer Rd.	Escondido	92027	San Diego County	Escondido Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 432-2220	287	15	18.7	55.1%	76 (26.5%)	11 (3.8%)	168 (58.5%)	10 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (7.7%)	$6,864							61.5	48	2640	639
062724002341	2002	Victoria Elementary	Public	K-6	1025 Victoria St.	Costa Mesa	92627	Orange County	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 515-6985	293	19	15.6	60.8%	104 (35.5%)	2 (0.7%)	169 (57.7%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (4.8%)								61.5	66.2	1749	253
062814004349	2003	Village View Elementary	Public	K-5	5361 Sisson Dr.	Huntington Beach	92649	Orange County	Ocean View	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 846-2801	336	16	21	43.2%	187 (55.7%)	4 (1.2%)	73 (21.7%)	43 (12.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	28 (8.3%)	$4,957							61.4	72.8	1469	534
060216110431	2004	Live Oak Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	100 Gnoss Concourse Bldg. 1	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Live Oak Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 762-9020	250	14	18.5	32.0%	177 (70.8%)	4 (1.6%)	33 (13.2%)	6 (2.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (10.8%)								61.4	53.6	2365	361
060165311733	2005	California Montessori Project-San Juan Campuses	Public, Charter	K-8	5330A Gibbons Dr. Ste. 700	Carmichael	95608	Sacramento County	California Montessori Project-San Juan Campuses District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 971-2432	1,477	61	24.4	33.0%	887 (60.1%)	24 (1.6%)	294 (19.9%)	56 (3.8%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	210 (14.2%)								61.4	66.5	1731	274
061233007608	2006	Arthur C. Butler Elementary	Public	K-6	9180 Brown Rd.	Elk Grove	95624	Sacramento County	Elk Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 681-7595	934	38	24.5	65.6%	111 (11.9%)	69 (7.4%)	216 (23.1%)	433 (46.4%)	5 (0.5%)	14 (1.5%)	86 (9.2%)	$7,134							61.4	58.1	2138	132
062271002892	2007	Canterbury Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	13670 Montague St.	Arleta	91331	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 892-1104	606	30	20.2	83.0%	8 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	547 (90.3%)	37 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.1%)	$9,608							61.4	58.3	2128	121
064215006907	2008	Fryberger Elementary	Public	K-5	6952 Hood Dr.	Westminster	92683	Orange County	Westminster	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 894-7237	322	14	22.6	85.1%	26 (8.1%)	9 (2.8%)	181 (56.2%)	95 (29.5%)	2 (0.6%)	5 (1.6%)	4 (1.2%)	$6,159							61.4	61.9	1960	48
062343007191	2009	Juliette Low School of the Arts	Public	K-6	215 North Ventura	Anaheim	92801	Orange County	Magnolia Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 533-2673	469	22	21.3	76.3%	51 (10.9%)	36 (7.7%)	298 (63.5%)	57 (12.2%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	21 (4.5%)								61.4	54.4	2308	299
062781004204	2010	Baldwin (Julia) Elementary	Public	K-6	280 Martinvale Ln.	San Jose	95119	Santa Clara County	Oak Grove Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 226-3370	478	18	26.5	40.2%	44 (9.2%)	15 (3.1%)	192 (40.2%)	181 (37.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	41 (8.6%)	$13,141							61.4	47.5	2669	659

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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.