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)
060202510845	5211	Ivy Academia	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	5975 Shoup Ave.	Woodland Hills	91367	Los Angeles County	Ivy Academia District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 716-0771	410	19	21.4	90.2%	33 (8.0%)	36 (8.8%)	290 (70.7%)	28 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (5.4%)								16	31.1	3793	1418
062271003332	5212	Martin Luther King Junior Elementary	Public	K-5	3989 South Hobart Blvd.	Los Angeles	90062	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 294-0031	285	17	16.7	97.9%	1 (0.4%)	53 (18.6%)	221 (77.5%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.5%)	$11,525							15.9	20.6	4797	415
062316003535	5213	Lugo Elementary	Public	K-6	4345 Pendleton Ave.	Lynwood	90262	Los Angeles County	Lynwood Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 603-1493	346	17	20.9	94.2%	2 (0.6%)	14 (4.0%)	328 (94.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$5,559							15.9	14.1	5393	180
063384005285	5214	Tahoe Elementary	Public	K-6	3110 60th St.	Sacramento	95820	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-4750	302	15	20	64.2%	63 (20.9%)	46 (15.2%)	142 (47.0%)	14 (4.6%)	5 (1.7%)	2 (0.7%)	30 (9.9%)	$7,857							15.9	22.6	4604	610
063393005329	5215	Sherwood Elementary	Public	K-6	110 South Wood St.	Salinas	93905	Monterey County	Salinas City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 753-5650	889	39	22.7	93.3%	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	871 (98.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	6 (0.7%)	$6,195							15.9	15	5328	113
063531005999	5216	Monroe Elementary	Public	K-5	417 East Central Ave.	Santa Ana	92707	Orange County	Santa Ana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 431-3900	237	13	18.1	82.3%	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	233 (98.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	$8,889							15.9	15	5325	109
062271010242	5217	Leo Politi Elementary	Public	K-5	2481 West 11th St.	Los Angeles	90006	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 480-1244	554	32	17.3	92.6%	5 (0.9%)	10 (1.8%)	525 (94.8%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.4%)	$12,610							15.9	14.6	5354	137
061839002253	5218	Hudnall (Claude) Elementary	Public	K-6	331 West Olive St.	Inglewood	90301	Los Angeles County	Inglewood Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 680-5420	375	16	24.1	94.4%	5 (1.3%)	88 (23.5%)	267 (71.2%)	5 (1.3%)	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.8%)	5 (1.3%)								15.9	20.3	4822	396
062640003990	5219	Robert Sanders Elementary	Public	K-5	3411 Rocky Mountain Dr.	San Jose	95127	Santa Clara County	Mount Pleasant Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 258-7288	330	16	20.6	77.6%	12 (3.6%)	6 (1.8%)	247 (74.8%)	52 (15.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.8%)	7 (2.1%)	$12,604							15.8	19.7	4891	328
062361008160	5220	Neil Hafley Elementary	Public	K-8	849 Northgate Ave.	Manteca	95336	San Joaquin County	Manteca Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 858-7215	801	32	24.6	67.0%	160 (20.0%)	28 (3.5%)	492 (61.4%)	85 (10.6%)	8 (1.0%)	4 (0.5%)	24 (3.0%)	$4,953							15.8	17.8	5071	149

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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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