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)
062109002533	1711	Lassen View Elementary	Public	K-8	10818 Highway 99-E	Los Molinos	96055	Tehama County	Lassen View Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 527-5162	367	15	23.9	51.5%	263 (71.7%)	6 (1.6%)	95 (25.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)								67.3	77.6	1255	456
062808013786	1712	Almond Grove Elementary	Public	K-5	5000 Amaryllis St.	Oakley	94561	Contra Costa County	Oakley Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 625-6270	453	19	23.7	28.9%	144 (31.8%)	41 (9.1%)	173 (38.2%)	76 (16.8%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (3.5%)	$7,462							67.3	63.4	1871	159
060639000561	1713	Buena Vista Elementary	Public	K-6	6547 Buena Vista Rd.	Bakersfield	93311	Kern County	Panama-Buena Vista Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 831-0818	720	29	25.2	70.4%	129 (17.9%)	50 (6.9%)	390 (54.2%)	125 (17.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	25 (3.5%)	$10,106							67.3	68.4	1656	57
061392009545	1714	Oak Park Elementary	Public	K-5	14200 Live Oak Ave.	Fontana	92337	San Bernardino County	Fontana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 357-5690	333	17	19.1	73.0%	17 (5.1%)	8 (2.4%)	297 (89.2%)	10 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)								67.3	63.3	1873	159
062250002741	1715	Madison Elementary	Public	K-5	2801 Bomberry St.	Lakewood	90712	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 420-7731	416	17	25.2	52.4%	43 (10.3%)	68 (16.3%)	190 (45.7%)	65 (15.6%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.2%)	44 (10.6%)	$10,533							67.2	73.1	1456	259
062004014006	1716	Old River Elementary	Public	K-8	30 Learning Ln.	Brentwood	94513	Contra Costa County	Knightsen Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 626-3330	309	14	22.8	15.5%	145 (46.9%)	6 (1.9%)	113 (36.6%)	13 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	28 (9.1%)	$9,897							67.2	77.2	1266	450
062513003751	1717	Sonoma Elementary	Public	K-6	1325 Sonoma Ave.	Modesto	95355	Stanislaus County	Modesto City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 574-8432	513	24	21.1	58.5%	139 (27.1%)	12 (2.3%)	268 (52.2%)	39 (7.6%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	52 (10.1%)	$15,512							67.2	64.6	1818	101
060681008802	1718	Rancho San Diego Elementary	Public	K-5	12151 Calle Albara	El Cajon	92019	San Diego County	Cajon Valley Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 588-3211	537	21	25.2	70.6%	298 (55.5%)	17 (3.2%)	127 (23.6%)	30 (5.6%)	6 (1.1%)	6 (1.1%)	53 (9.9%)	$11,140							67.2	69.9	1583	135
062814004336	1719	Lake View Elementary	Public	K-5	17451 Zeider Ln.	Huntington Beach	92647	Orange County	Ocean View	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 847-3561	389	17	22.8	72.0%	110 (28.3%)	4 (1.0%)	194 (49.9%)	43 (11.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	34 (8.7%)	$5,212							67.2	69.1	1615	104
062271003051	1720	Grand View Boulevard Elementary	Public	K-5	3951 Grand View Blvd.	Los Angeles	90066	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 390-3618	525	29	18	64.6%	55 (10.5%)	49 (9.3%)	360 (68.6%)	9 (1.7%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	47 (9.0%)	$14,114							67.2	59.9	2056	336

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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.