Best Elementary Schools in California

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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)
061970002370	1971	Lincoln Elementary	Public	K-5	374 East North Ave.	Reedley	93654	Fresno County	Kings Canyon Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 305-7240	283	13	21.7	94.3%	4 (1.4%)	2 (0.7%)	264 (93.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.2%)	$7,652							62.1	54.6	2301	330
063732006312	1972	Soulsbyville Elementary	Public	K-8	20300 Soulsbyville Rd.	Soulsbyville	95372	Tuolumne County	Soulsbyville Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 532-1419	471	25	19	44.4%	363 (77.1%)	0 (0.0%)	74 (15.7%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (5.7%)	$8,702							62.1	58.8	2105	133
063900004016	1973	Vineyard Elementary	Public	3-5	2121 Vineyard Dr.	Templeton	93465	San Luis Obispo County	Templeton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 434-5840	445	17	26.1	28.1%	309 (69.4%)	2 (0.4%)	100 (22.5%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (7.0%)	$7,989							62.1	63.4	1870	103
062622010302	1974	Ranch View Elementary	Public	K-6	3300 Old Archibald Rd.	Ontario	91761	San Bernardino County	Mountain View Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 947-5545	678	27	24.6	59.1%	61 (9.0%)	56 (8.3%)	431 (63.6%)	112 (16.5%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.6%)	13 (1.9%)	$6,802							62.1	65.5	1781	193
061455001769	1975	Sunset Elementary	Public	K-6	1755 South Crystal Ave.	Fresno	93706	Fresno County	Fresno Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 457-3310	404	19	21.2	75.2%	15 (3.7%)	29 (7.2%)	354 (87.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	$8,802							62	56.6	2206	231
062745009595	1976	Olive Drive Elementary	Public	K-6	7800 Darrin Ave.	Bakersfield	93308	Kern County	Norris Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 387-7040	785	33	23.6	33.4%	372 (47.4%)	10 (1.3%)	320 (40.8%)	38 (4.8%)	10 (1.3%)	2 (0.3%)	33 (4.2%)	$5,192							62	58.3	2122	146
060750000710	1977	Jefferson Elementary	Public	K-5	3743 Jefferson St.	Carlsbad	92008	San Diego County	Carlsbad Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 331-5500	478	21	22.3	43.9%	195 (40.8%)	4 (0.8%)	235 (49.2%)	7 (1.5%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (7.1%)	$8,656							62	59.3	2087	110
062547003802	1978	Montebello Gardens Elementary	Public	K-5	4700 Pine St.	Pico Rivera	90660	Los Angeles County	Montebello Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 463-5191	224	13	17.4	73.2%	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	214 (95.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.7%)	$7,514							62	72.6	1477	501
062271003343	1979	Serrania Avenue Charter For Enriched Studies	Public, Charter	K-5	5014 Serrania Ave.	Woodland Hills	91364	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 340-6700	560	22	25.4	48.0%	223 (39.8%)	54 (9.6%)	147 (26.3%)	31 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	101 (18.0%)	$9,479							62	71.5	1513	466
063462005766	1980	James R. Cowan Fundamental Elementary	Public	K-6	3350 Becerra Way	Sacramento	95821	Sacramento County	San Juan Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 979-8240	406	16	25.3	40.9%	213 (52.5%)	30 (7.4%)	82 (20.2%)	32 (7.9%)	3 (0.7%)	5 (1.2%)	41 (10.1%)	$5,681							61.9	63	1897	83

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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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