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)
060639005790	3121	Bill L. Williams Elementary	Public	K-6	5601 Harris Rd.	Bakersfield	93313	Kern County	Panama-Buena Vista Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 837-8070	962	37	26	78.8%	92 (9.6%)	36 (3.7%)	681 (70.8%)	107 (11.1%)	3 (0.3%)	3 (0.3%)	40 (4.2%)	$10,123							41	46.3	2740	381
060157307522	3122	Watts Learning Center	Public, Charter	K-5	310 West 95th St.	Los Angeles	90003	Los Angeles County	Watts Learning Center District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 754-9900	359	13	27.6	99.2%	1 (0.3%)	138 (38.4%)	216 (60.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)								41	41.2	3059	63
062271002967	3123	Tom Bradley Global Awareness Magnet	Public	K-5	3875 Dublin Ave.	Los Angeles	90008	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 292-8195	138	7	19.7	86.2%	0 (0.0%)	80 (58.0%)	46 (33.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	11 (8.0%)	$17,937							41	34.6	3527	404
063360005183	3124	George Cirby Elementary	Public	K-5	814 Darling Way	Roseville	95678	Placer County	Roseville City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 771-1730	371	17	22.1	56.6%	117 (31.5%)	6 (1.6%)	213 (57.4%)	9 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	25 (6.7%)								40.9	45.1	2821	303
062586009939	3125	Condor Elementary	Public	K-6	2551 Condor Rd.	Twentynine Palms	92277	San Bernardino County	Morongo Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 367-0750	389	17	22.9	15.7%	185 (47.6%)	23 (5.9%)	129 (33.2%)	10 (2.6%)	2 (0.5%)	7 (1.8%)	32 (8.2%)	$6,258							40.9	57.9	2145	980
063441005607	3126	Huerta (Dolores) Elementary	Public	K-5	65 Chenery St.	San Francisco	94131	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 695-5669	381	15	24.9	57.7%	68 (17.8%)	5 (1.3%)	266 (69.8%)	9 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (8.7%)	$6,103							40.9	41	3062	64
060176512723	3127	Rio Valley Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1110 West Kettleman Drive Ste.	Lodi	95240	San Joaquin County	Rio Valley Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 368-4934	731	32	22.5	75.1%	297 (40.6%)	41 (5.6%)	281 (38.4%)	83 (11.4%)	12 (1.6%)	4 (0.5%)	13 (1.8%)								40.9	27.2	4156	1029
060197514165	3128	Clarksville Charter	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	4818 Golden Foothill Parkway S	El Dorado Hills	95762	El Dorado County	Clarksville Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(916) 957-5802	2,161	74	29	35.5%	1,494 (69.1%)	21 (1.0%)	322 (14.9%)	43 (2.0%)	10 (0.5%)	2 (0.1%)	266 (12.3%)								40.9	41.6	3026	102
061647002082	3129	Lee Richmond Elementary	Public	K-6	939 Katie Hammond St.	Hanford	93230	Kings County	Hanford Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 585-3760	412	19	21.6	92.5%	32 (7.8%)	11 (2.7%)	349 (84.7%)	6 (1.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.9%)	$10,202							40.9	40.4	3100	29
060001609088	3130	Cabrillo Elementary	Public	K-6	1562 West 11th St.	Upland	91786	San Bernardino County	Upland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 985-2619	559	22	25.2	81.4%	42 (7.5%)	61 (10.9%)	392 (70.1%)	37 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	22 (3.9%)	$11,697							40.9	32.6	3682	552

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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.