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)
064128006835	1011	Collegewood Elementary	Public	K-5	20725 East Collegewood Dr.	Walnut	91789	Los Angeles County	Walnut Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 598-5308	604	23	25.9	28.0%	19 (3.1%)	7 (1.2%)	178 (29.5%)	354 (58.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	44 (7.3%)	$5,179							83.5	90.3	694	317
063384005284	1012	Sutterville Elementary	Public	K-6	4967 Monterey Way	Sacramento	95822	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-4730	406	15	28	36.5%	132 (32.5%)	5 (1.2%)	136 (33.5%)	64 (15.8%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	65 (16.0%)	$6,877							83.5	85.4	936	76
060750010643	1013	Calavera Hills Elementary	Public	K-5	4100 Tamarack Ave.	Carlsbad	92010	San Diego County	Carlsbad Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 331-6300	407	19	21.8	32.9%	165 (40.5%)	1 (0.2%)	175 (43.0%)	22 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	42 (10.3%)	$8,046							83.5	82	1094	81
062547003806	1014	Potrero Heights Elementary	Public	K-5	8026 East Hill Dr.	Rosemead	91770	Los Angeles County	Montebello Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 307-7010	381	20	19.1	46.5%	4 (1.0%)	3 (0.8%)	224 (58.8%)	99 (26.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (13.4%)	$7,505							83.5	80	1172	158
062271013195	1015	Playa Vista Elementary	Public	K-5	13150 West Bluff Creek Dr.	Playa Vista	90094	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(424) 228-1800	474	20	23.7	20.3%	153 (32.3%)	72 (15.2%)	83 (17.5%)	70 (14.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	95 (20.0%)	$8,557							83.5	84.4	980	35
063360011004	1016	Blue Oaks Elementary	Public	K-5	8150 Horncastle Ave.	Roseville	95747	Placer County	Roseville City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 771-1700	497	23	21.8	57.1%	252 (50.7%)	14 (2.8%)	84 (16.9%)	82 (16.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	62 (12.5%)								83.5	87.2	863	153
060142807146	1017	Aviation Elementary	Public	3-5	5403 West 138th St.	Hawthorne	90250	Los Angeles County	Wiseburn Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 725-2151	446	16	28.2	33.0%	79 (17.7%)	41 (9.2%)	248 (55.6%)	30 (6.7%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.1%)	42 (9.4%)	$7,260							83.4	80.1	1167	150
062256008550	1018	H. Clarke Powers Elementary	Public	K-8	3296 Humphrey Rd.	Loomis	95650	Placer County	Loomis Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 652-2635	504	23	22	16.5%	386 (76.6%)	2 (0.4%)	68 (13.5%)	7 (1.4%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (7.1%)	$6,406							83.4	85.8	923	95
061749007426	1019	Hope Elementary	Public	K-6	3970-A La Colina Rd.	Santa Barbara	93110	Santa Barbara County	Hope Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 563-2974	282	16	17.6	41.5%	108 (38.3%)	2 (0.7%)	143 (50.7%)	8 (2.8%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	19 (6.7%)	$10,470							83.4	87.4	849	170
062628014375	1020	Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary	Public	K-5	220 North Whisman Rd.	Mountain View	94043	Santa Clara County	Mountain View Whisman	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 903-6952	348	18	19.3	25.0%	81 (23.3%)	2 (0.6%)	111 (31.9%)	103 (29.6%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	48 (13.8%)								83.4	83.1	1049	29

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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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Educational resources:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

Alternative Schools vs Public Schools: A Comparison

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.