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)
062271003074	1841	Haskell Elementary Sci Technical Engr Arts And Math (STEAM) Magnet	Public	K-5	15850 Tulsa St.	Granada Hills	91344	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 366-6431	570	24	23.7	72.8%	70 (12.3%)	18 (3.2%)	392 (68.8%)	62 (10.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (4.9%)	$11,391							64.6	69.4	1606	235
062211002620	1842	Arroyo Seco Elementary	Public	K-5	5280 Irene Way	Livermore	94550	Alameda County	Livermore Valley Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 606-4700	582	33	17.8	24.7%	272 (46.7%)	10 (1.7%)	174 (29.9%)	66 (11.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	59 (10.1%)	$6,904							64.6	72.2	1490	352
061524001919	1843	Balboa Elementary	Public	K-6	1844 Bel Aire Dr.	Glendale	91201	Los Angeles County	Glendale Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 241-1801	806	33	24.4	58.8%	721 (89.5%)	4 (0.5%)	62 (7.7%)	19 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$5,958							64.6	69.4	1608	235
063441005668	1844	Sherman Elementary	Public	K-5	1651 Union St.	San Francisco	94123	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 749-3530	282	16	18.1	39.7%	100 (35.5%)	26 (9.2%)	53 (18.8%)	48 (17.0%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.7%)	52 (18.4%)	$6,103							64.6	73.9	1430	414
062271003442	1845	Walgrove Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	1630 Walgrove Ave.	Los Angeles	90066	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 391-7104	237	14	16.9	36.3%	74 (31.2%)	15 (6.3%)	91 (38.4%)	5 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (21.9%)	$15,003							64.5	39.9	3141	1296
062769004177	1846	Julia B. Morrison Elementary	Public	K-5	13510 South Maidstone	Norwalk	90650	Los Angeles County	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 210-3710	558	23	24	76.2%	17 (3.0%)	14 (2.5%)	481 (86.2%)	30 (5.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.7%)	$12,073							64.5	61.7	1978	132
060210111023	1847	Santa Rosa Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	27587 La Piedra Rd.	Menifee	92584	Riverside County	Santa Rosa Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 672-2400	1,636	79	20.6	28.1%	590 (36.1%)	66 (4.0%)	772 (47.2%)	93 (5.7%)	7 (0.4%)	2 (0.1%)	104 (6.4%)								64.5	69	1619	228
063597006153	1848	Cedarcreek Elementary	Public	K-6	27792 Camp Plenty Rd.	Canyon Country	91351	Los Angeles County	Saugus Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 294-5310	388	14	27.3	79.6%	23 (5.9%)	3 (0.8%)	332 (85.6%)	14 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	14 (3.6%)	$10,315							64.5	48.2	2629	781
061812002237	1849	Hydesville Elementary	Public	K-8	3050 Johnson Rd.	Hydesville	95547	Humboldt County	Hydesville Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 768-3610	224	9	24.8	50.9%	174 (77.7%)	2 (0.9%)	30 (13.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (6.3%)	$9,693							64.5	66	1757	92
063462005803	1850	Oakview Community Elementary	Public	K-5	7229 Beech Ave.	Orangevale	95662	Sacramento County	San Juan Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 986-2215	425	17	25	43.8%	280 (65.9%)	2 (0.5%)	100 (23.5%)	12 (2.8%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	27 (6.4%)	$7,790							64.5	65.7	1772	78

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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.