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)
061032001155	3821	Curtis Creek Elementary	Public	K-8	18755 Standard Rd.	Sonora	95370	Tuolumne County	Curtis Creek Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 532-1428	422	19	21.9	55.7%	306 (72.5%)	3 (0.7%)	76 (18.0%)	9 (2.1%)	5 (1.2%)	2 (0.5%)	21 (5.0%)	$8,850							31.3	37.5	3315	506
063339014640	3822	Hillside Innovation Academy	Public, Virtual	K-8	29955 Watson Rd.	Menifee	92585	Riverside County	Romoland Elementary	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(951) 926-9244	172	11	15.5	84.9%	12 (7.0%)	20 (11.6%)	118 (68.6%)	10 (5.8%)	2 (1.2%)	1 (0.6%)	8 (4.7%)								31.3	26.9	4185	363
064308007007	3823	Rhoda Maxwell Elementary	Public	K-6	50 Ashley Ave.	Woodland	95695	Yolo County	Woodland Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 662-1784	370	14	26.1	85.4%	64 (17.3%)	6 (1.6%)	261 (70.5%)	19 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.4%)	$9,682							31.3	20	4862	1039
062271003211	3824	Nevada Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	22120 Chase St.	West Hills	91304	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 348-2169	386	20	19.3	85.5%	24 (6.2%)	15 (3.9%)	310 (80.3%)	19 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.7%)	$14,884							31.3	17.9	5064	1240
060181013698	3825	California Virtual Academy at Sutter	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	50 Moreland Rd.	Simi Valley	93065	Ventura County	California Virtual Academy at Sutter District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(805) 581-0202	1,467	51	28.5	70.9%	443 (30.2%)	250 (17.0%)	430 (29.3%)	129 (8.8%)	10 (0.7%)	31 (2.1%)	174 (11.9%)								31.3	38.3	3265	560
060004807410	3826	Virginia Peterson Elementary	Public	K-5	2501 Beechwood Dr.	Paso Robles	93446	San Luis Obispo County	Paso Robles Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 769-1250	396	18	21.9	67.7%	102 (25.8%)	11 (2.8%)	245 (61.9%)	5 (1.3%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (7.3%)								31.3	41.6	3028	798
061692002159	3827	Winchester Elementary	Public	K-5	28751 Winchester Rd.	Winchester	92596	Riverside County	Hemet Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 926-0700	595	27	22	79.2%	69 (11.6%)	29 (4.9%)	445 (74.8%)	27 (4.5%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (3.5%)	$8,822							31.3	25.1	4360	533
061455001758	3828	Powers-Ginsburg Elementary	Public	K-6	110 East Swift Ave.	Fresno	93704	Fresno County	Fresno Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 248-7230	418	22	19.3	83.7%	63 (15.1%)	20 (4.8%)	290 (69.4%)	20 (4.8%)	7 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.1%)	$12,462							31.3	31.9	3735	93
064182006870	3829	Waukena Joint Union Elementary	Public	K-8	19113 Road 28	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Waukena Joint Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 686-3328	223	10	22.3	85.2%	16 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	207 (92.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,868							31.3	34.8	3514	315
063432014500	3830	Mountain View	Public	K-8	3550 Logan Ave.	San Diego	92113	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 344-6210	174	10	17.7	86.8%	14 (8.0%)	2 (1.1%)	146 (83.9%)	3 (1.7%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.0%)								31.2	35.7	3458	372

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.