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)
062958008728	2201	Los Amigos - Dual Immersion	Public	K-8	6640 East Avenue R-8	Palmdale	93552	Los Angeles County	Palmdale Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 285-1546	1,025	39	26.3	79.1%	18 (1.8%)	22 (2.1%)	966 (94.2%)	3 (0.3%)	8 (0.8%)	3 (0.3%)	5 (0.5%)	$516							56.6	49.6	2555	354
062271002883	2202	Cahuenga Elementary	Public	K-5	220 South Hobart Blvd.	Los Angeles	90004	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 386-6303	365	20	18.2	83.3%	10 (2.7%)	5 (1.4%)	221 (60.5%)	119 (32.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.7%)	$11,212							56.6	62.4	1931	271
062271002818	2203	Annalee Avenue Elementary	Public	K-6	19410 South Annalee Ave.	Carson	90746	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 537-4740	199	11	18	68.3%	1 (0.5%)	151 (75.9%)	26 (13.1%)	5 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	13 (6.5%)	$14,811							56.5	42.1	3005	802
063729006311	2204	Soquel Elementary	Public	K-5	2700 Porter St.	Soquel	95073	Santa Cruz County	Soquel Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 464-5655	355	17	20.8	47.0%	156 (43.9%)	6 (1.7%)	145 (40.8%)	16 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	28 (7.9%)	$10,785							56.5	59.5	2078	126
061887002288	2205	Margaret Pauline Brown Elementary	Public	K-5	305 Eastmoor Ave.	Daly City	94015	San Mateo County	Jefferson Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 991-1243	267	14	19	57.7%	20 (7.5%)	4 (1.5%)	95 (35.6%)	127 (47.6%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.5%)	15 (5.6%)	$12,751							56.5	57.4	2169	36
060002909510	2206	E. Hale Curran Elementary	Public	K-5	40855 Chaco Canyon Rd.	Murrieta	92562	Riverside County	Murrieta Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 696-1405	590	23	25.3	61.0%	115 (19.5%)	39 (6.6%)	326 (55.3%)	41 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.8%)	63 (10.7%)								56.5	61.9	1962	244
062583009937	2207	El Toro Health Science Academy	Public	K-5	455 East Main Ave.	Morgan Hill	95037	Santa Clara County	Morgan Hill Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 201-6380	462	20	22.9	38.3%	119 (25.8%)	7 (1.5%)	234 (50.6%)	41 (8.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (13.0%)	$5,832							56.5	46.1	2756	549
063432005534	2208	Penn Elementary	Public	K-5	2797 Utica Dr.	San Diego	92139	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 430-1700	380	17	22.3	75.8%	9 (2.4%)	38 (10.0%)	215 (56.6%)	75 (19.7%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	40 (10.5%)	$8,618							56.5	48	2639	431
061494001894	2209	Sanchez (George I.) Elementary	Public	K-6	8470 East Fern Ave.	Rosemead	91770	Los Angeles County	Garvey Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 307-3368	301	12	25	76.4%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	153 (50.8%)	139 (46.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.0%)	$4,599							56.5	66.8	1718	491
063531008248	2210	Jim Thorpe Fundamental	Public	K-5	2450 West Alton	Santa Ana	92704	Orange County	Santa Ana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 430-5800	789	33	23.6	61.3%	14 (1.8%)	1 (0.1%)	709 (89.9%)	44 (5.6%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	19 (2.4%)	$6,346							56.5	62.2	1938	272

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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.