Best Elementary Schools in California

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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)
060342000256	3571	Aileen Colburn Elementary	Public	K-6	2201 Heller St.	Atwater	95301	Merced County	Atwater Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 357-6136	383	19	20.1	89.3%	39 (10.2%)	9 (2.3%)	327 (85.4%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	$4,339							34.3	35.1	3498	73
060159403333	3572	Santa Monica Boulevard Community Charter	Public, Charter	K-6	1022 North Van Ness Ave.	Los Angeles	90038	Los Angeles County	Santa Monica Boulevard Community Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 469-0971	763	38	20	94.8%	6 (0.8%)	4 (0.5%)	743 (97.4%)	9 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)								34.3	41.7	3022	550
063738006320	3573	Imperial Beach Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	650 Imperial Beach Blvd.	Imperial Beach	91932	San Diego County	South Bay Union	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 628-5600	750	32	23.4	51.6%	146 (19.5%)	18 (2.4%)	500 (66.7%)	27 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	55 (7.3%)	$7,681							34.3	32.6	3684	111
063018013981	3574	Clearwater Elementary	Public	K-6	1640 Murrieta Rd.	Perris	92571	Riverside County	Perris Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 423-2016	650	26	25	80.6%	27 (4.2%)	53 (8.2%)	525 (80.8%)	13 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	29 (4.5%)	$8,214							34.3	44.9	2832	742
063255005045	3575	Montalvin Manor Elementary	Public	K-8	300 Christine Dr.	San Pablo	94806	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1405	504	22	22.9	94.0%	27 (5.4%)	56 (11.1%)	342 (67.9%)	64 (12.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.6%)	$6,450							34.3	31.7	3751	176
064296012038	3576	Winfield Elementary	Public	K-5	6981 Chestnut Ln.	Winton	95388	Merced County	Winton	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 357-6891	454	21	21.6	93.4%	29 (6.4%)	4 (0.9%)	395 (87.0%)	23 (5.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	$8,924							34.3	44.7	2847	729
060172114422	3577	Rise Kohyang Elementary	Public, Charter	K-5	600 South La Fayette Park Pl.	Los Angeles	90057	Los Angeles County	Rise Kohyang Elementary District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 224-8900	244	10	24.5	89.3%	2 (0.8%)	17 (7.0%)	171 (70.1%)	47 (19.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.5%)								34.3			(n/a)
060002712001	3578	Earl Warren Elementary	Public	K-5	41221 Rosetta Canyon Rd.	Lake Elsinore	92532	Riverside County	Lake Elsinore Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 253-7810	850	33	25.7	75.3%	103 (12.1%)	48 (5.6%)	614 (72.2%)	53 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	30 (3.5%)	$6,458							34.3	40.9	3073	505
062769004179	3579	New River Elementary	Public	K-5	13432 South Halcourt Ave.	Norwalk	90650	Los Angeles County	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 210-3770	320	13	24.2	85.3%	7 (2.2%)	8 (2.5%)	277 (86.6%)	16 (5.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.1%)	$12,567							34.3	29.6	3925	346
060004707396	3580	Louis J. Villalovoz Elementary	Public	K-5	1550 Cypress Dr.	Tracy	95376	San Joaquin County	Tracy Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 830-3331	412	19	21.1	83.0%	60 (14.6%)	14 (3.4%)	277 (67.2%)	41 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	18 (4.4%)	$8,925							34.2	34.8	3519	61

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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.