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)
064032006674	1201	Lietz Elementary	Public	K-5	5300 Carter Ave.	San Jose	95118	Santa Clara County	Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 264-8314	532	23	23.1	20.9%	148 (27.8%)	9 (1.7%)	168 (31.6%)	158 (29.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	48 (9.0%)	$8,663							78.9	83.6	1018	183
061296009133	1202	Windrows Elementary	Public	K-5	6855 Victoria Park Ln.	Etiwanda	91739	San Bernardino County	Etiwanda Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 899-2641	582	25	23.1	25.8%	114 (19.6%)	39 (6.7%)	300 (51.5%)	82 (14.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	46 (7.9%)	$5,792							78.8	78	1243	41
060195414341	1203	Dual Language Immersion North County	Public, Charter	K-8	2030 University Dr.	Vista	92803	Orange County	Dual Language Immersion North County District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 631-6200	270	13	20.7	41.5%	54 (20.0%)	5 (1.9%)	183 (67.8%)	8 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (7.4%)								78.8	53.9	2341	1138
060002811838	1204	Temecula Luiseno Elementary	Public	K-5	45754 Wolf Creek Dr. North	Temecula	92592	Riverside County	Temecula Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 294-6340	783	31	25.2	37.3%	259 (33.1%)	22 (2.8%)	289 (36.9%)	129 (16.5%)	8 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	75 (9.6%)	$9,450							78.8	75.7	1343	139
061296003846	1205	East Heritage Elementary	Public	K-5	14250 East Constitution Way	Fontana	92336	San Bernardino County	Etiwanda Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 823-5696	629	25	24.7	44.8%	61 (9.7%)	89 (14.1%)	325 (51.7%)	94 (14.9%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	57 (9.1%)	$5,113							78.8	81.9	1100	105
062046002469	1206	Ocean Shore Elementary	Public	K-8	411 Oceana Blvd.	Pacifica	94044	San Mateo County	Pacifica	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 738-6650	401	18	21.9	14.0%	140 (34.9%)	6 (1.5%)	83 (20.7%)	90 (22.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	77 (19.2%)	$6,091							78.8	73.4	1444	238
062286003498	1207	Vina Elementary	Public	1-8	7th and D Sts.	Vina	96092	Tehama County	Los Molinos Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 839-2182	79	4	20.2	58.2%	40 (50.6%)	1 (1.3%)	30 (38.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.8%)								78.8	83.2	1043	164
063753006341	1208	Buri Buri Elementary	Public	K-5	325 Del Monte Ave.	South San Francisco	94080	San Mateo County	South San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 877-8776	555	25	22.2	25.0%	72 (13.0%)	3 (0.5%)	202 (36.4%)	206 (37.1%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.0%)	61 (11.0%)	$5,711							78.7	85.3	938	270
061161012748	1209	Dunham Charter	Public, Charter	K-6	4111 Roblar Rd.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Dunham Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 795-5050	161	8	20.9	29.8%	119 (73.9%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (16.1%)	1 (0.6%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (8.1%)	$12,514							78.7	68.4	1651	442
060798000765	1210	Akers Elementary	Public	K-8	Constellation Ave.	Lemoore	93245	Kings County	Central Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 998-5707	656	34	19.2	33.8%	245 (37.3%)	71 (10.8%)	180 (27.4%)	41 (6.3%)	6 (0.9%)	4 (0.6%)	109 (16.6%)	$5,475,768							78.7	70.5	1557	347

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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.