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)
063777006383	3011	Springville Elementary	Public	K-8	35424 Ward Ave.	Springville	93265	Tulare County	Springville Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 539-2605	329	16	20.7	47.1%	206 (62.6%)	2 (0.6%)	93 (28.3%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (6.1%)	$9,730							42.7	41.2	3056	45
061314001495	3012	John J. Montgomery Elementary	Public	K-6	2010 Daniel Maloney Dr.	San Jose	95121	Santa Clara County	Evergreen Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 270-6718	523	22	23.7	41.5%	11 (2.1%)	6 (1.1%)	263 (50.3%)	225 (43.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.4%)	$6,396							42.7	36.6	3391	379
061970002363	3013	Alta Elementary	Public	K-5	21771 East Parlier Ave.	Reedley	93654	Fresno County	Kings Canyon Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 305-7210	366	16	22.8	82.2%	19 (5.2%)	1 (0.3%)	337 (92.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.5%)	$8,033							42.7	52.2	2427	586
061605012269	3014	Granite Pointe Elementary	Public	K-5	2900 Berkshire Rd.	Bakersfield	93313	Kern County	Greenfield Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 837-6040	712	34	20.9	93.0%	42 (5.9%)	39 (5.5%)	587 (82.4%)	28 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	14 (2.0%)	$6,394							42.7	36.5	3398	384
060147711630	3015	New Heights Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	2202 West Martin Luther King J	Los Angeles	90008	Los Angeles County	New Heights Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 508-0155	406	20	20.3	91.4%	2 (0.5%)	95 (23.4%)	305 (75.1%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)								42.7	22.9	4569	1554
062223010652	3016	Julia Morgan Elementary	Public	K-6	3777 A. G. Spanos Blvd.	Stockton	95209	San Joaquin County	Lodi Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 953-8453	430	17	25.2	67.2%	58 (13.5%)	46 (10.7%)	181 (42.1%)	93 (21.6%)	2 (0.5%)	6 (1.4%)	43 (10.0%)	$10,457							42.7	51	2481	535
062271003165	3017	Marianna Avenue Elementary	Public	K-6	4215 East Gleason St.	Los Angeles	90063	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 262-6382	286	15	19	90.6%	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	272 (95.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.5%)	$11,908							42.6	45.2	2812	205
061437008840	3018	Windmill Springs Elementary	Public	K-8	2880 Aetna Way	San Jose	95121	Santa Clara County	Franklin-McKinley Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 363-5600	560	29	19.4	66.3%	14 (2.5%)	5 (0.9%)	151 (27.0%)	379 (67.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.8%)								42.6	37	3356	338
063867006499	3019	Sherwood Elementary	Public	K-5	819 Rumble Rd.	Modesto	95350	Stanislaus County	Sylvan Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 574-5200	496	23	22	61.5%	142 (28.6%)	6 (1.2%)	258 (52.0%)	40 (8.1%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	44 (8.9%)								42.6	42.2	3003	16
060181410631	3020	Barona Indian Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	1095 Barona Rd.	Lakeside	92040	San Diego County	Barona Indian Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 443-0948	81	6	13.5	42.0%	11 (13.6%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (30.9%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (42.0%)	2 (2.5%)	9 (11.1%)								42.6	16.9	5163	2143

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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.