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)
060876000888	951	Condit Elementary	Public	K-6	1750 North Mountain Ave.	Claremont	91711	Los Angeles County	Claremont Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 398-0300	603	24	25.1	25.7%	179 (29.7%)	14 (2.3%)	240 (39.8%)	103 (17.1%)	5 (0.8%)	3 (0.5%)	59 (9.8%)	$5,642							84.9	87.4	853	98
060846009348	952	Oak Ridge Elementary	Public	K-6	15452 Valle Vista Dr.	Chino Hills	91709	San Bernardino County	Chino Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 591-1239	543	23	23.6	31.9%	103 (19.0%)	24 (4.4%)	185 (34.1%)	181 (33.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	49 (9.0%)	$9,640							84.9	88.5	793	159
061884001330	953	Monticello Elementary	Public	K-4	1001 Cambridge Pl.	Tracy	95377	San Joaquin County	Jefferson Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 833-9300	658	26	25.7	18.5%	96 (14.6%)	12 (1.8%)	116 (17.6%)	378 (57.4%)	13 (2.0%)	2 (0.3%)	41 (6.2%)	$7,985							84.9	82.8	1065	112
064179007457	954	Corona Creek Elementary	Public	K-6	1851 Hartman Ln.	Petaluma	94954	Sonoma County	Waugh Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 765-3331	417	19	21.5	15.6%	250 (60.0%)	9 (2.2%)	99 (23.7%)	27 (6.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (7.2%)	$9,810							84.9	86.6	888	66
060168000037	955	Bowman Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	13777 Bowman Rd.	Auburn	95603	Placer County	Ackerman Charter	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 885-1974	603	29	21.1	34.8%	433 (71.8%)	2 (0.3%)	97 (16.1%)	11 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (9.8%)								84.8	80.9	1138	183
060678000598	956	Farallone View Elementary	Public	K-5	250 LaConte and Kanoff	Montara	94037	San Mateo County	Cabrillo Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 712-7170	156	6	26	10.9%	113 (72.4%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (15.4%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (11.5%)	$6,278							84.8	91.4	610	346
060861013096	957	Camarena (Enrique S.) Elementary	Public	K-6	1650 Exploration Falls Dr.	Chula Vista	91915	San Diego County	Chula Vista Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 591-5500	923	43	21.4	35.3%	90 (9.8%)	81 (8.8%)	474 (51.4%)	183 (19.8%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.5%)	90 (9.8%)	$8,161							84.7	83.7	1012	55
061488001873	958	Post Elementary	Public	K-6	14641 Ward St.	Westminster	92683	Orange County	Garden Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 663-6354	358	15	24.6	83.0%	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	123 (34.4%)	222 (62.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	7 (2.0%)	$12,024							84.7	84.7	967	9
060002811043	959	Tony Tobin Elementary	Public	K-5	45200 Morgan Hill Dr.	Temecula	92592	Riverside County	Temecula Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 294-6355	736	32	23	23.4%	341 (46.3%)	19 (2.6%)	185 (25.1%)	86 (11.7%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.5%)	99 (13.5%)	$9,784							84.7	83.3	1035	76
060861008298	960	Marshall (Thurgood) Elementary	Public	K-6	2295 MacKenzie Creek Rd.	Chula Vista	91914	San Diego County	Chula Vista Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 656-6262	470	22	21.3	31.5%	64 (13.6%)	23 (4.9%)	234 (49.8%)	95 (20.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (11.3%)	$10,855							84.7	84.3	987	27

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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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