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)
062271002877	2581	Bushnell Way Elementary	Public	K-5	5507 Bushnell Way	Los Angeles	90042	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 255-6511	159	11	14.4	80.5%	4 (2.5%)	4 (2.5%)	139 (87.4%)	8 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.5%)	$18,471							49.4	43.6	2914	333
060223612768	2582	Mission Preparatory	Public, Charter	K-8	1050 York St.	San Francisco	94110	San Francisco County	Mission Preparatory District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 508-9626	490	24	20.8	78.0%	19 (3.9%)	30 (6.1%)	396 (80.8%)	33 (6.7%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.0%)	6 (1.2%)								49.3	35.1	3495	913
060208810685	2583	Pathways Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	150 Professional Center Dr. St	Rohnert Park	94928	Sonoma County	Pathways Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 585-6510	332	17	19.8	47.6%	145 (43.7%)	8 (2.4%)	124 (37.3%)	13 (3.9%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.9%)	35 (10.5%)								49.3	47.9	2649	66
061209001361	2584	Wilkerson Elementary	Public	K-6	2700 North Doreen Ave.	El Monte	91733	Los Angeles County	El Monte City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 575-2331	341	16	21.3	91.8%	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	294 (86.2%)	45 (13.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$7,591							49.3	48.6	2603	19
064245006939	2585	Lou Henry Hoover School of Fine Arts	Public	K-5	6302 South Alta Ave.	Whittier	90601	Los Angeles County	Whittier City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 789-3150	374	15	25	78.9%	24 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	329 (88.0%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.5%)	$5,056							49.3	41.4	3048	463
063315005130	2586	Alcott Elementary	Public	K-6	2433 Central Ave.	Riverside	92506	Riverside County	Riverside Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 788-7451	661	27	24.3	40.5%	166 (25.1%)	45 (6.8%)	400 (60.5%)	15 (2.3%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (4.7%)	$7,296							49.3	48.2	2631	45
062271009394	2587	Montara Avenue Elementary	Public	K-6	10018 Montara Ave.	South Gate	90280	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 567-1451	624	33	18.9	92.5%	6 (1.0%)	3 (0.5%)	607 (97.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.0%)	$11,252							49.3	29.3	3964	1377
069113610298	2588	Aromas	Public	K-8	365 Vega St.	Aromas	95004	Monterey County	Aromas - San Juan Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 726-5100	364	18	20.2	52.5%	89 (24.5%)	0 (0.0%)	250 (68.7%)	5 (1.4%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	18 (4.9%)	$11,649							49.2	39.2	3190	602
061488001887	2589	Earl Warren Elementary	Public	K-6	12871 Estock Dr.	Garden Grove	92840	Orange County	Garden Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 663-6331	484	21	23.5	80.6%	20 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	325 (67.1%)	115 (23.8%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	21 (4.3%)	$12,650							49.2	55.4	2262	327
063417001131	2590	North Verdemont Elementary	Public	K-6	3555 West Meyers Rd.	San Bernardino	92407	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 880-6730	528	24	21.5	71.0%	66 (12.5%)	56 (10.6%)	357 (67.6%)	23 (4.4%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.1%)	19 (3.6%)	$6,856							49.2	54.2	2323	267

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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.