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)
064015008756	531	Red Hill Elementary	Public	K-5	11911 Red Hill Ave.	Santa Ana	92705	Orange County	Tustin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 730-7543	418	16	26.1	25.4%	205 (49.0%)	2 (0.5%)	127 (30.4%)	36 (8.6%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (11.0%)	$9,994							92.5	86	914	383
063099004806	532	Santa Rosa Technology Magnet	Public	K-8	13282 Santa Rosa Rd.	Camarillo	93012	Ventura County	Pleasant Valley	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 383-5355	466	20	23.8	20.8%	239 (51.3%)	14 (3.0%)	99 (21.2%)	68 (14.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (9.9%)	$7,602							92.5	92.9	514	18
063231010769	533	Lakeview Elementary	Public	K-5	3371 Brittany Way	El Dorado Hills	95762	El Dorado County	Rescue Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 941-2600	539	22	24.2	9.3%	353 (65.5%)	5 (0.9%)	55 (10.2%)	108 (20.0%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (2.8%)	$9,036							92.5	95.5	315	218
062256012246	534	Loomis Basin Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	5438 Laird Rd.	Loomis	95650	Placer County	Loomis Union Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 652-2642	503	22	22.5	8.0%	344 (68.4%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (12.3%)	26 (5.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	69 (13.7%)	$7,176							92.5	89.4	749	215
063898006534	535	Cloverly Elementary	Public	4-6	5476 Cloverly Ave.	Temple City	91780	Los Angeles County	Temple City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 548-5092	444	15	30.6	44.8%	13 (2.9%)	2 (0.5%)	101 (22.7%)	312 (70.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.6%)	$5,853							92.5	93.9	445	90
062994004687	536	Sierra Madre Elementary	Public	K-5	141 West Highland Ave.	Sierra Madre	91024	Los Angeles County	Pasadena Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 396-5890	618	25	24.8	35.1%	292 (47.2%)	12 (1.9%)	151 (24.4%)	60 (9.7%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	101 (16.3%)	$6,600							92.5	91	638	102
068450014558	537	Irvine Unified School District Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual	K-6	4782 Karen Ann Ln.	Irvine	92604	Orange County	Irvine Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(949) 936-7423	101	4	25.3	30.7%	23 (22.8%)	4 (4.0%)	28 (27.7%)	35 (34.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	10 (9.9%)								92.5	86.6	886	349
060015310941	538	Monterey Highlands Elementary	Public	K-8	400 Casuda Canyon Dr.	Monterey Park	91754	Los Angeles County	Alhambra Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 570-6220	919	38	23.8	44.1%	20 (2.2%)	4 (0.4%)	315 (34.3%)	533 (58.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	46 (5.0%)	$11,278							92.5	92.3	549	11
060297000224	539	Baldwin Stocker Elementary	Public	K-5	422 West Lemon Ave.	Arcadia	91007	Los Angeles County	Arcadia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 821-8351	652	25	26.2	34.8%	35 (5.4%)	6 (0.9%)	87 (13.3%)	475 (72.9%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (7.1%)	$10,572							92.5	92.8	519	20
060224300688	540	Orange County Academy of Sciences and Arts	Public, Charter	K-5	29292 Crown Valley Pkwy.	Laguna Niguel	92677	Orange County	Orange County Academy of Sciences and Arts District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 269-3291	223	9	24.7	21.5%	119 (53.4%)	2 (0.9%)	35 (15.7%)	14 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (23.8%)								92.5	74.6	1397	857

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

Alternative Schools vs Public Schools: A Comparison

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.