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 9, 2025.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 5856)	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 (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
5022	Perkins K-8	Public	K-8	1770 Main St.	San Diego	92113	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 344-5300	381	19	20	95.5%	9 (2.4%)	20 (5.2%)	325 (85.3%)	11 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	15 (3.9%)	$24,141			$4,387			$19,754	17.9	15.2	5286	264		063432005506
5023	Madison Elementary	Public	K-6	5241 Harrison St.	North Highlands	95660	Sacramento County	Twin Rivers Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 566-1900	754	29	26	94.0%	80 (10.6%)	57 (7.6%)	379 (50.3%)	158 (21.0%)	1 (0.1%)	12 (1.6%)	66 (8.8%)	$15,910			$2,876			$13,034	17.9	28.1	4108	915		060133205102
5024	Taylor Mountain Elementary	Public	K-6	1210 East Bellevue Ave.	Santa Rosa	95407	Sonoma County	Bellevue Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 542-3671	468	21	22.2	79.3%	36 (7.7%)	8 (1.7%)	387 (82.7%)	25 (5.3%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	7 (1.5%)	$23,823			$3,798			$20,025	17.9	23.8	4485	539		060438011843
5025	Sunnymeadows Elementary	Public	K-5	23200 Eucalyptus Ave.	Moreno Valley	92553	Riverside County	Moreno Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 571-4690	583	23	25.3	94.0%	25 (4.3%)	55 (9.4%)	465 (79.8%)	10 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	24 (4.1%)	$19,120			$2,316			$16,804	17.8	17.1	5109	84		062580008167
5026	Mollie S. Bakman Elementary	Public	K-6	580 North Helm	Fresno	93727	Fresno County	Fresno Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 253-6610	722	34	21.4	93.6%	19 (2.6%)	45 (6.2%)	513 (71.1%)	127 (17.6%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	12 (1.7%)	$16,355			$2,041			$14,314	17.8	20.3	4833	193		061455010777
5027	Campo Elementary	Public	K-6	1654 Buckman Springs Rd.	Campo	91906	San Diego County	Mountain Empire Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 478-5583	359	16	22.1	47.4%	110 (30.6%)	5 (1.4%)	192 (53.5%)	5 (1.4%)	33 (9.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.9%)	$18,168			$1,468			$16,700	17.8	17.9	5038	11		062610003900
5028	Tierra Vista Elementary	Public	K-5	2001 Sanford St.	Oxnard	93033	Ventura County	Ocean View	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 986-6764	560	24	23.8	71.4%	18 (3.2%)	5 (0.9%)	503 (89.8%)	22 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	10 (1.8%)	$22,496			$2,083			$20,413	17.8	22.9	4591	437		062817004355
5029	Gridley-Montanez Dual Language Academy	Public	K-5	1907 Eighth St.	San Fernando	91340	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 361-1243	454	25	18.1	85.9%	11 (2.4%)	12 (2.6%)	417 (91.9%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.4%)	$29,526			$5,618			$23,908	17.8	16	5214	185		062271003056
5030	Tehachapi Independent Learning Academy	Public	K-8	126 South Snyder Ave.	Tehachapi	93561	Kern County	Tehachapi Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 822-2266	108	6	18.7	38.0%	58 (53.7%)	2 (1.9%)	38 (35.2%)	2 (1.9%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (6.5%)	$18,189			$1,176			$17,013	17.8	35.2	3497	1533		063888014651
5031	Central Elementary	Public	K-5	200 West Eaton Ave.	Tracy	95376	San Joaquin County	Tracy Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 830-3303	491	23	21.2	90.2%	36 (7.3%)	15 (3.1%)	368 (74.9%)	51 (10.4%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.0%)	15 (3.1%)	$17,384			$2,138			$15,246	17.8	20.7	4792	239		060004707383

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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 9, 2025, 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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