Best Elementary Schools in California

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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
4082	Winifred Pifer Elementary	Public	K-6	1350 Creston Rd.	Paso Robles	93446	San Luis Obispo County	Paso Robles Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 769-1300	492	20	24.9	81.7%	123 (25.0%)	1 (0.2%)	333 (67.7%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (6.1%)	$19,523			$1,767			$17,756	28.7	31.8	3798	284		060004807408
4083	ICEF View Park Preparatory Elementary	Public, Charter	K-5	5311 South Crenshaw Blvd.	Los Angeles	90043	Los Angeles County	ICEF View Park Preparatory Elementary District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 290-6960	411	15	28.3	98.5%	2 (0.5%)	363 (88.3%)	36 (8.8%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	$24,396			$4,676			$19,720	28.6	22.2	4655	572		060188108030
4084	Grover Beach Elementary	Public	K-6	365 South 10th St.	Grover Beach	93433	San Luis Obispo County	Lucia Mar Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 474-3770	368	21	17.6	82.3%	90 (24.5%)	1 (0.3%)	241 (65.5%)	13 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.0%)	$16,174			$1,532			$14,642	28.6	23.3	4559	475		062308003519
4085	Roeding Elementary	Public	K-6	1225 West Dakota Ave.	Fresno	93705	Fresno County	Fresno Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 248-7250	704	33	21.1	88.8%	33 (4.7%)	52 (7.4%)	571 (81.1%)	14 (2.0%)	13 (1.8%)	3 (0.4%)	18 (2.6%)	$18,747			$2,041			$16,706	28.6	27.2	4186	101		061455001761
4086	Van Nuys Elementary	Public	K-5	6464 Sylmar Ave.	Van Nuys	91401	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 785-2195	459	22	20.8	96.9%	13 (2.8%)	5 (1.1%)	418 (91.1%)	7 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (3.3%)	$27,984			$5,300			$22,684	28.6	32.9	3693	393		062271003421
4087	Lincoln Elementary	Public	K-8	851 North Stanford Ave.	Lindsay	93247	Tulare County	Lindsay Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 562-2571	333	19	17.5	86.5%	15 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	316 (94.9%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$26,493			$3,890			$22,603	28.6	24.7	4390	303		062187009389
4088	Tipton Elementary	Public	K-8	370 North Evans Rd.	Tipton	93272	Tulare County	Tipton Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 752-4213	485	27	17.8	94.6%	15 (3.1%)	2 (0.4%)	466 (96.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$20,140			$1,180			$18,960	28.6	26	4288	200		063930006548
4089	Martin Luther King Junior	Public	K-6	480 Little River Way	Sacramento	95831	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-4645	357	17	21	61.9%	53 (14.8%)	64 (17.9%)	137 (38.4%)	60 (16.8%)	2 (0.6%)	4 (1.1%)	37 (10.4%)	$22,683			$3,800			$18,883	28.6	25.4	4329	240		063384009430
4090	Hemmerling Elementary	Public	K-5	1928 West Nicolet St.	Banning	92220	Riverside County	Banning Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 922-0254	468	19	24.5	92.9%	53 (11.3%)	28 (6.0%)	347 (74.1%)	16 (3.4%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.1%)	$14,756			$2,020			$12,736	28.6	22.3	4649	559		060384000350
4091	Farr Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	933 Farr Ave.	Escondido	92026	San Diego County	Escondido Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 735-3049	513	28	18.3	89.5%	14 (2.7%)	6 (1.2%)	472 (92.0%)	11 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.9%)								28.5	23.4	4539	448		061288011129

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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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