Best Elementary Schools in California

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)							Ranking (2023 vs 2022)
ID	Rank (of 5874)	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 (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Rank (2022)	Rank Change from 2022	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)
060133204156	5571	Northwood Elementary	Public	K-6	2630 Taft St.	Sacramento	95815	Sacramento County	Twin Rivers Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 566-2705	382	18	21.1	92.1%	48 (12.6%)	54 (14.1%)	165 (43.2%)	80 (20.9%)	4 (1.0%)	2 (0.5%)	29 (7.6%)								12	15.4	5335	236
062271003123	5572	Langdon Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	8817 Langdon Ave.	North Hills	91343	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 892-0779	537	28	19.1	98.1%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,165							12	16	5269	303
063801006416	5573	Hazelton Elementary	Public	K-8	535 West Jefferson	Stockton	95206	San Joaquin County	Stockton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 933-7210	692	27	25.7	84.4%	16 (2.3%)	52 (7.5%)	552 (79.8%)	43 (6.2%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	26 (3.8%)	$7,069							12	14.2	5433	140
062271003099	5574	YES Academy	Public	K-5	3140 Hyde Park Blvd.	Los Angeles	90043	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 778-4992	448	24	18.6	96.2%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,683							12	6.3	5861	287
063459005714	5575	Grant Elementary	Public	K-5	470 East Jackson St.	San Jose	95112	Santa Clara County	San Jose Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 535-6227	375	18	20.8	69.1%	13 (3.5%)	13 (3.5%)	324 (86.4%)	14 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	7 (1.9%)	$13,246							12	18.7	4984	591
063441005664	5576	Sanchez Elementary	Public	K-5	325 Sanchez St.	San Francisco	94114	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 241-6380	262	13	20.1	80.2%	13 (5.0%)	17 (6.5%)	201 (76.7%)	16 (6.1%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.2%)	$6,103							12	9.4	5766	190
063441005590	5577	Carmichael (Bessie)/FEC	Public	K-8	375 Seventh St.	San Francisco	94103	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 355-6916	544	26	21.2	67.6%	56 (10.3%)	83 (15.3%)	141 (25.9%)	173 (31.8%)	4 (0.7%)	5 (0.9%)	82 (15.1%)	$6,103							12	12.9	5544	33
060133205109	5578	Woodridge Elementary	Public	K-6	5761 Brett Dr.	Sacramento	95842	Sacramento County	Twin Rivers Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 566-1650	740	29	25.5	95.1%	128 (17.3%)	102 (13.8%)	201 (27.2%)	189 (25.5%)	5 (0.7%)	7 (0.9%)	107 (14.5%)								12	14.7	5384	194
062460007539	5579	Don Stowell Elementary	Public	K-6	251 East 11th St.	Merced	95340	Merced County	Merced City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 381-2803	517	22	23.4	97.9%	19 (3.7%)	17 (3.3%)	457 (88.4%)	16 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.5%)	$7,786							12	11	5670	91
060907000925	5580	Oasis Elementary	Public	K-6	88175 74th Ave.	Thermal	92274	Riverside County	Coachella Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 397-4112	501	22	22.3	96.2%	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	488 (97.4%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	$13,062							12	13.9	5453	127

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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 18, 2023, 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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