California Elementary School Rankings

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)							Ranking (2022 vs 2021)
ID	Rank (of 5880)	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 (2022)	Average Standard Score (2021)	Rank (2021)	Rank Change from 2021	SchoolDigger Rating (2022)
060861010307	1381	Clear View	Public	K-6	455 Windrose Way	Chula Vista	91910	San Diego County	Chula Vista Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(619) 498-3000	504	24	20.8	38.5%	65 (12.9%)	16 (3.2%)	340 (67.5%)	54 (10.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	27 (5.4%)	$12,127							75.5			(n/a)
060846007676	1382	Lyle S. Briggs Fundamental	Public	K-8	11880 Roswell Ave.	Chino	91710	San Bernardino County	Chino Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(909) 628-6497	670	31	21.3	38.4%	114 (17.0%)	5 (0.7%)	508 (75.8%)	23 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	19 (2.8%)	$10,641							75.5			(n/a)
060216008114	1383	Hermosa Elementary	Public	K-6	10133 Wilson Ave.	Alta Loma	91737	San Bernardino County	Alta Loma Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(909) 484-5040	589	20	29.3	32.6%	166 (28.2%)	27 (4.6%)	250 (42.4%)	93 (15.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	52 (8.8%)	$6,883							75.4			(n/a)
063822012288	1384	Golden Oak Community	Public	K-6	25201 Via Princessa	Santa Clarita	91321	Los Angeles County	Sulphur Springs Union	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(661) 251-8929	516	19	27.1	25.0%	138 (26.7%)	36 (7.0%)	209 (40.5%)	89 (17.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (8.1%)	$5,794							75.4			(n/a)
060215503982	1385	Creative Arts Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	1601 Turk St.	San Francisco	94115	San Francisco County	Creative Arts Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(415) 749-3509	435	24	18.2	22.5%	219 (50.3%)	47 (10.8%)	84 (19.3%)	23 (5.3%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (13.6%)								75.4	57.9	539	846
060242411940	1386	Nevada City School of the Arts	Public, Charter	K-8	13032 Bitney Springs Rd. Bldg.	Nevada City	95959	Nevada County	Nevada City School of the Arts District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(530) 273-7736	418	28	15.1	48.6%	302 (72.2%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (13.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (13.4%)								75.3			(n/a)
060142806990	1387	Juan De Anza Elementary	Public	K-5	12110 Hindry Ave.	Hawthorne	90250	Los Angeles County	Wiseburn Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(310) 725-2100	589	23	25.3	31.6%	100 (17.0%)	101 (17.1%)	278 (47.2%)	63 (10.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	46 (7.8%)	$8,671							75.3			(n/a)
060216007640	1388	Deer Canyon Elementary	Public	K-6	10225 Hamilton St.	Alta Loma	91701	San Bernardino County	Alta Loma Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(909) 484-5030	588	23	25.5	37.4%	165 (28.1%)	24 (4.1%)	303 (51.5%)	54 (9.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	41 (7.0%)	$6,690							75.3			(n/a)
061884001330	1389	Monticello Elementary	Public	K-4	1001 Cambridge Pl.	Tracy	95377	San Joaquin County	Jefferson Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(209) 833-9300	498	22	22.6	28.3%	107 (21.5%)	17 (3.4%)	144 (28.9%)	193 (38.8%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.8%)	31 (6.2%)	$7,985							75.3	69.5	398	991
060141406032	1390	Washington Elementary	Public	K-6	290 Lighthouse Rd.	Santa Barbara	93109	Santa Barbara County	Santa Barbara Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(805) 965-6653	537	30	17.9	48.0%	250 (46.6%)	5 (0.9%)	223 (41.5%)	21 (3.9%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	35 (6.5%)	$11,839							75.3			(n/a)

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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 24, 2022, 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.

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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. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.