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
3441	Tweedy Elementary	Public	K-5	9724 Pinehurst Ave.	South Gate	90280	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 568-2828	471	25	18.8	90.2%	9 (1.9%)	3 (0.6%)	457 (97.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$26,509			$5,638			$20,871	36.5	36.4	3414	27		062271003407
3442	Oak Grove Elementary	Public	K-6	1873 West Mulberry Ave.	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Burton Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 784-0310	393	16	24.5	87.3%	23 (5.9%)	2 (0.5%)	326 (83.0%)	15 (3.8%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	23 (5.9%)	$20,589			$2,347			$18,242	36.5	37.8	3319	123		060657008801
3443	River Charter Schools Lighthouse Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	899 Bryte Ave.	West Sacramento	95605	Yolo County	River Charter Schools Lighthouse Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 744-1212	446	21	21.6	62.8%	107 (24.0%)	16 (3.6%)	220 (49.3%)	31 (7.0%)	2 (0.4%)	8 (1.8%)	62 (13.9%)								36.5	45.9	2802	641		060231413849
3444	Lake View Charter	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	3101 Zinfandel Dr. Ste. 350	Rancho Cordova	95670	Glenn County	Lake View Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(916) 957-5877	969	28	34.6	56.2%	706 (72.9%)	12 (1.2%)	140 (14.4%)	6 (0.6%)	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	98 (10.1%)	$14,368			$481			$13,887	36.5	26.7	4234	790		060252014428
3445	Cutler Elementary	Public	K-5	40532 Road 128	Cutler	93615	Tulare County	Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 528-6931	607	30	20	91.9%	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	598 (98.5%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$23,649			$4,514			$19,135	36.5	23.6	4516	1071		061035001156
3446	Zela Davis	Public	K-5	13435 South Yukon Ave.	Hawthorne	90250	Los Angeles County	Hawthorne	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 679-1771	843	32	26.3	93.6%	11 (1.3%)	238 (28.2%)	540 (64.1%)	25 (3.0%)	2 (0.2%)	5 (0.6%)	22 (2.6%)	$19,758			$4,655			$15,103	36.5	34.3	3576	130		061668002101
3447	Juan Lagunas Soria Elementary	Public	K-8	3101 Dunkirk Dr.	Oxnard	93035	Ventura County	Oxnard	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 385-1584	895	40	22.3	74.6%	26 (2.9%)	9 (1.0%)	825 (92.2%)	21 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	13 (1.5%)	$22,973			$2,004			$20,969	36.5	37	3368	79		062922012389
3448	Grace Thille Elementary	Public	K-6	1144 Ventura St.	Santa Paula	93060	Ventura County	Santa Paula Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 933-8920	358	16	22.3	93.0%	14 (3.9%)	1 (0.3%)	342 (95.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$23,215			$4,018			$19,197	36.4	37.1	3358	90		060142106108
3449	Westwood Elementary	Public	K-5	1748 West St.	Concord	94521	Contra Costa County	Mt. Diablo Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 685-4202	224	11	20.3	72.3%	67 (29.9%)	1 (0.4%)	103 (46.0%)	30 (13.4%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	21 (9.4%)	$8,154			$421			$7,733	36.4	47.6	2695	754		062637003981
3450	John Bidwell Elementary	Public	K-6	1730 65th Ave.	Sacramento	95822	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-4610	262	11	23.3	76.7%	22 (8.4%)	42 (16.0%)	123 (46.9%)	50 (19.1%)	1 (0.4%)	7 (2.7%)	17 (6.5%)	$22,064			$3,961			$18,103	36.4	22	4671	1221		063384005254

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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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