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
2251	Proctor Terrace Elementary	Public	K-6	1711 Bryden Ln.	Santa Rosa	95404	Sonoma County	Santa Rosa Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 890-3950	323	15	21.5	46.1%	147 (45.5%)	2 (0.6%)	135 (41.8%)	6 (1.9%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	29 (9.0%)	$19,699			$1,463			$18,236	56	59.5	2091	160		063581006129
2252	Bates Elementary	Public	K-6	180 Primasing Ave.	Courtland	95615	Sacramento County	River Delta Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 775-1771	82	4	20.5	93.9%	1 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	78 (95.1%)	1 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	$20,194			$2,000			$18,194	56	32.2	3757	1505		063311005121
2253	Bonita Street Elementary	Public	K-5	21929 Bonita St.	Carson	90745	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 834-8588	399	19	21	77.9%	5 (1.3%)	47 (11.8%)	232 (58.1%)	85 (21.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.5%)	20 (5.0%)	$25,378			$4,458			$20,920	55.8	43.5	2960	707		062271002859
2254	Alta California Elementary	Public	K-5	14859 Rayen St.	Panorama City	91402	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 830-4400	588	28	21	96.4%	13 (2.2%)	1 (0.2%)	539 (91.7%)	23 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.0%)	$24,198			$4,939			$19,259	55.8	47.7	2685	431		062271012806
2255	Hazel Fischer Elementary	Public	K-5	1605 Blagen Rd.	Arnold	95223	Calaveras County	Vallecito Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 795-8030	172	8	22.6	45.3%	133 (77.3%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (14.5%)	2 (1.2%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (6.4%)	$18,869			$5,665			$13,204	55.8	62.2	1974	281		064068006716
2256	Pine Ridge Elementary	Public	K-8	45828 Auberry Rd.	Auberry	93602	Fresno County	Pine Ridge Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 841-2444	67	6	11.1	35.8%	54 (80.6%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (14.9%)	1 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.0%)	$53,718			$1,525			$52,193	55.8	59	2110	146		063039004737
2257	Canalino Elementary	Public	K-5	1480 Linden Ave.	Carpinteria	93013	Santa Barbara County	Carpinteria Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 684-4141	471	24	19.6	62.4%	157 (33.3%)	1 (0.2%)	297 (63.1%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.5%)	$22,936			$3,034			$19,902	55.8	55.1	2283	26		060756000725
2258	Evergreen Elementary	Public	K-5	1125 Emily Ave.	Rohnert Park	94928	Sonoma County	Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 588-5715	630	28	22.5	35.6%	265 (42.1%)	18 (2.9%)	249 (39.5%)	33 (5.2%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	60 (9.5%)	$17,333			$1,157			$16,176	55.8	51.1	2501	243		060994001077
2259	California Online Public Schools Monterey Bay	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	108 Whispering Pines Dr. Ste.	Scotts Valley	95066	Santa Cruz County	California Online Public Schools Monterey Bay District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(800) 906-5166	440	16	27.3	41.4%	129 (29.3%)	10 (2.3%)	174 (39.5%)	65 (14.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (12.7%)	$13,423			$140			$13,283	55.8	54.6	2309	50		060251714429
2260	Eastwood Elementary	Public	K-5	15730 Pescados Dr.	La Mirada	90638	Los Angeles County	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 210-2650	351	15	23.1	55.8%	47 (13.4%)	10 (2.8%)	177 (50.4%)	90 (25.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (7.4%)	$18,990			$1,210			$17,780	55.7	70	1596	664		062769004160

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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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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.