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
471	Double Peak	Public	K-8	111 San Elijo Rd.	San Marcos	92078	San Diego County	San Marcos Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 290-2340	1,171	51	23.1	21.0%	576 (49.2%)	20 (1.7%)	280 (23.9%)	166 (14.2%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	125 (10.7%)	$16,274			$933			$15,341	93	91.8	584	113		063488013965
472	Live Oak Elementary	Public	K-5	5151 Sherwood Way	San Ramon	94582	Contra Costa County	San Ramon Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 803-3100	438	23	19.3	9.1%	41 (9.4%)	15 (3.4%)	25 (5.7%)	317 (72.4%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (8.2%)	$20,114			$574			$19,540	93	94.8	362	110		063513011880
473	Bella Vista Elementary	Public	K-5	1050 Trumpet Vine Ln.	San Ramon	94582	Contra Costa County	San Ramon Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 659-5900	499	26	19.5	16.0%	48 (9.6%)	24 (4.8%)	36 (7.2%)	353 (70.7%)	4 (0.8%)	2 (0.4%)	32 (6.4%)	$27,206			$1,279			$25,927	93	95.1	336	137		063513013980
474	Grace Miller Elementary	Public	K-5	1629 Holly Oak St.	La Verne	91750	Los Angeles County	Bonita Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 971-8206	448	20	22.4	41.7%	87 (19.4%)	9 (2.0%)	302 (67.4%)	23 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	25 (5.6%)	$15,421			$790			$14,631	93	88.5	784	310		060561000509
475	San Carlos Charter Learning Center	Public, Charter	K-8	750 Dartmouth Ave.	San Carlos	94070	San Mateo County	San Carlos Charter Learning Center District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 508-7343	377	20	18.6	4.0%	175 (46.4%)	3 (0.8%)	46 (12.2%)	101 (26.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	51 (13.5%)	$16,319			$208			$16,111	93	96.3	235	240		060184204029
476	Crocker Highlands Elementary	Public	K-5	525 Midcrest Rd.	Oakland	94610	Alameda County	Oakland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 879-3111	415	17	24.4	22.4%	163 (39.3%)	37 (8.9%)	54 (13.0%)	57 (13.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	104 (25.1%)	$22,366			$3,865			$18,501	93	93.9	436	40		062805004253
477	EPIC Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	2760 Penrose Ln.	Lathrop	95330	San Joaquin County	EPIC Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 717-6700	1,025	40	25.7	24.1%	39 (3.8%)	75 (7.3%)	115 (11.2%)	725 (70.7%)	59 (5.8%)	7 (0.7%)	5 (0.5%)	$9,741			$274			$9,467	93	93.2	494	17		060257314621
478	Green Valley Elementary	Public	K-5	1001 Diablo Rd.	Danville	94526	Contra Costa County	San Ramon Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 855-5400	484	24	20.3	3.1%	299 (61.8%)	6 (1.2%)	48 (9.9%)	78 (16.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (11.0%)	$13,920			$165			$13,755	92.9	92.6	528	50		063513005947
479	De Portola Elementary	Public	K-6	27031 Preciados Dr.	Mission Viejo	92691	Orange County	Saddleback Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 586-5830	540	20	26.9	18.0%	306 (56.7%)	2 (0.4%)	88 (16.3%)	59 (10.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	84 (15.6%)	$18,064			$1,362			$16,702	92.9	95	347	132		063386005295
480	Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary	Public	K-5	775 Russi Rd.	Folsom	95630	Sacramento County	Folsom-Cordova Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 294-9170	490	25	19.9	13.5%	215 (43.9%)	12 (2.4%)	50 (10.2%)	169 (34.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (8.6%)	$24,481			$1,175			$23,306	92.9	93.2	498	18		061389011205

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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.