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
2721	Gladys Poet-Christian Elementary	Public	K-8	1701 South Central Ave.	Tracy	95376	San Joaquin County	Tracy Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 830-3325	555	26	21.2	67.2%	96 (17.3%)	34 (6.1%)	273 (49.2%)	108 (19.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	41 (7.4%)	$15,425			$1,606			$13,819	47.7	35.7	3464	743		060004707398
2722	Genevieve M. Crosby Elementary	Public	K-6	12181 West St.	Garden Grove	92840	Orange County	Garden Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 663-6346	325	14	23.2	82.8%	16 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	209 (64.3%)	96 (29.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	$18,842			$1,964			$16,878	47.7	68.8	1652	1070		061488001835
2723	High Technical Elementary Explorer	Public, Charter	K-5	2230 Truxtun Rd.	San Diego	92106	San Diego County	High Technical Elementary Explorer District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 795-3600	386	16	24.1	44.6%	98 (25.4%)	32 (8.3%)	183 (47.4%)	48 (12.4%)	3 (0.8%)	3 (0.8%)	18 (4.7%)	$15,234			$821			$14,413	47.7	41.5	3096	373		060176808602
2724	South Sutter Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2044 Nicolaus Ave.	East Nicolaus	95659	Sutter County	South Sutter Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(800) 979-4436	2,653	112	23.7	38.4%	1,508 (56.8%)	47 (1.8%)	456 (17.2%)	96 (3.6%)	8 (0.3%)	5 (0.2%)	531 (20.0%)	$12,502			$917			$11,585	47.7	46.3	2780	56		060174011518
2725	Elmer Wood Elementary	Public	K-6	1271 West Bellevue Rd.	Atwater	95301	Merced County	Atwater Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 357-6143	514	22	23.3	76.3%	95 (18.5%)	7 (1.4%)	387 (75.3%)	9 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.1%)	$18,072			$2,947			$15,125	47.7	57.9	2156	569		060342000258
2726	Golden Valley Elementary	Public	K-5	41465 Road 127	Orosi	93647	Tulare County	Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 528-9004	603	31	19.2	90.4%	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	565 (93.7%)	31 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	$21,815			$4,161			$17,654	47.7	47.1	2726			061035005511
2727	Fairgrove Academy	Public	K-8	15540 Fairgrove Ave.	La Puente	91744	Los Angeles County	Hacienda la Puente Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 933-8500	749	31	24.1	85.2%	7 (0.9%)	2 (0.3%)	671 (89.6%)	44 (5.9%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	23 (3.1%)	$19,267			$1,657			$17,610	47.7	34.4	3564	837		061632507159
2728	River Oak Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	555 Leslie St.	Ukiah	95482	Mendocino County	River Oak Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 467-1855	245	11	22.1	38.4%	145 (59.2%)	5 (2.0%)	59 (24.1%)	8 (3.3%)	8 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (7.8%)	$13,770			$724			$13,046	47.6	54.7	2308	420		060241412026
2729	Sixty-First Street Elementary	Public	K-6	6020 South Figueroa St.	Los Angeles	90003	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 759-1138	541	28	19.3	98.9%	7 (1.3%)	52 (9.6%)	460 (85.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.7%)	$27,410			$5,333			$22,077	47.6	28.9	4028	1299		062271003358
2730	Mira Monte Elementary	Public	K-6	1216 Loma Dr.	Ojai	93023	Ventura County	Ojai Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 640-4384	523	21	25.5	54.7%	240 (45.9%)	4 (0.8%)	245 (46.8%)	7 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.0%)	$5,606			$239			$5,367	47.6	42.1	3061	331		062827004378

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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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