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
4382	Magnolia Elementary	Public	K-5	945 East Nearfield	Azusa	91702	Los Angeles County	Azusa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 815-5800	367	16	22.9	86.1%	10 (2.7%)	1 (0.3%)	332 (90.5%)	12 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (3.0%)	$26,012			$2,319			$23,693	25.2	39.4	3211	1171		060360000278
4383	Brooks Elementary	Public	3-5	750 Natalie Dr.	Windsor	95492	Sonoma County	Windsor Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 837-7717	493	23	21.8	50.3%	200 (40.6%)	3 (0.6%)	246 (49.9%)	7 (1.4%)	5 (1.0%)	2 (0.4%)	29 (5.9%)	$19,466			$724			$18,742	25.1	32.8	3712	671		060003409465
4384	Haddon Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	10115 Haddon Ave.	Pacoima	91331	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 899-0244	590	31	19	90.7%	5 (0.8%)	3 (0.5%)	569 (96.4%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.5%)	$27,502			$5,347			$22,155	25.1	27.7	4135	249		062271003061
4385	Rio Rosales	Public	K-5	1001 Kohala St.	Oxnard	93030	Ventura County	Rio Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 983-0277	557	24	23.2	77.0%	21 (3.8%)	12 (2.2%)	457 (82.0%)	53 (9.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.3%)	$18,277			$1,970			$16,307	25.1	30.9	3864	521		063276008667
4386	Barton Elementary	Public	K-5	1100 East Del Amo Blvd.	Long Beach	90807	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 428-0555	418	16	26.1	79.7%	14 (3.3%)	107 (25.6%)	222 (53.1%)	50 (12.0%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.4%)	14 (3.3%)	$24,164			$4,541			$19,623	25.1	22.9	4584	198		062250002698
4387	Campus Park Elementary	Public	K-5	1845 H St.	Livingston	95334	Merced County	Livingston Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 394-5460	503	23	21.8	87.5%	9 (1.8%)	14 (2.8%)	458 (91.1%)	20 (4.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$19,124			$1,976			$17,148	25.1	23.5	4522	135		062217002637
4388	Nipomo Elementary	Public	K-6	190 East Price St.	Nipomo	93444	San Luis Obispo County	Lucia Mar Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 474-3780	436	22	19.9	83.7%	74 (17.0%)	2 (0.5%)	351 (80.5%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.4%)	$15,327			$1,489			$13,838	25.1	27.3	4170	218		062308003524
4389	Indianola Elementary	Public	K-6	11524 East Dinuba Ave.	Selma	93662	Fresno County	Selma Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 898-6680	420	18	22.9	87.1%	15 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	374 (89.0%)	26 (6.2%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)								25.1	28.4	4081	308		063627006185
4390	Burbank Elementary	Public	K-6	353 B St.	Hayward	94541	Alameda County	Hayward Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 723-3805	800	32	24.8	74.0%	22 (2.8%)	63 (7.9%)	584 (73.0%)	75 (9.4%)	1 (0.1%)	15 (1.9%)	40 (5.0%)	$22,058			$3,840			$18,218	25	30.3	3902	488		061674002106
4391	Palm View Elementary	Public	K-6	1390 Seventh St.	Coachella	92236	Riverside County	Coachella Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 398-2861	561	26	21.3	94.8%	7 (1.2%)	4 (0.7%)	547 (97.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	$30,550			$1,402			$29,148	25	23.9	4478	87		060907000926

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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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