California Elementary School Rankings

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)							Ranking (2022 vs 2021)
ID	Rank (of 5880)	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 (2022)	Average Standard Score (2021)	Rank (2021)	Rank Change from 2021	SchoolDigger Rating (2022)
062271013195	591	Playa Vista Elementary	Public	K-5	13150 W. Bluff Creek Dr.	Playa Vista	90094	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(424) 228-1800	432	21	20.5	11.3%	149 (34.5%)	72 (16.7%)	63 (14.6%)	79 (18.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	66 (15.3%)	$8,557							92			(n/a)
061749007426	592	Hope Elementary	Public	K-6	3970-A La Colina Rd.	Santa Barbara	93110	Santa Barbara County	Hope Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(805) 563-2974	272	16	17	42.3%	120 (44.1%)	4 (1.5%)	110 (40.4%)	8 (2.9%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	28 (10.3%)	$10,470							92			(n/a)
063099010710	593	La Mariposa	Public	K-5	4800 Corte Olivas	Camarillo	93012	Ventura County	Pleasant Valley	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(805) 383-5315	505	23	21.9	17.0%	185 (36.6%)	12 (2.4%)	175 (34.7%)	93 (18.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	39 (7.7%)	$7,307							92	93.3	110	483
062490003721	594	Spring Valley Elementary	Public	K-5	817 Murchison Dr.	Millbrae	94030	San Mateo County	Millbrae Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(650) 697-5681	396	13	30.2	16.4%	44 (11.1%)	1 (0.3%)	44 (11.1%)	255 (64.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	50 (12.6%)	$4,980							92	91.7	137	457
063066010988	595	Lakeview Elementary	Public	K-5	17510 Lakeview Ave.	Yorba Linda	92886	Orange County	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(714) 986-7190	404	17	23.7	22.3%	98 (24.3%)	5 (1.2%)	66 (16.3%)	203 (50.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (7.9%)	$6,269							92			(n/a)
064128006833	596	Castle Rock Elementary	Public	K-5	2975 Castle Rock Rd.	Diamond Bar	91765	Los Angeles County	Walnut Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(909) 598-5006	663	29	22.9	23.2%	31 (4.7%)	8 (1.2%)	118 (17.8%)	465 (70.1%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	37 (5.6%)	$5,089							92			(n/a)
063488011771	597	San Elijo Elementary	Public	K-5	1615 Schhouse Way	San Marcos	92078	San Diego County	San Marcos Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(760) 290-2600	874	37	23.9	14.6%	546 (62.5%)	0 (0.0%)	180 (20.6%)	70 (8.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	69 (7.9%)	$7,420							92			(n/a)
061233014065	598	Zehnder Ranch Elementary	Public	K-6	9880 Denali Cir.	Elk Grove	95757	Sacramento County	Elk Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(916) 793-3300	1,304	51	25.5	21.1%	151 (11.6%)	79 (6.1%)	209 (16.0%)	730 (56.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (1.2%)	120 (9.2%)	$5,635							92	89	167	431
060474000436	599	Emerson Elementary	Public	K-5	2800 Forest Ave.	Berkeley	94705	Alameda County	Berkeley Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(510) 644-6890	281	15	18.6	29.5%	130 (46.3%)	37 (13.2%)	44 (15.7%)	30 (10.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (13.9%)	$10,219							91.9			(n/a)
060001308764	600	Sierra Elementary	Public	K-6	6811 Camborne Way	Rocklin	95677	Placer County	Rocklin Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(916) 788-7141	478	20	24.3	12.3%	257 (53.8%)	5 (1.0%)	87 (18.2%)	54 (11.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	74 (15.5%)	$6,044							91.9			(n/a)

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About our rankings:

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 24, 2022, 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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.