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
4312	Delta Home Charter	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	31400 South Koster Rd.	Tracy	95304	San Joaquin County	New Jerusalem Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(209) 830-6363	265	11	23.1	46.4%	82 (30.9%)	11 (4.2%)	130 (49.1%)	20 (7.5%)	4 (1.5%)	1 (0.4%)	17 (6.4%)	$13,633			$498			$13,135	26	22.9	4590	278		062703013736
4313	Riverdale Elementary	Public	4-8	3700 Stathem St.	Riverdale	93656	Fresno County	Riverdale Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 867-3589	507	28	17.8	90.5%	46 (9.1%)	5 (1.0%)	453 (89.3%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$17,054			$1,794			$15,260	26	32.1	3779	534		060004005118
4314	Cali Calmecac Language Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	9491 Starr Rd.	Windsor	95492	Sonoma County	Windsor Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 837-7747	1,075	53	20.4	59.1%	200 (18.6%)	2 (0.2%)	829 (77.1%)	8 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	35 (3.3%)	$19,466			$724			$18,742	26	25.6	4312	2		060003406983
4315	Rio Real Elementary	Public	K-8	1140 Kenney St.	Oxnard	93036	Ventura County	Rio Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 485-3117	794	32	24.4	82.6%	16 (2.0%)	1 (0.1%)	771 (97.1%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$23,042			$1,955			$21,087	26	27.5	4155	160		063276005092
4316	Anderson Heights Elementary	Public	K-5	1530 Spruce St.	Anderson	96007	Shasta County	Cascade Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 378-7050	261	15	17.4	76.2%	130 (49.8%)	2 (0.8%)	72 (27.6%)	11 (4.2%)	10 (3.8%)	4 (1.5%)	32 (12.3%)	$22,806			$3,510			$19,296	25.9	20.4	4820	504		060768000734
4317	Palm Lane Global Academy	Public, Charter	K-6	1646 West Palm Ln.	Anaheim	92802	Orange County	Palm Lane Global Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(657) 213-8980	288	13	23	76.0%	10 (3.5%)	7 (2.4%)	233 (80.9%)	8 (2.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (10.1%)	$17,492			$3,711			$13,781	25.9	28.1	4110	207		060148600162
4318	Gorman Learning Center	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1826 Orange Tree Ln.	Redlands	92374	San Bernardino County	Gorman Learning Center District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 307-6312	1,185	70	16.8	41.9%	448 (37.8%)	117 (9.9%)	485 (40.9%)	31 (2.6%)	3 (0.3%)	4 (0.3%)	96 (8.1%)	$14,385			$925			$13,460	25.9	32.3	3752	566		060211708502
4319	Purche Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	13210 Purche Ave.	Gardena	90249	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 323-3184	373	21	17.7	90.1%	2 (0.5%)	175 (46.9%)	138 (37.0%)	7 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	50 (13.4%)	$31,038			$5,792			$25,246	25.9	23.7	4491	172		062271003293
4320	Saticoy Elementary	Public	K-5	7850 Ethel Ave.	North Hollywood	91605	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 765-0783	523	25	20.9	92.2%	357 (68.3%)	2 (0.4%)	119 (22.8%)	19 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (4.8%)	$24,076			$4,348			$19,728	25.9	23.5	4524	204		062271003334
4321	Cohasset Street Elementary	Public	K-5	15810 Saticoy St.	Lake Balboa	91406	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 787-2113	451	24	18.7	95.1%	26 (5.8%)	4 (0.9%)	397 (88.0%)	13 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.4%)	$25,050			$4,999			$20,051	25.9	27.9	4119	202		062271002927

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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.