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
5442	Annie Pennycook Elementary	Public	K-6	3620 Fernwood Dr.	Vallejo	94591	Solano County	Vallejo City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 556-8590	364	17	21.1	79.4%	22 (6.0%)	76 (20.9%)	174 (47.8%)	51 (14.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.9%)	34 (9.3%)	$20,182			$2,664			$17,518	12.7	14.7	5331	111		064074006718
5443	Westmorland Elementary	Public	K-8	200 South C St.	Westmorland	92281	Imperial County	Westmorland Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 344-4364	304	18	16.5	95.4%	5 (1.6%)	2 (0.7%)	297 (97.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$29,899			$3,281			$26,618	12.7	10	5690	247		064218006919
5444	Grizzly Hill	Public	K-8	16661 Old Mill Rd.	Nevada City	95959	Nevada County	Twin Ridges Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 265-9052	105	5	21	84.8%	84 (80.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (8.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.9%)	1 (1.0%)	9 (8.6%)	$22,959			$9,915			$13,044	12.7	10.5	5662	218		060001209206
5445	Ninth Street Elementary	Public	K-5	835 St.anford Ave.	Los Angeles	90021	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 896-2700	302	12	25.1	99.0%	8 (2.6%)	27 (8.9%)	230 (76.2%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (11.6%)	$28,939			$5,728			$23,211	12.7	13.7	5413	32		062271008157
5446	Felix J. Appleby Elementary	Public	K-8	10321 Vernon Ave.	Blythe	92225	Riverside County	Palo Verde Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 922-7174	617	25	24.6	86.1%	86 (13.9%)	41 (6.6%)	468 (75.9%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.6%)	$19,221			$3,561			$15,660	12.7	22.2	4662	784		062964004599
5447	Don Pedro Elementary	Public	K-6	2300 Don Pedro Rd.	Ceres	95307	Stanislaus County	Ceres Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 556-1630	439	19	23.7	93.6%	42 (9.6%)	5 (1.1%)	374 (85.2%)	10 (2.3%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)	$20,297			$4,019			$16,278	12.7	15.1	5293	154		060813000786
5448	Fairview Elementary	Public	3-5	1308 Fairview St.	Orland	95963	Glenn County	Orland Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 865-1235	458	20	22.4	84.9%	112 (24.5%)	2 (0.4%)	318 (69.4%)	10 (2.2%)	6 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.0%)	$18,952			$2,175			$16,777	12.7	13	5479	31		060004507091
5449	Josephine Chrysler Elementary	Public	K-6	2818 Conant Ave.	Modesto	95350	Stanislaus County	Stanislaus Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 529-5430	621	28	21.9	92.9%	46 (7.4%)	24 (3.9%)	388 (62.5%)	62 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.4%)	92 (14.8%)	$19,080			$2,578			$16,502	12.7	19.7	4893	556		063795006393
5450	Grayson Elementary	Public	K-6	301 Howard Rd.	Westley	95387	Stanislaus County	Patterson Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 892-4725	266	14	19	92.5%	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	259 (97.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	$18,151			$2,031			$16,120	12.7	9.2	5717	267		063003004699
5451	Malcolm X Academy	Public	K-5	350 Harbor Rd.	San Francisco	94124	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 695-5950	97	6	17.6	81.4%	0 (0.0%)	60 (61.9%)	10 (10.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (10.3%)	17 (17.5%)	$34,731			$3,720			$31,011	12.7	8.1	5767	316		063441005669

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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.