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
3791	Dan O. Root Elementary	Public	K-5	820 Harrier Dr.	Suisun City	94585	Solano County	Fairfield-Suisun Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 421-4240	426	17	25.8	76.1%	52 (12.2%)	63 (14.8%)	199 (46.7%)	47 (11.0%)	4 (0.9%)	3 (0.7%)	58 (13.6%)	$15,040			$1,367			$13,673	32.1	28	4114	323		061336009814
3792	Hurd Barrington Elementary	Public	K-5	838 Eucalyptus Ave.	Newman	95360	Stanislaus County	Newman-Crows Landing Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 862-2585	428	20	21.4	65.7%	64 (15.0%)	10 (2.3%)	323 (75.5%)	10 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (4.7%)	$21,468			$1,576			$19,892	32.1	24	4465	673		062720012979
3793	Quincy Elementary	Public	K-6	175 Mill Creek Rd.	Quincy	95971	Plumas County	Plumas Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 283-6550	342	17	20.7	54.7%	238 (69.6%)	1 (0.3%)	39 (11.4%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	57 (16.7%)	$21,662			$1,842			$19,820	32.1	29	4019	226		063117004826
3794	Los Angeles Leadership Primary Academy	Public, Charter	K-5	2670 Griffin Ave.	Los Angeles	90031	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Leadership Primary Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 381-8484	265	13	20.4	82.3%	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	253 (95.5%)	5 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.9%)	$23,922			$4,566			$19,356	32.1	24.7	4398	604		060179712963
3795	Butterfield Language Academy	Public	K-8	13400 Kitching St.	Moreno Valley	92553	Riverside County	Moreno Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 571-4540	963	40	24	87.9%	29 (3.0%)	63 (6.5%)	834 (86.6%)	12 (1.2%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.3%)	19 (2.0%)	$21,103			$3,534			$17,569	32.1	35.7	3467	328		062580008907
3796	Sally Ride Elementary: A SMArT Academy	Public	K-5	1041 East 46th St.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 235-7117	367	17	21.5	97.0%	3 (0.8%)	19 (5.2%)	338 (92.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.9%)	$27,595			$6,135			$21,460	32	37.7	3321	475		062271013194
3797	Pearblossom Elementary	Public	K-8	12828 East Avenue W	Pearblossom	93553	Los Angeles County	Keppel Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 944-6019	435	18	24.1	66.0%	87 (20.0%)	1 (0.2%)	332 (76.3%)	6 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.1%)	$22,225			$2,559			$19,666	32	24.5	4412	615		061944009557
3798	McKinley Elementary	Public	K-8	14431 Stanford Ave.	Compton	90220	Los Angeles County	Compton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 898-6320	331	14	22.8	90.3%	2 (0.6%)	94 (28.4%)	230 (69.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	3 (0.9%)	$23,485			$4,420			$19,065	32	32.6	3725	73		060962000991
3799	Nevin Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	1569 East 32nd St.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 232-2236	478	22	21.7	97.7%	4 (0.8%)	13 (2.7%)	454 (95.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.5%)	$28,313			$6,191			$22,122	32	37.2	3351	448		062271003212
3800	Juan Felipe Herrera Elementary	Public	K-6	5090 East Church Ave.	Fresno	93725	Fresno County	Fresno Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 248-7130	630	33	19.3	83.8%	16 (2.5%)	24 (3.8%)	415 (65.9%)	145 (23.0%)	7 (1.1%)	3 (0.5%)	20 (3.2%)	$17,494			$2,173			$15,321	32	24.6	4401	601		061455014603

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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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Educational resources:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.