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)
063732006312	2512	Soulsbyville Elementary	Public	K-8	20300 Soulsbyville Rd.	Soulsbyville	95372	Tuolumne County	Soulsbyville Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(209) 532-1419	496	26	19.2	40.7%	382 (77.0%)	1 (0.2%)	74 (14.9%)	3 (0.6%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (6.3%)	$8,702							50.5	47.9	677	1835
069102311839	2513	Forest Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	470 Searls Ave.	Nevada City	95959	Nevada County	Nevada County Office of Education	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(530) 265-4823	742	37	20.2	40.4%	585 (78.8%)	1 (0.1%)	76 (10.2%)	3 (0.4%)	13 (1.8%)	3 (0.4%)	59 (8.0%)	$9,667							50.5			(n/a)
061949008869	2514	Sun Empire Elementary	Public	K-6	2649 N. Modoc Ave.	Kerman	93630	Fresno County	Kerman Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(559) 843-9200	546	24	22.7	80.8%	53 (9.7%)	0 (0.0%)	474 (86.8%)	7 (1.3%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.1%)	$5,321							50.5	55.9	564	1950
060837000820	2515	Hooker Oak Elementary	Public	K-5	1238 Arbutus Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte County	Chico Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(530) 891-3119	304	18	16.8	53.0%	215 (70.7%)	2 (0.7%)	50 (16.4%)	4 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (10.5%)	$11,924							50.4			(n/a)
060985001066	2516	John Stallings Elementary	Public	K-6	1980 Fullerton Ave.	Corona	92881	Riverside County	Corona-Norco Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(951) 736-3249	482	19	25.3	83.2%	62 (12.9%)	43 (8.9%)	346 (71.8%)	16 (3.3%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.8%)	9 (1.9%)	$9,222							50.4			(n/a)
062769004159	2517	John Foster Dulles Elementary	Public	K-5	12726 Meadowgreen Rd.	La Mirada	90638	Los Angeles County	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(562) 210-2610	266	15	18.2	49.2%	39 (14.7%)	6 (2.3%)	202 (75.9%)	7 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.5%)	$12,623							50.4			(n/a)
062454012252	2518	Quail Valley Elementary	Public	K-5	23757 Canyon Heights Dr.	Menifee	92587	Riverside County	Menifee Union	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(951) 244-1937	487	23	20.9	80.9%	99 (20.3%)	11 (2.3%)	351 (72.1%)	9 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.3%)	$10,265							50.4			(n/a)
060994001077	2519	Evergreen Elementary	Public	K-5	1125 Emily Ave.	Rohnert Park	94928	Sonoma County	Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 588-5715	528	25	21.4	29.0%	244 (46.2%)	9 (1.7%)	180 (34.1%)	23 (4.4%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	66 (12.5%)	$6,122							50.4			(n/a)
062805004241	2520	Bella Vista Elementary	Public	K-5	1025 E. 28th St.	Oakland	94610	Alameda County	Oakland Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(510) 879-2102	402	18	22.3	84.1%	12 (3.0%)	81 (20.1%)	92 (22.9%)	180 (44.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	35 (8.7%)	$8,430							50.4			(n/a)
062825004370	2521	Palmquist Elementary	Public	K-5	1999 CA St.	Oceanside	92054	San Diego County	Oceanside Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(760) 901-8500	537	21	25	56.1%	209 (38.9%)	11 (2.0%)	258 (48.0%)	10 (1.9%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	45 (8.4%)	$12,138							50.4			(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.