California Elementary School Rankings

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The list is updated annually upon the release of test scores by the California Department of Education. The most recent update was on 10/24/2022.

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)
064198006873	4843	Weed Elementary	Public	K-8	575 White Ave.	Weed	96094	Siskiyou County	Weed Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(530) 938-2715	337	15	22.7	77.7%	166 (49.3%)	17 (5.0%)	71 (21.1%)	23 (6.8%)	12 (3.6%)	1 (0.3%)	46 (13.6%)	$10,694							20.1			(n/a)
060195010559	4844	Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy	Public	K-6	925 N. Sanborn Rd.	Salinas	93905	Monterey County	Alisal Union	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(831) 796-3916	603	24	25.1	98.7%	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	597 (99.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	$4,171							20.1			(n/a)
062271008158	4845	Sunrise Elementary	Public	K-6	2821 E. Seventh St.	Los Angeles	90023	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(323) 263-6744	322	18	17.8	96.9%	6 (1.9%)	1 (0.3%)	313 (97.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$15,284							20.1			(n/a)
062271010879	4846	Harvard Elementary	Public	K-5	330 N. Harvard Blvd.	Los Angeles	90004	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(323) 953-4540	262	16	16.9	93.1%	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	241 (92.0%)	12 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.5%)	$12,758							20.1			(n/a)
062553007181	4847	Marina Vista Elementary	Public	K-6	390 Carmel Ave.	Marina	93933	Monterey County	Monterey Peninsula Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(831) 392-3580	473	21	22.1	78.2%	33 (7.0%)	19 (4.0%)	349 (73.8%)	62 (13.1%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	5 (1.1%)	$5,433							20.1			(n/a)
061839002255	4848	Kelso (William H.) Elementary	Public	K-6	809 E. Kelso St.	Inglewood	90301	Los Angeles County	Inglewood Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(310) 680-5480	392	14	27.2	84.7%	2 (0.5%)	168 (42.9%)	210 (53.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	8 (2.0%)								20	14.1	1309	3539
063393005319	4849	Boronda Elementary	Public	K-6	1114 Fontes Ln.	Salinas	93907	Monterey County	Salinas City Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(831) 784-2231	272	14	19.4	50.0%	31 (11.4%)	2 (0.7%)	218 (80.1%)	5 (1.8%)	13 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	$8,743							20			(n/a)
061692002156	4850	Little Lake Elementary	Public	K-5	26866 San Jacinto St.	Hemet	92543	Riverside County	Hemet Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(951) 765-1660	639	29	22.4	85.4%	147 (23.0%)	42 (6.6%)	427 (66.8%)	4 (0.6%)	3 (0.5%)	3 (0.5%)	13 (2.0%)	$8,725							20			(n/a)
060994014195	4851	Richard Crane Elementary	Public	K-5	1290 S.W. Blvd.	Rohnert Park	94928	Sonoma County	Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 285-3150	227	10	23.3	37.9%	73 (32.2%)	13 (5.7%)	101 (44.5%)	8 (3.5%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (13.2%)								20			(n/a)
060964001008	4852	Conejo Elementary	Public	K-5	280 N. Conejo Sch Rd.	Thousand Oaks	91362	Ventura County	Conejo Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(805) 495-7058	222	12	18.5	70.7%	27 (12.2%)	4 (1.8%)	180 (81.1%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	7 (3.2%)	$8,840							20			(n/a)

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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 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.
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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.