Best Elementary Schools in California

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the CAST and Smarter Balanced Assessments test scores by the California Department of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, October 9, 2025.

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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
1831	Durfee Elementary	Public	K-8	12233 Star St.	El Monte	91732	Los Angeles County	El Monte City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 443-3900	1,120	50	22.3	73.1%	10 (0.9%)	4 (0.4%)	881 (78.7%)	219 (19.6%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.3%)	$24,967			$5,500			$19,467	65.2	56.8	2198	367		061209001349
1832	Jefferson Elementary	Public	K-5	3743 Jefferson St.	Carlsbad	92008	San Diego County	Carlsbad Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 331-5500	471	23	20.2	54.4%	185 (39.3%)	11 (2.3%)	224 (47.6%)	8 (1.7%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (8.1%)	$17,586			$801			$16,785	65.1	62	1981	149		060750000710
1833	W.J.C. Trapp Elementary	Public	K-5	2750 North Riverside Ave.	Rialto	92377	San Bernardino County	Rialto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 820-7911	537	22	24.4	73.9%	25 (4.7%)	34 (6.3%)	463 (86.2%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.5%)	$20,240			$3,331			$16,909	65.1	50	2552	719		063237004999
1834	CHIME Institute's Schwarzenegger Community	Public, Charter	K-8	19722 Collier St.	Woodland Hills	91364	Los Angeles County	CHIME Institute's Schwarzenegger Community District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 346-5100	724	33	21.9	18.4%	471 (65.1%)	24 (3.3%)	151 (20.9%)	24 (3.3%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (7.0%)	$15,442			$520			$14,922	65.1	71.8	1508	326		060149008724
1835	Walt Disney	Public	K-6	2323 West Orange Ave.	Anaheim	92804	Orange County	Magnolia Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 535-1183	560	22	25.4	67.3%	94 (16.8%)	19 (3.4%)	266 (47.5%)	157 (28.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	22 (3.9%)	$20,386			$2,832			$17,554	65.1	74	1411	424		062343003559
1836	Wildflower Open Classroom	Public, Charter	K-8	2414 Cohasset Rd. Ste. 3	Chico	95926	Butte County	Wildflower Open Classroom District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 892-1676	183	11	17.4	41.5%	133 (72.7%)	7 (3.8%)	25 (13.7%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (8.7%)	$14,658			$642			$14,016	65	56.3	2221	385		060223912755
1837	Morse Elementary	Public	K-6	431 East Morse Ave.	Placentia	92870	Orange County	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 524-6300	382	19	19.7	69.1%	45 (11.8%)	8 (2.1%)	263 (68.8%)	33 (8.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (8.4%)	$17,721			$869			$16,852	65	76.1	1335	502		063066004766
1838	Nestle Avenue Charter	Public, Charter	K-5	5060 Nestle Ave.	Tarzana	91356	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 342-6148	421	18	23.3	72.2%	171 (40.6%)	20 (4.8%)	107 (25.4%)	25 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	97 (23.0%)	$21,314			$3,599			$17,715	65	59.5	2090	252		062271003210
1839	Roosevelt Elementary	Public	K-6	1990 Laguna St.	Santa Barbara	93101	Santa Barbara County	Santa Barbara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 563-2062	463	26	17.5	55.1%	175 (37.8%)	6 (1.3%)	224 (48.4%)	7 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (11.0%)	$15,971			$1,461			$14,510	65	64.4	1859	20		060141406028
1840	Cubberley Elementary	Public	K-5	3201 Marathon Dr.	San Diego	92123	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 605-3900	199	9	23.4	55.8%	43 (21.6%)	24 (12.1%)	67 (33.7%)	24 (12.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (20.6%)	$23,485			$4,125			$19,360	65	56.7	2203	363		063432005441

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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.