Best Elementary Schools in California

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)							Ranking (2023 vs 2022)
ID	Rank (of 5874)	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 (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Rank (2022)	Rank Change from 2022	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)
061187001323	1991	Antelope Elementary	Public	K-8	111527 Highway 395	Coleville	96107	Mono County	Eastern Sierra Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 495-2231	121	8	15.6	48.8%	70 (57.9%)	2 (1.7%)	36 (29.8%)	1 (0.8%)	7 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.1%)								61.5	60.8	1989	2
060159513960	1992	Redding STEM Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	3711 Oasis Rd.	Redding	96003	Shasta County	Redding STEM Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 275-5480	245	13	19.4	60.0%	167 (68.2%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (11.0%)	1 (0.4%)	8 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (17.1%)								61.5	67.6	1711	281
060176412292	1993	KIPP Raices Academy	Public, Charter	K-4	668 Atlantic Blvd.	Los Angeles	90022	Los Angeles County	KIPP Raices Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 780-3900	561	24	23.3	79.1%	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	547 (97.5%)	7 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)								61.5	55.4	2283	290
063255005049	1994	Olinda Elementary	Public	K-6	5855 Olinda Rd.	El Sobrante	94803	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1452	333	14	23.7	27.9%	46 (13.8%)	41 (12.3%)	100 (30.0%)	103 (30.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	37 (11.1%)	$5,606							61.5	64.4	1828	166
063684006258	1995	Katherine Elementary	Public	K-6	5455 Katherine St.	Simi Valley	93063	Ventura County	Simi Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 520-6780	351	13	26.8	50.4%	131 (37.3%)	6 (1.7%)	162 (46.2%)	35 (10.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.6%)	$6,336							61.4	72.8	1488	507
061350001541	1996	La Paloma Elementary	Public	K-6	300 Heald Ln.	Fallbrook	92028	San Diego County	Fallbrook Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 731-4220	493	25	20.1	76.1%	122 (24.7%)	3 (0.6%)	340 (69.0%)	5 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.2%)	16 (3.2%)	$6,711							61.4	56.4	2220	224
064214006894	1997	Carlin C. Coppin Elementary	Public	K-5	150 East 12th St.	Lincoln	95648	Placer County	Western Placer Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 645-6390	396	17	23.2	45.2%	202 (51.0%)	4 (1.0%)	152 (38.4%)	5 (1.3%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	28 (7.1%)	$10,987							61.4	64	1842	155
060238514024	1998	Redding School of the Arts	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	955 Inspiration Pl.	Redding	96003	Shasta County	Redding School of the Arts District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 247-6933	602	31	19.6	30.6%	374 (62.1%)	8 (1.3%)	71 (11.8%)	36 (6.0%)	8 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	105 (17.4%)								61.4	66.2	1775	223
060606000543	1999	Panorama Elementary	Public	K-5	25 Bellevue Ave.	Daly City	94014	San Mateo County	Brisbane Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 586-6595	117	7	16.7	29.9%	19 (16.2%)	2 (1.7%)	36 (30.8%)	50 (42.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (8.5%)	$16,714							61.4	50.7	2507	508
060639012036	2000	Old River Elementary	Public	K-6	9815 Campus Park Dr.	Bakersfield	93311	Kern County	Panama-Buena Vista Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 664-7009	867	32	27.5	71.6%	178 (20.5%)	60 (6.9%)	481 (55.5%)	81 (9.3%)	6 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	60 (6.9%)	$11,555							61.4	61.2	1975	25

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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 18, 2023, 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.
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