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
3721	Mountain Vista	Public	K-5	918 Fifth St.	Fillmore	93015	Ventura County	Fillmore Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 524-6781	430	18	23.5	87.0%	20 (4.7%)	1 (0.2%)	403 (93.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	$21,217			$1,629			$19,588	33	25.1	4358	637		061380011538
3722	Parthenia Academy of Arts and Technology	Public	K-5	16825 Napa St.	North Hills	91343	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 891-6955	421	21	20.5	90.3%	19 (4.5%)	18 (4.3%)	345 (81.9%)	18 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.0%)	$25,307			$5,290			$20,017	33	27.4	4161	439		062271009572
3723	San Miguel Elementary	Public	K-5	9801 San Miguel Ave.	South Gate	90280	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 567-0511	677	33	20.5	94.1%	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	662 (97.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.2%)	$24,765			$4,601			$20,164	33	36.4	3406	317		062271009573
3724	Las Palmas Elementary	Public	K-6	477 Las Palmas Ave.	Sacramento	95815	Sacramento County	Twin Rivers Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 566-2700	1,001	41	24.7	90.9%	24 (2.4%)	54 (5.4%)	768 (76.7%)	100 (10.0%)	3 (0.3%)	4 (0.4%)	47 (4.7%)	$19,199			$3,726			$15,473	33	30.3	3904	180		060133204155
3725	Walter Woodward Elementary	Public	K-8	575 Tannehill Dr.	Manteca	95337	San Joaquin County	Manteca Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 858-7430	1,056	43	24.7	58.4%	185 (17.5%)	66 (6.3%)	444 (42.0%)	281 (26.6%)	3 (0.3%)	17 (1.6%)	60 (5.7%)	$14,693			$2,115			$12,578	33	33.7	3625	100		062361011419
3726	Kratt Elementary	Public	K-6	650 West Sierra Ave.	Fresno	93704	Fresno County	Fresno Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 451-4510	620	31	20	79.2%	99 (16.0%)	39 (6.3%)	398 (64.2%)	40 (6.5%)	7 (1.1%)	2 (0.3%)	35 (5.6%)	$17,651			$2,022			$15,629	33	40	3175	551		061455001746
3727	Sparrow Academy	Public, Charter	K-5	5150 Wilson St.	La Mesa	91942	San Diego County	Sparrow Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 439-6327	156	7	22.2	34.0%	61 (39.1%)	1 (0.6%)	75 (48.1%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (10.9%)	$17,694			$282			$17,412	33	41.7	3087	640		060229814132
3728	Rio Vista Elementary	Public	K-5	250 Edgewood St.	Fillmore	93016	Ventura County	Fillmore Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 524-4210	553	23	23.7	57.3%	52 (9.4%)	7 (1.3%)	462 (83.5%)	17 (3.1%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.0%)	$18,709			$1,682			$17,027	33	36.2	3421	307		061380001558
3729	De Anza Elementary	Public	K-5	12820 Bess St.	Baldwin Park	91706	Los Angeles County	Baldwin Park Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 338-4019	421	20	21	94.3%	3 (0.7%)	2 (0.5%)	368 (87.4%)	41 (9.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.4%)	$27,128			$6,705			$20,423	33	43.7	2948	781		060369000328
3730	Fair Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	6501 Fair Ave.	North Hollywood	91606	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 761-5444	516	26	20.2	96.1%	11 (2.1%)	13 (2.5%)	472 (91.5%)	8 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.1%)	$25,452			$4,412			$21,040	33	32.4	3744	14		062271002996

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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 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.