Best Elementary Schools in California

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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
1271	John R. Peterson Elementary	Public	K-5	20661 Farnsworth Ln.	Huntington Beach	92646	Orange County	Huntington Beach City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 378-1515	477	21	22.7	46.1%	217 (45.5%)	0 (0.0%)	146 (30.6%)	31 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	82 (17.2%)	$18,196			$1,257			$16,939	77.2	89.7	716	555		061803007190
1272	Hermosa Drive Elementary	Public	K-6	400 East Hermosa Dr.	Fullerton	92835	Orange County	Fullerton Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 447-7720	302	12	25.1	48.7%	62 (20.5%)	4 (1.3%)	173 (57.3%)	44 (14.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.0%)	$25,453			$247			$25,206	77.2	70.1	1591	319		061473001794
1273	Birch Grove Intermediate	Public	3-5	37490 Birch St.	Newark	94560	Alameda County	Newark Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 818-3600	289	10	28.9	35.6%	20 (6.9%)	11 (3.8%)	96 (33.2%)	121 (41.9%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.4%)	36 (12.5%)	$15,529			$194			$15,335	77.2	73.3	1439	166		062706004086
1274	Green Valley Elementary	Public	K-5	2380 Bass Lake Rd.	Rescue	95672	El Dorado County	Rescue Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 677-3686	334	15	22.2	41.0%	198 (59.3%)	0 (0.0%)	96 (28.7%)	7 (2.1%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	29 (8.7%)	$15,340			$1,474			$13,866	77.2	70.8	1560	286		063231004982
1275	W. A. Kendrick Elementary	Public	K-5	2200 Faith Ave.	Bakersfield	93304	Kern County	Greenfield Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 837-6190	699	31	22.4	92.8%	31 (4.4%)	40 (5.7%)	610 (87.3%)	8 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.3%)	$17,798			$2,087			$15,711	77.2	84.4	979	296		061605009551
1276	Maple Elementary	Public	K-5	3501 Kimber Dr.	Newbury Park	91320	Ventura County	Conejo Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 498-6748	181	13	13.8	45.3%	64 (35.4%)	0 (0.0%)	92 (50.8%)	7 (3.9%)	3 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (8.3%)	$19,916			$1,476			$18,440	77.2	69.1	1633	357		060964001018
1277	Riverside Drive Charter	Public, Charter	K-5	13061 Riverside Dr.	Sherman Oaks	91423	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 990-4525	392	19	20.6	46.2%	147 (37.5%)	20 (5.1%)	124 (31.6%)	17 (4.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	83 (21.2%)	$22,196			$3,714			$18,482	77.1	74.8	1376	99		062271003311
1278	Dr. Bernice Jameson Todd Elementary	Public	K-6	25105 Mayhew Canyon Rd.	Corona	92883	Riverside County	Corona-Norco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 736-7035	1,018	39	26.1	60.4%	297 (29.2%)	86 (8.4%)	386 (37.9%)	151 (14.8%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (0.7%)	90 (8.8%)	$15,200			$598			$14,602	77.1	76	1339	61		060985011861
1279	Parkside Montessori	Public	K-8	1685 Eisenhower St.	San Mateo	94403	San Mateo County	San Mateo-Foster City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 312-7575	418	20	21.2	17.7%	145 (34.7%)	7 (1.7%)	86 (20.6%)	122 (29.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	56 (13.4%)	$20,950			$2,919			$18,031	77.1	87.4	840	439		063492005916
1280	Jasper Elementary	Public	K-6	6881 Jasper St.	Alta Loma	91701	San Bernardino County	Alta Loma Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 484-5050	398	18	22.1	38.9%	117 (29.4%)	20 (5.0%)	209 (52.5%)	25 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	25 (6.3%)	$19,038			$1,766			$17,272	77.1	84.3	985	295		060216000096

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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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