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)
063384005282	3771	Susan B. Anthony Elementary	Public	K-6	7864 Detroit Blvd.	Sacramento	95832	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-4710	315	14	22.5	80.3%	3 (1.0%)	15 (4.8%)	62 (19.7%)	226 (71.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	7 (2.2%)	$9,441							31.5	15.9	5282	1511
063276010453	3772	Rio del Norte	Public	K-5	2500 Lobelia Dr.	Oxnard	93036	Ventura County	Rio Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 604-1412	461	21	22	60.5%	20 (4.3%)	14 (3.0%)	404 (87.6%)	13 (2.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.0%)	$6,211							31.4	22.4	4612	840
060003409465	3773	Brooks Elementary	Public	3-5	750 Natalie Dr.	Windsor	95492	Sonoma County	Windsor Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 837-7717	453	20	22.5	55.0%	182 (40.2%)	4 (0.9%)	227 (50.1%)	7 (1.5%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	30 (6.6%)	$6,474							31.4	35.2	3446	327
061233001413	3774	Sierra-Enterprise Elementary	Public	K-6	9115 Fruitridge Rd.	Sacramento	95826	Sacramento County	Elk Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 381-2767	521	25	20.8	54.7%	49 (9.4%)	44 (8.4%)	203 (39.0%)	177 (34.0%)	7 (1.3%)	8 (1.5%)	33 (6.3%)	$10,916							31.4	35.2	3442	332
063276005092	3775	Rio Real Elementary	Public	K-8	1140 Kenney St.	Oxnard	93036	Ventura County	Rio Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 485-3117	744	33	22.8	62.0%	15 (2.0%)	1 (0.1%)	724 (97.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	$6,632							31.4	25.9	4259	484
062271002827	3776	Ascot Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	1447 East 45th St.	Los Angeles	90011	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 235-3178	675	29	23.2	98.2%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,593							31.4	26.7	4171	395
061605011218	3777	Valle Verde Elementary	Public	K-5	400 Berkshire Rd.	Bakersfield	93307	Kern County	Greenfield Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 837-6150	1,041	42	25	88.2%	34 (3.3%)	36 (3.5%)	924 (88.8%)	36 (3.5%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	7 (0.7%)	$6,610							31.4	30.4	3844	67
062271003412	3778	Union Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	150 South Burlington Ave.	Los Angeles	90057	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 483-1345	847	40	21.4	98.5%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,176							31.3	28	4048	270
061089013246	3779	Pioneer	Public	K-8	1001 Hiett Ave.	Delano	93215	Kern County	Delano Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 474-4911	955	45	21.1	84.8%	11 (1.2%)	4 (0.4%)	883 (92.5%)	49 (5.1%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.5%)	$7,060							31.3	22.6	4585	806
061488001884	3780	C. C. Violette Elementary	Public	K-6	12091 Lampson Ave.	Garden Grove	92840	Orange County	Garden Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 663-6203	265	13	20.3	90.2%	6 (2.3%)	3 (1.1%)	217 (81.9%)	33 (12.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	5 (1.9%)	$12,510							31.3	39.7	3115	665

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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.
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.