California Elementary School Rankings

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)							Ranking (2022 vs 2021)
ID	Rank (of 5880)	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 (2022)	Average Standard Score (2021)	Rank (2021)	Rank Change from 2021	SchoolDigger Rating (2022)
062569007935	731	Walnut Canyon Elementary	Public	K-5	280 Casey Rd.	Moorpark	93021	Ventura County	Moorpark Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(805) 517-1722	416	18	22.8	29.6%	174 (41.8%)	3 (0.7%)	193 (46.4%)	27 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.6%)	$6,083							89.3	90.5	152	579
063480001393	732	Monarch Grove Elementary	Public	K-5	348 Los Osos Valley Rd.	Los Osos	93402	San Luis Obispo County	San Luis Coastal Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(805) 534-2844	346	16	21.6	42.5%	256 (74.0%)	2 (0.6%)	56 (16.2%)	6 (1.7%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (6.9%)	$14,090							89.2	86.3	190	542
061524001929	733	John C. Fremont Elementary	Public	K-6	3320 Las Palmas Ave.	Glendale	91208	Los Angeles County	Glendale Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(818) 249-3241	586	26	22.5	16.7%	368 (62.8%)	6 (1.0%)	99 (16.9%)	81 (13.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.5%)	$6,376							89.2			(n/a)
060200212786	734	Old Town Academy K-8 Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	2120 San Diego Ave.	San Diego	92110	San Diego County	Old Town Academy K-8 Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(619) 574-6225	258	9	28.6	11.6%	120 (46.5%)	7 (2.7%)	85 (32.9%)	18 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	27 (10.5%)								89.2			(n/a)
060636000555	735	Charles G. Emery Elementary	Public	K-5	8600 Somerset St.	Buena Park	90621	Orange County	Buena Park Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(714) 521-5134	677	24	27.7	49.9%	43 (6.4%)	6 (0.9%)	215 (31.8%)	372 (54.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (5.9%)	$7,644							89.2			(n/a)
060648000584	736	McKinley Elementary	Public	K-5	701 Paloma Ave.	Burlingame	94010	San Mateo County	Burlingame Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(650) 259-3870	560	24	23.8	16.1%	168 (30.0%)	1 (0.2%)	159 (28.4%)	110 (19.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	120 (21.4%)	$9,984							89.2	85.6	199	537
060846009124	737	Gerald F. Litel Elementary	Public	K-6	3425 Eucalyptus Ave.	Chino Hills	91709	San Bernardino County	Chino Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(909) 591-1336	568	24	23.7	28.3%	105 (18.5%)	10 (1.8%)	231 (40.7%)	181 (31.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	39 (6.9%)	$9,989							89.1			(n/a)
060217812215	738	Goethe International Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	12500 Braddock Dr.	Los Angeles	90066	Los Angeles County	Goethe International Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(310) 306-3484	388	20	19.5	27.6%	149 (38.4%)	46 (11.9%)	101 (26.0%)	27 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (16.8%)								89.1			(n/a)
061524001928	739	Benjamin Franklin Elementary	Public	K-6	1610 Lake St.	Glendale	91201	Los Angeles County	Glendale Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(818) 243-1809	580	24	24.1	13.1%	346 (59.7%)	10 (1.7%)	161 (27.8%)	20 (3.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (7.1%)	$6,205							89.1			(n/a)
061275009537	740	Mission Estancia Elementary	Public	K-6	3330 Calle Barcelona	Carlsbad	92009	San Diego County	Encinitas Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(760) 943-2004	420	21	20	11.2%	274 (65.2%)	4 (1.0%)	68 (16.2%)	31 (7.4%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (9.8%)	$8,304							89.1			(n/a)

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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 24, 2022, 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. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.