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)
061630001111	4911	Los Amigos Elementary	Public	K-5	8496 Ninth St.	Rancho Cucamonga	91730	San Bernardino County	Cucamonga Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 982-8387	574	28	20.7	67.8%	24 (4.2%)	54 (9.4%)	459 (80.0%)	19 (3.3%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.9%)	12 (2.1%)	$6,862							19.6	28.4	3995	916
063531005984	4912	Thomas A. Edison Elementary	Public	K-5	2063 Orange Ave.	Santa Ana	92707	Orange County	Santa Ana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 433-6900	359	20	17.8	71.9%	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	354 (98.6%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$7,764							19.5	19.6	4896	16
063459005722	4913	Horace Mann Elementary	Public	K-5	55 North Seventh St.	San Jose	95112	Santa Clara County	San Jose Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 535-6237	300	14	22	68.3%	21 (7.0%)	5 (1.7%)	243 (81.0%)	12 (4.0%)	4 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (4.7%)	$12,168							19.5	19.6	4902	11
062271003243	4914	One Hundred Ninth Street Elementary	Public	K-5	10915 South McKinley Ave.	Los Angeles	90059	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 756-9206	328	18	18.2	97.3%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,017							19.5	17	5161	247
061233001410	4915	David Reese Elementary	Public	K-6	7600 Lindale Dr.	Sacramento	95828	Sacramento County	Elk Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 422-2450	774	32	24.1	61.1%	26 (3.4%)	90 (11.6%)	304 (39.3%)	283 (36.6%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (4.5%)	36 (4.7%)	$6,765							19.5	22.7	4580	335
062271003415	4915	Valerio Street Elementary	Public	K-5	15035 Valerio St.	Van Nuys	91405	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 785-8683	714	32	22.3	96.8%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,169							19.5	23.9	4463	452
060978001041	4917	Olive View Elementary	Public	K-6	1402 Fig St.	Corning	96021	Tehama County	Corning Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 824-7715	546	23	23.7	87.5%	102 (18.7%)	1 (0.2%)	434 (79.5%)	5 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	$10,589							19.5	18.8	4980	63
062271003269	4918	Park Avenue Elementary	Public	K-6	8020 Park Ave.	Cudahy	90201	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 832-1860	323	15	21.5	95.7%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,241							19.5	19.3	4926	8
062619003916	4919	Maxson Elementary	Public	K-6	12380 Felipe St.	El Monte	91732	Los Angeles County	Mountain View Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 652-4500	467	21	22.7	71.9%	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	428 (91.6%)	31 (6.6%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								19.5	21.3	4716	203
060369000341	4920	Vineland Elementary	Public	K-8	3609 Vineland Ave.	Baldwin Park	91706	Los Angeles County	Baldwin Park Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 962-9719	550	24	22.9	93.1%	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	499 (90.7%)	37 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	6 (1.1%)	$7,096							19.5	25.9	4257	663

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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.