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)
060744011903	1101	Capistrano Home/Virtual	Public	K-8	32972 Calle Perfecto	San Juan Capistrano	92675	Orange County	Capistrano Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(949) 234-9374	329	13	25.3	22.5%	136 (41.3%)	11 (3.3%)	60 (18.2%)	64 (19.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	56 (17.0%)	$10,218							81.9			(n/a)
062100000442	1102	Bay Laurel Elementary	Public	K-5	24740 Paseo Primario	Calabasas	91302	Los Angeles County	Las Virgenes Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(818) 222-9022	493	21	23.4	12.4%	359 (72.8%)	9 (1.8%)	44 (8.9%)	20 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (12.4%)								81.9	82.9	238	864
060177000003	1103	William G. Paden Elementary	Public	K-5	444 Central Ave.	Alameda	94501	Alameda County	Alameda Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(510) 748-4014	328	15	21.5	32.0%	105 (32.0%)	14 (4.3%)	70 (21.3%)	88 (26.8%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	47 (14.3%)	$16,270							81.9			(n/a)
061062001175	1104	Birch Lane Elementary	Public	K-6	1600 Birch Ln.	Davis	95616	Yolo County	Davis Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(530) 757-5395	531	26	20.3	19.8%	297 (55.9%)	17 (3.2%)	85 (16.0%)	74 (13.9%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	52 (9.8%)								81.9			(n/a)
068450007058	1105	Greentree Elementary	Public	K-6	4200 Manzanita	Irvine	92604	Orange County	Irvine Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(949) 936-5800	433	18	24.3	29.6%	92 (21.2%)	7 (1.6%)	118 (27.3%)	144 (33.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	72 (16.6%)	$6,619							81.8			(n/a)
060002908565	1106	Cole Canyon Elementary	Public	K-5	23750 Via Alisol	Murrieta	92562	Riverside County	Murrieta Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(951) 696-1421	1,033	40	26.1	26.2%	544 (52.7%)	14 (1.4%)	339 (32.8%)	44 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.4%)	88 (8.5%)								81.8			(n/a)
063432005564	1107	Vista Grande Elementary	Public	K-5	5606 Antigua Blvd.	San Diego	92124	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(858) 496-8290	369	17	21.7	35.8%	134 (36.3%)	25 (6.8%)	93 (25.2%)	51 (13.8%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	64 (17.3%)	$8,414							81.8			(n/a)
062832007455	1108	Sonoma Mountain Elementary	Public, Charter	K-6	1900 Rainier Cir.	Petaluma	94954	Sonoma County	Old Adobe Union	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 765-4305	442	17	26	11.5%	321 (72.6%)	3 (0.7%)	61 (13.8%)	17 (3.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (8.8%)	$9,819							81.7			(n/a)
061662001736	1109	Salmon Creek School - A Charter	Public, Charter	2-8	1935 Bohemian Hwy.	Occidental	95465	Sonoma County	Harmony Union Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 874-1205	139	9	15.4	30.9%	106 (76.3%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (9.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (14.4%)	$15,171							81.7	80	273	836
063375005198	1110	Blandford Elementary	Public	K-6	2601 Blandford Dr.	Rowland Heights	91748	Los Angeles County	Rowland Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(626) 965-3410	686	26	26.7	66.2%	12 (1.7%)	8 (1.2%)	201 (29.3%)	430 (62.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	31 (4.5%)								81.7			(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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.