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
2451	Little Chico Creek Elementary	Public	K-5	2090 Amanda Way	Chico	95928	Butte County	Chico Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 891-3285	471	22	21.5	75.6%	174 (36.9%)	31 (6.6%)	148 (31.4%)	40 (8.5%)	5 (1.1%)	3 (0.6%)	70 (14.9%)	$17,717			$1,421			$16,296	52.7	54.4	2318	133		060837010191
2452	Arovista Elementary	Public	K-6	900 Eadington Dr.	Brea	92821	Orange County	Brea-Olinda Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 529-2185	460	20	23	44.6%	102 (22.2%)	7 (1.5%)	298 (64.8%)	38 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (3.0%)	$24,933			$1,602			$23,331	52.7	61.8	1990	462		060588000526
2453	Anderson Elementary	Public	K-8	2210 East 130th St.	Compton	90222	Los Angeles County	Compton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 898-6110	451	18	25.1	90.9%	2 (0.4%)	35 (7.8%)	410 (90.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	$22,153			$3,646			$18,507	52.7	45.3	2845	392		060962000969
2454	Trinidad Union	Public	K-8	300 Trinity St.	Trinidad	95570	Humboldt County	Trinidad Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 677-3631	161	10	16.9	61.5%	105 (65.2%)	3 (1.9%)	19 (11.8%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (9.9%)	1 (0.6%)	16 (9.9%)	$17,712			$2,354			$15,358	52.6	72.2	1490	964		063972006602
2455	Virtual Academy of Fairfield-Suisun	Public, Virtual	K-8	1100 Harry Price Dr.	Fairfield	94533	Solano County	Fairfield-Suisun Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(707) 438-6973	175	7	25	60.6%	16 (9.1%)	27 (15.4%)	84 (48.0%)	19 (10.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.9%)	24 (13.7%)	$16,809			$1,267			$15,542	52.6	48.8	2624	169		061336014474
2456	Southside Elementary	Public	K-8	4991 Southside Rd.	Hollister	95023	San Benito County	Southside Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 637-4439	267	11	24.1	45.3%	78 (29.2%)	3 (1.1%)	179 (67.0%)	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	$11,016			$960			$10,056	52.6	57.7	2164	292		063765006379
2457	Ranch View Elementary	Public	K-6	3300 Old Archibald Rd.	Ontario	91761	San Bernardino County	Mountain View Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 947-5545	738	34	21.9	57.2%	51 (6.9%)	60 (8.1%)	431 (58.4%)	177 (24.0%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.7%)	12 (1.6%)	$13,331			$1,437			$11,894	52.6	62.1	1978	479		062622010302
2458	Thomas Law Reed Elementary	Public	K-8	1400 North Frankwood Ave.	Reedley	93654	Fresno County	Kings Canyon Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 305-7300	558	22	25	85.7%	37 (6.6%)	1 (0.2%)	491 (88.0%)	10 (1.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.0%)	$16,110			$826			$15,284	52.6	45.7	2815	357		061970010781
2459	Rex Fortune Elementary	Public	K-6	4601 Upland Dr.	Roseville	95747	Placer County	Center Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 735-7001	412	19	21.6	41.5%	141 (34.2%)	21 (5.1%)	77 (18.7%)	152 (36.9%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (3.9%)	$16,711			$915			$15,796	52.5	62.5	1960	499		060790014682
2460	Ramona	Public	K-5	4617 West 136th St.	Hawthorne	90250	Los Angeles County	Hawthorne	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 675-7189	767	30	25.5	75.1%	41 (5.3%)	92 (12.0%)	589 (76.8%)	17 (2.2%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (0.9%)	20 (2.6%)	$19,994			$4,263			$15,731	52.5	55.3	2272	188		061668002096

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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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Educational resources:

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Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.