Best Elementary Schools in California

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the CAST and Smarter Balanced Assessments test scores by the California Department of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, October 9, 2025.

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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
2581	South/West Park Elementary	Public	K-5	500 West Mount Diablo Rd.	Tracy	95376	San Joaquin County	Tracy Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 830-3335	806	35	23	80.4%	36 (4.5%)	40 (5.0%)	554 (68.7%)	141 (17.5%)	5 (0.6%)	4 (0.5%)	26 (3.2%)	$15,185			$1,728			$13,457	50.2	42	3068	487		060004707393
2582	Commodore Stockton Skills	Public	K-8	2725 Michigan Ave.	Stockton	95204	San Joaquin County	Stockton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 933-7170	971	41	23.9	61.8%	80 (8.2%)	67 (6.9%)	691 (71.2%)	61 (6.3%)	8 (0.8%)	4 (0.4%)	57 (5.9%)	$12,909			$2,830			$10,079	50.2	47.1	2727	145		063801006401
2583	Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary	Public	K-6	5501 South Eileen Ave.	Los Angeles	90043	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 294-5275	209	13	16	94.7%	1 (0.5%)	107 (51.2%)	56 (26.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (21.5%)	$37,334			$7,311			$30,023	50.2	56.8	2197	386		062271003003
2584	Del Amo Elementary	Public	K-5	21228 Water St.	Carson	90745	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 830-5351	285	15	19	75.4%	5 (1.8%)	35 (12.3%)	166 (58.2%)	59 (20.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	16 (5.6%)	$26,289			$4,968			$21,321	50.2	53.8	2353	231		062271002952
2585	Castelar Street Elementary	Public	K-8	840 Yale St.	Los Angeles	90012	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 626-3674	626	31	20.1	85.5%	99 (15.8%)	16 (2.6%)	179 (28.6%)	298 (47.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (5.4%)	$23,381			$3,952			$19,429	50.1	56.1	2232	353		062271002903
2586	Journey	Public, Charter	K-8	27102 Foxborough	Aliso Viejo	92656	Orange County	Journey District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 448-7232	617	25	24.6	35.2%	310 (50.2%)	6 (1.0%)	131 (21.2%)	49 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	120 (19.4%)	$11,890			$199			$11,691	50.1	62.6	1951	635		060208008542
2587	Flory Academy of Sciences and Technology	Public	K-5	240 Flory Ave.	Moorpark	93021	Ventura County	Moorpark Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 378-6303	411	18	22.8	60.1%	67 (16.3%)	1 (0.2%)	322 (78.3%)	17 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	$16,493			$1,489			$15,004	50.1	57.2	2185	402		062569007783
2588	Ronald W. Reagan Elementary	Public, Charter	4-6	1180 Diane Ave.	Kingsburg	93631	Fresno County	Kingsburg Elementary Charter	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 897-6986	619	21	29.4	73.2%	146 (23.6%)	1 (0.2%)	436 (70.4%)	9 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (4.4%)	$15,307			$975			$14,332	50	45.1	2855	267		061980011915
2589	Lakeside Farms Elementary	Public	K-5	11915 Lakeside Ave.	Lakeside	92040	San Diego County	Lakeside Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 390-2646	667	30	22.2	35.8%	367 (55.0%)	37 (5.5%)	182 (27.3%)	17 (2.5%)	6 (0.9%)	5 (0.7%)	53 (7.9%)	$18,145			$993			$17,152	50	42.4	3038	449		062079002493
2590	Robert J. Fite Elementary	Public	K-6	9561 Butler School Rd.	Sacramento	95829	Sacramento County	Elk Grove Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 689-2854	674	29	23.2	71.2%	76 (11.3%)	61 (9.1%)	156 (23.1%)	324 (48.1%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	53 (7.9%)	$16,397			$1,805			$14,592	50	63.6	1898	692		061233010596

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