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
3962	Beachy Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	9757 Beachy Ave.	Arleta	91331	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 899-0241	398	21	19.4	89.4%	18 (4.5%)	1 (0.3%)	361 (90.7%)	6 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.0%)	$27,276			$4,129			$23,147	30	25	4361	399		062271002841
3963	Elder Creek Elementary	Public	K-6	7934 Lemon Hill Ave.	Sacramento	95824	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-4555	712	31	22.9	87.2%	22 (3.1%)	29 (4.1%)	283 (39.7%)	336 (47.2%)	2 (0.3%)	19 (2.7%)	21 (2.9%)	$20,397			$3,854			$16,543	30	33.4	3642	321		063384005238
3964	Sheridan Street Elementary	Public	K-6	416 North Cornwell St.	Los Angeles	90033	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 263-9818	555	28	19.8	96.0%	11 (2.0%)	8 (1.4%)	524 (94.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.0%)	$31,077			$6,657			$24,420	30	25.4	4335	371		062271003349
3965	Volta Elementary	Public	K-6	24307 West Ingomar Grade	Los Banos	93635	Merced County	Los Banos Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 826-2912	387	16	24.1	89.4%	35 (9.0%)	2 (0.5%)	333 (86.0%)	12 (3.1%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	$16,628			$3,470			$13,158	30	29.8	3940	25		062274003485
3966	Barton (Clara) Elementary	Public	K-6	1926 Clearbrook Ln.	Anaheim	92804	Orange County	Anaheim Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 517-8900	588	25	24	78.4%	33 (5.6%)	10 (1.7%)	422 (71.8%)	83 (14.1%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.9%)	29 (4.9%)	$23,278			$1,285			$21,993	29.9	26.9	4210	244		060261000148
3967	Alturas Elementary	Public	K-5	809 West Eighth St.	Alturas	96101	Modoc County	Modoc Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 233-7201	333	20	16.6	73.0%	205 (61.6%)	1 (0.3%)	76 (22.8%)	1 (0.3%)	20 (6.0%)	1 (0.3%)	29 (8.7%)	$15,595			$2,764			$12,831	29.9	30.9	3866	101		062519003762
3968	Felton Elementary	Public	K-5	10417 Felton Ave.	Lennox	90304	Los Angeles County	Lennox	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 680-8950	364	18	20.2	90.1%	1 (0.3%)	10 (2.7%)	335 (92.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.9%)	$23,973			$3,178			$20,795	29.9	34.9	3526	442		062142002564
3969	S. Christa McAuliffe Elementary	Public	K-5	4100 Golden Ave.	Riverside	92505	Riverside County	Alvord Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 358-1625	508	23	22.2	73.6%	50 (9.8%)	23 (4.5%)	365 (71.9%)	45 (8.9%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	20 (3.9%)	$19,612			$1,443			$18,169	29.9	40.2	3166	803		060243008784
3970	Pine Grove Elementary STEM Magnet	Public	K-6	20101 State Highway 88	Jackson	95665	Amador County	Amador County Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 296-2800	259	11	24.5	44.0%	180 (69.5%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (15.8%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (12.7%)	$13,922			$838			$13,084	29.9	29.8	3944	26		060245008790
3971	Hallmark Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	2445 9th St.	Sanger	93657	Fresno County	Sanger Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(559) 524-7190	287	12	23.3	70.4%	47 (16.4%)	6 (2.1%)	201 (70.0%)	18 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.2%)	$19,227			$1,332			$17,895	29.9	46.2	2784	1187		063525010074

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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.