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
5382	Hemet Elementary	Public	K-5	633 East Kimball Ave.	Hemet	92543	Riverside County	Hemet Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 765-1630	783	34	22.8	93.5%	83 (10.6%)	61 (7.8%)	607 (77.5%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (3.6%)	$20,249			$2,534			$17,715	13.5	13.2	5462	80		061692014164
5383	Cypress Elementary	Public	K-5	9751 Cypress Ave.	Fontana	92335	San Bernardino County	Fontana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 357-5460	572	27	21	85.3%	15 (2.6%)	9 (1.6%)	522 (91.3%)	21 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	$15,534			$1,748			$13,786	13.5	16.5	5170	213		061392001587
5384	Rosemary	Public	K-5	401 West Hamilton Ave.	Campbell	95008	Santa Clara County	Campbell Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 364-4254	413	17	24.2	73.8%	16 (3.9%)	9 (2.2%)	347 (84.0%)	23 (5.6%)	4 (1.0%)	2 (0.5%)	12 (2.9%)	$21,557			$993			$20,564	13.5	13.3	5454	70		060720000675
5385	Kingsley Elementary	Public	K-5	1170 Washington St.	Pomona	91767	Los Angeles County	Pomona Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 397-4609	656	29	22.6	83.8%	16 (2.4%)	20 (3.0%)	580 (88.4%)	10 (1.5%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	25 (3.8%)	$19,687			$2,499			$17,188	13.5	16.5	5168	217		063132004848
5386	Theodore Vick Elementary	Public	K-5	10575 Seneca	Adelanto	92301	San Bernardino County	Adelanto Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 530-1750	494	22	22.4	71.7%	20 (4.0%)	70 (14.2%)	353 (71.5%)	10 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	39 (7.9%)	$17,749			$967			$16,782	13.5	14.5	5357	29		060171011091
5387	Wagner-Holt Elementary	Public	K-6	8778 Brattle Pl.	Stockton	95209	San Joaquin County	Lodi Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 953-8407	417	19	22.5	84.9%	20 (4.8%)	56 (13.4%)	222 (53.2%)	84 (20.1%)	2 (0.5%)	6 (1.4%)	27 (6.5%)	$16,087			$2,517			$13,570	13.5	20.1	4858	529		062223009895
5388	Kettleman City Elementary	Public	K-8	701 General Petroleum St.	Kettleman City	93239	Kings County	Reef-Sunset Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 386-5702	239	12	20.4	96.2%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	239 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$23,600			$2,019			$21,581	13.5	15	5302	86		063227007336
5389	Sanchez Elementary	Public	K-5	325 Sanchez St.	San Francisco	94114	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 241-6380	272	14	19.4	81.3%	10 (3.7%)	15 (5.5%)	215 (79.0%)	14 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.6%)	$27,657			$2,574			$25,083	13.4	14.7	5329	60		063441005664
5390	Ramona Elementary	Public	K-6	24801 Bay Ave.	Moreno Valley	92553	Riverside County	Moreno Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 571-4720	528	22	24	91.7%	10 (1.9%)	37 (7.0%)	442 (83.7%)	15 (2.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (4.2%)	$20,547			$2,341			$18,206	13.4	13.2	5460	70		062580011027
5391	iLEAD Lancaster Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	254 East Avenue K-4	Lancaster	93535	Los Angeles County	iLEAD Lancaster Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 722-4287	771	32	24.3	78.6%	131 (17.0%)	271 (35.1%)	299 (38.8%)	3 (0.4%)	7 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (7.8%)	$20,335			$3,021			$17,314	13.4	15.2	5284	107		060206013037

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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.