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
5062	McKinley Elementary	Public	K-5	800 West Carlton Way	Tracy	95376	San Joaquin County	Tracy Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 830-3319	436	22	19.6	83.3%	42 (9.6%)	25 (5.7%)	270 (61.9%)	74 (17.0%)	2 (0.5%)	5 (1.1%)	18 (4.1%)	$17,684			$2,345			$15,339	17.4	25.7	4305	757		060004707387
5063	West Fresno Elementary	Public	K-5	2910 South Ivy St.	Fresno	93706	Fresno County	Washington Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 495-5615	594	30	19.8	94.9%	18 (3.0%)	37 (6.2%)	465 (78.3%)	65 (10.9%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.7%)	$22,070			$6,139			$15,931	17.4	18.8	4953	110		060141501785
5064	Avalon Gardens Elementary	Public	K-6	13940 South San Pedro St.	Los Angeles	90061	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 532-8540	171	10	17.1	93.6%	1 (0.6%)	72 (42.1%)	92 (53.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.5%)	$38,408			$9,050			$29,358	17.4	30	3924	1140		062271002831
5065	Roosevelt Elementary	Public	K-6	120 Capitol St.	Salinas	93901	Monterey County	Salinas City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 753-5645	560	25	22.4	81.1%	11 (2.0%)	3 (0.5%)	530 (94.6%)	5 (0.9%)	5 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.9%)								17.4	23.6	4517	548		063393005328
5066	Evergreen Elementary	Public	K-5	2600 Rose Marie Dr.	Bakersfield	93304	Kern County	Bakersfield City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 631-5930	660	35	18.8	96.8%	37 (5.6%)	54 (8.2%)	563 (85.3%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	$20,673			$2,589			$18,084	17.4	16.8	5140	74		060363007098
5067	Carmen Dragon Elementary	Public	K-6	4721 Vista Grande Dr.	Antioch	94531	Contra Costa County	Antioch Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 779-7475	495	23	21.9	61.6%	57 (11.5%)	155 (31.3%)	160 (32.3%)	87 (17.6%)	3 (0.6%)	11 (2.2%)	22 (4.4%)	$17,930			$2,886			$15,044	17.4	21.9	4686	381		060285010752
5068	Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy	Public	K-6	925 North Sanborn Rd.	Salinas	93905	Monterey County	Alisal Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 796-3916	577	24	24.5	96.2%	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	575 (99.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$20,715			$3,172			$17,543	17.3	18.3	5003	65		060195010559
5069	Hannalei Elementary	Public	K-5	120 Hannalei Dr.	Vista	92083	San Diego County	Vista Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 631-6248	480	22	21.8	73.5%	55 (11.5%)	1 (0.2%)	402 (83.8%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.0%)	12 (2.5%)	$19,882			$2,571			$17,311	17.3	23.7	4497	572		064119011280
5070	Driffill Elementary	Public	K-8	910 South E St.	Oxnard	93030	Ventura County	Oxnard	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 385-1530	891	45	19.6	87.8%	10 (1.1%)	2 (0.2%)	867 (97.3%)	6 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	4 (0.4%)	$22,597			$2,336			$20,261	17.3	23.6	4506	564		062922004502
5071	Learning in an Urban Community with High Achievement (L.U.C.H.A.)	Public	K-5	1711 East San Antonio St.	San Jose	95116	Santa Clara County	Alum Rock Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 928-8300	218	10	21.8	83.9%	2 (0.9%)	2 (0.9%)	200 (91.7%)	13 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	$23,503			$3,481			$20,022	17.3	26.1	4276	795		060231011445

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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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