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
1501	Cram Elementary	Public	K-5	29700 Water St.	Highland	92346	San Bernardino County	Redlands Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 425-9300	507	21	24.1	42.2%	145 (28.6%)	15 (3.0%)	253 (49.9%)	50 (9.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	42 (8.3%)	$17,523			$1,875			$15,648	72.4	79.5	1177	324		063207007269
1502	Glen Alta Elementary	Public	K-8	3410 Sierra St.	Los Angeles	90031	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 223-1195	112	7	15.9	97.3%	1 (0.9%)	6 (5.4%)	100 (89.3%)	3 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.8%)	$41,423			$7,158			$34,265	72.4	59.5	2093	591		062271003044
1503	Harding Elementary	Public	K-6	7230 Fairmont Ave.	El Cerrito	94530	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1413	481	20	24	34.3%	149 (31.0%)	24 (5.0%)	116 (24.1%)	104 (21.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	85 (17.7%)	$5,339			$1,461			$3,878	72.4	67.6	1699	196		063255005033
1504	Del Dayo Elementary	Public	K-6	1301 McClaren Dr.	Carmichael	95608	Sacramento County	San Juan Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 575-2323	496	19	26.1	28.4%	331 (66.7%)	9 (1.8%)	80 (16.1%)	34 (6.9%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	39 (7.9%)	$16,258			$3,051			$13,207	72.4	78.7	1215	289		063462005770
1505	California Republic Leadership Academy Capistrano	Public, Charter	K-8	31711 San Juan Creek Rd.	San Juan Capistrano	92675	Orange County	California Republic Leadership Academy Capistrano District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 298-6040	260	10	25.8	17.7%	190 (73.1%)	2 (0.8%)	40 (15.4%)	5 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	22 (8.5%)	$13,770			$2,185			$11,585	72.3	95.1	338	1167		069114514711
1506	William W. Orr Elementary	Public	K-5	12130 South Jersey Ave.	Norwalk	90650	Los Angeles County	Little Lake City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 868-7988	353	17	20.7	77.3%	7 (2.0%)	2 (0.6%)	323 (91.5%)	16 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	2 (0.6%)	$25,039			$1,021			$24,018	72.3	80.9	1116	390		062193002606
1507	R. Paul Krey Elementary	Public	K-5	190 Crawford Dr.	Brentwood	94513	Contra Costa County	Brentwood Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 513-6400	885	36	24.5		244 (27.6%)	67 (7.6%)	252 (28.5%)	228 (25.8%)	2 (0.2%)	4 (0.5%)	88 (9.9%)	$15,260			$989			$14,271	72.3	75.3	1353	154		060591010474
1508	Village Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-5	7357 Jordan Ave.	Canoga Park	91303	Los Angeles County	Village Charter Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 716-2887	307	13	23.6	77.2%	8 (2.6%)	17 (5.5%)	263 (85.7%)	7 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.9%)	$19,383			$2,521			$16,862	72.3	59.1	2104	596		060173613765
1509	Earl Legette Elementary	Public	K-6	4623 Kenneth Ave.	Fair Oaks	95628	Sacramento County	San Juan Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 979-8430	622	25	24.8	37.0%	402 (64.6%)	7 (1.1%)	135 (21.7%)	19 (3.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	56 (9.0%)	$17,476			$2,956			$14,520	72.2	68.9	1642	133		063462005792
1510	Ronald E. McNair Elementary	Public	K-6	1450 West El Segundo Ave.	Compton	90222	Los Angeles County	Compton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 898-6330	358	15	23.8	88.5%	2 (0.6%)	84 (23.5%)	260 (72.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.7%)	4 (1.1%)	$22,071			$3,652			$18,419	72.2	61.9	1985	475		060962000979

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