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
3982	Ramona Elementary	Public	K-5	1133 North Mariposa Ave.	Los Angeles	90029	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 663-2158	277	15	18.4	96.4%	8 (2.9%)	7 (2.5%)	236 (85.2%)	17 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.2%)	$34,611			$7,942			$26,669	29.8	28.5	4068	86		062271003295
3983	Carlos Santana Arts Academy	Public	K-5	9301 Columbus Ave.	North Hills	91343	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 920-4060	371	19	19.5	91.1%	14 (3.8%)	22 (5.9%)	323 (87.1%)	6 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	$28,100			$6,970			$21,130	29.7	34.4	3570	413		062271012692
3984	Buckeye School of the Arts	Public	K-8	3407 Hiatt Dr.	Redding	96003	Shasta County	Gateway Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 225-0420	482	24	20	89.4%	273 (56.6%)	10 (2.1%)	109 (22.6%)	33 (6.8%)	18 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (8.1%)	$22,795			$3,423			$19,372	29.7	24.7	4395	411		061495001682
3985	Shadow Hills Elementary	Public	K-5	14300 Shadow Dr.	Fontana	92337	San Bernardino County	Fontana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 357-5750	364	18	20.4	85.2%	17 (4.7%)	20 (5.5%)	311 (85.4%)	12 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	$13,414			$1,414			$12,000	29.7	33.8	3619	366		061392009546
3986	Sequoia Elementary	Public	K-6	500 East Fresno Ave.	Shafter	93263	Kern County	Richland Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 746-8740	534	32	16.4	89.3%	41 (7.7%)	1 (0.2%)	474 (88.8%)	17 (3.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$21,778			$9,219			$12,559	29.7	28.5	4072	86		062145010810
3987	iEmpire Academy	Public, Charter	K-5	2050 East Pacific St.	San Bernardino	92404	San Bernardino County	iEmpire Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 888-8390	418	17	24.1	94.7%	10 (2.4%)	69 (16.5%)	313 (74.9%)	5 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.8%)	$26,389			$4,191			$22,198	29.7	20.8	4783	796		060246412557
3988	Fishburn Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	5701 Fishburn Ave.	Maywood	90270	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 560-0878	430	20	21.5	94.4%	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	416 (96.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.1%)	$29,795			$5,847			$23,948	29.7	26	4287	299		062271007755
3989	Dana Elementary	Public	K-6	920 West Tefft St.	Nipomo	93444	San Luis Obispo County	Lucia Mar Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 474-3790	612	31	19.9	77.1%	161 (26.3%)	1 (0.2%)	418 (68.3%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (4.2%)	$16,974			$1,518			$15,456	29.7	37.8	3318	671		062308003518
3990	Laurelglen Elementary	Public	K-6	2601 El Portal Dr.	Bakersfield	93309	Kern County	Panama-Buena Vista Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 831-4444	574	25	23.1	75.8%	78 (13.6%)	48 (8.4%)	320 (55.7%)	14 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	112 (19.5%)	$19,687			$1,846			$17,841	29.6	30.5	3892	98		060639009337
3991	Thompson Elementary	Public	K-6	7401 Church Ave.	Highland	92346	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 388-6512	455	21	22	88.8%	27 (5.9%)	41 (9.0%)	355 (78.0%)	21 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.2%)	$23,458			$4,299			$19,159	29.6	35.3	3489	502		063417005388

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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.