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
3972	Lindbergh Elementary	Public	K-6	3300 Cedar Ave.	Lynwood	90262	Los Angeles County	Lynwood Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 603-1521	552	23	24	91.1%	3 (0.5%)	38 (6.9%)	504 (91.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)								29.9	34.2	3596	376		062316003534
3973	Fairfax Elementary	Public	K-6	1362 Pacific St.	San Bernardino	92404	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 381-1283	359	16	23.1	97.2%	12 (3.3%)	26 (7.2%)	305 (85.0%)	4 (1.1%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.2%)	$25,071			$4,906			$20,165	29.8	21.2	4755	782		063417007277
3974	Tokay Elementary	Public	K-5	7846 Tokay Ave.	Fontana	92336	San Bernardino County	Fontana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 357-5770	378	18	20.5	81.7%	14 (3.7%)	22 (5.8%)	319 (84.4%)	7 (1.9%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	12 (3.2%)	$14,008			$1,399			$12,609	29.8	18.7	4966	992		061392007718
3975	Gardena Elementary	Public	K-5	647 West Gardena Blvd.	Gardena	90247	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 324-6967	398	19	20.9	95.2%	2 (0.5%)	23 (5.8%)	357 (89.7%)	7 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.3%)	$20,315			$3,980			$16,335	29.8	29.1	4004	29		062271003033
3976	Columbia Elementary	Public	K-8	3400 North California	El Monte	91731	Los Angeles County	El Monte City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 575-2306	706	30	23.7	90.4%	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	638 (90.4%)	60 (8.5%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	$25,308			$5,580			$19,728	29.8	30.9	3861	115		061209001347
3977	Piru Elementary	Public	K-5	3811 East Center St.	Piru	93040	Ventura County	Fillmore Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 521-1709	272	12	22.2	76.8%	11 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	260 (95.6%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$22,198			$1,622			$20,576	29.8	22.5	4631	654		061380001556
3978	Harding Elementary	Public	K-6	950 South Seventh St.	El Centro	92243	Imperial County	El Centro Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 352-4791	601	25	24	70.5%	23 (3.8%)	5 (0.8%)	560 (93.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.8%)	$14,924			$1,581			$13,343	29.8	38.1	3300	678		061203001334
3979	Topaz Preparatory Academy	Public	K-6	14110 Beech St.	Hesperia	92345	San Bernardino County	Hesperia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 244-4622	722	29	25.3	77.7%	71 (9.8%)	41 (5.7%)	564 (78.1%)	20 (2.8%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	22 (3.0%)	$39,332			$5,786			$33,546	29.8	29.2	3998	19		060001403904
3980	Teresa Burke Elementary	Public	K-5	1301 Filburn St.	Wasco	93280	Kern County	Wasco Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 758-7480	503	25	20.1	93.0%	10 (2.0%)	7 (1.4%)	477 (94.8%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.0%)	$21,433			$1,043			$20,390	29.8	29	4020	40		064140012045
3981	Bidwell Elementary	Public	K-5	1256 Walnut St.	Red Bluff	96080	Tehama County	Red Bluff Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 527-7171	387	20	19.6	66.9%	191 (49.4%)	8 (2.1%)	142 (36.7%)	5 (1.3%)	5 (1.3%)	6 (1.6%)	30 (7.8%)	$21,111			$2,737			$18,374	29.8	29.5	3970	11		063198004920

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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.