California Elementary School Rankings

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)							Ranking (2022 vs 2021)
ID	Rank (of 5880)	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 (2022)	Average Standard Score (2021)	Rank (2021)	Rank Change from 2021	SchoolDigger Rating (2022)
062271003403	2772	Towne Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	18924 Towne Ave.	Carson	90746	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(310) 329-3505	263	14	18.7	79.1%	3 (1.1%)	35 (13.3%)	196 (74.5%)	8 (3.0%)	3 (1.1%)	7 (2.7%)	11 (4.2%)	$13,466							45.4			(n/a)
062343003562	2773	Robert M. Pyles STEM Academy	Public	K-6	10411 S. Dale St.	Stanton	90680	Orange County	Magnolia Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(714) 761-6324	660	28	23.5	90.8%	19 (2.9%)	15 (2.3%)	522 (79.1%)	84 (12.7%)	4 (0.6%)	7 (1.1%)	9 (1.4%)								45.4			(n/a)
063237009183	2774	Samuel W. Simpson Elementary	Public	K-5	1050 S. Lilac Ave.	Rialto	92376	San Bernardino County	Rialto Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(909) 820-7954	638	27	23.6	86.7%	23 (3.6%)	35 (5.5%)	567 (88.9%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	6 (0.9%)	$7,134							45.4			(n/a)
062271003457	2775	Westminster Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	1010 Abbott Kinney Blvd.	Venice	90291	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(310) 392-3041	335	22	15.5	78.8%	81 (24.2%)	52 (15.5%)	179 (53.4%)	5 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.4%)	$13,208							45.4			(n/a)
062361011420	2776	Veritas Elementary	Public	K-8	1600 Pagola St.	Manteca	95337	San Joaquin County	Manteca Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(209) 858-7390	935	36	26.3	36.7%	129 (13.8%)	26 (2.8%)	372 (39.8%)	352 (37.6%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (1.4%)	43 (4.6%)	$4,804							45.3			(n/a)
062430003652	2777	Morris Elementary	Public	3-5	2395 McKinleyville Ave.	McKinleyville	95519	Humboldt County	McKinleyville Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 839-1529	312	20	15.9	51.9%	176 (56.4%)	3 (1.0%)	46 (14.7%)	4 (1.3%)	31 (9.9%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (16.7%)	$11,545							45.3			(n/a)
062079002493	2778	Lakeside Farms Elementary	Public	K-5	11915 Lakeside Ave.	Lakeside	92040	San Diego County	Lakeside Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(619) 390-2646	557	26	21.8	40.0%	323 (58.0%)	39 (7.0%)	144 (25.9%)	17 (3.1%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (5.4%)	$7,962							45.3			(n/a)
060237000127	2779	Alvina Elementary Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	295 W. Saginaw Ave.	Caruthers	93609	Fresno County	Alvina Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(559) 864-9411	178	9	19.7	77.5%	14 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	161 (90.4%)	3 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,769							45.3	48.5	667	2112
060005102014	2780	Wilson Elementary	Public	2-5	409 Magnolia St.	Gridley	95948	Butte County	Gridley Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(530) 846-3675	540	24	22.5	76.3%	184 (34.1%)	3 (0.6%)	302 (55.9%)	18 (3.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (5.7%)	$8,488							45.3	47.3	684	2096
061887007778	2781	Susan B. Anthony Elementary	Public	K-5	575 Abbot Ave.	Daly City	94014	San Mateo County	Jefferson Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(650) 997-7880	438	20	22.3	52.7%	15 (3.4%)	2 (0.5%)	246 (56.2%)	147 (33.6%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	24 (5.5%)	$10,976							45.3	29.5	948	1833

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About our rankings:

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 24, 2022, 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. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.