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
4162	South Fork Elementary	Public	K-8	5225 Kelso Valley Rd.	Weldon	93283	Kern County	South Fork Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 378-4000	348	18	19.4	79.0%	219 (62.9%)	0 (0.0%)	86 (24.7%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (10.3%)	$13,481			$2,893			$10,588	27.6	37.1	3355	807		063747006331
4163	John Muir Elementary	Public	K-6	1215 Lucerne Ave.	Modesto	95350	Stanislaus County	Modesto City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 574-8182	567	24	23.1	81.0%	114 (20.1%)	16 (2.8%)	326 (57.5%)	34 (6.0%)	2 (0.4%)	7 (1.2%)	68 (12.0%)	$19,797			$3,001			$16,796	27.6	31.3	3826	337		062513003745
4164	Minnie Cannon Elementary	Public	K-6	20931 Big Canyon Rd.	Middletown	95461	Lake County	Middletown Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 987-4130	164	7	23.2	62.8%	79 (48.2%)	0 (0.0%)	70 (42.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (8.5%)	$13,897			$1,586			$12,311	27.6	14.7	5330	1166		062475003706
4165	Mariposa Elementary	Public	K-8	5044 Jones St.	Mariposa	95338	Mariposa County	Mariposa County Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 742-0340	386	17	22.5	75.6%	233 (60.4%)	3 (0.8%)	102 (26.4%)	3 (0.8%)	10 (2.6%)	1 (0.3%)	34 (8.8%)	$15,498			$1,449			$14,049	27.6	38.9	3237	928		062394003603
4166	Bayside STEAM Academy	Public	K-6	490 Emory St.	Imperial Beach	91932	San Diego County	South Bay Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 628-2500	362	14	25.8	70.7%	22 (6.1%)	2 (0.6%)	304 (84.0%)	14 (3.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.2%)	$19,799			$2,128			$17,671	27.5	22.9	4594	428		063738006315
4167	Morningside Elementary	Public	K-5	576 North Maclay Ave.	San Fernando	91340	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 365-7181	408	20	20.3	94.1%	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	398 (97.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.7%)	$25,700			$5,046			$20,654	27.5	19.1	4931	764		062271003198
4168	Lida M. Henry Elementary	Public	K-5	470 East Etiwanda Ave.	Rialto	92376	San Bernardino County	Rialto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 820-7909	391	17	23.4	89.3%	5 (1.3%)	25 (6.4%)	356 (91.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	$22,789			$4,817			$17,972	27.5	23.6	4518	350		063237007829
4169	Louis A. Bohn Elementary	Public	K-5	350 East Mt. Diablo	Tracy	95376	San Joaquin County	Tracy Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 830-3300	397	17	23.8	82.9%	41 (10.3%)	35 (8.8%)	227 (57.2%)	65 (16.4%)	2 (0.5%)	6 (1.5%)	21 (5.3%)	$17,418			$2,843			$14,575	27.5	33.8	3614	555		060004707400
4170	Ernest R. Geddes Elementary	Public	K-5	14600 Cavette Pl.	Baldwin Park	91706	Los Angeles County	Baldwin Park Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 962-8114	662	28	23.6	90.6%	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	631 (95.3%)	24 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	$27,172			$6,422			$20,750	27.5	29.9	3935	235		060369000331
4171	One Hundred Sixteenth Street Elementary	Public	K-5	11610 Stanford Ave.	Los Angeles	90059	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 754-3121	401	20	20	96.8%	3 (0.7%)	64 (16.0%)	325 (81.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (2.0%)	$28,382			$5,013			$23,369	27.5	28.3	4083	88		062271003248

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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.