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
511	Country Lane Elementary	Public	K-5	5140 Country Ln.	San Jose	95129	Santa Clara County	Moreland	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 874-3400	444	21	21.1	30.0%	78 (17.6%)	13 (2.9%)	107 (24.1%)	194 (43.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	50 (11.3%)	$16,318			$1,656			$14,662	92.4	92	573	62		062577003853
512	Canfield Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	9233 Airdrome St.	Los Angeles	90035	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 552-2525	285	14	20.3	49.5%	130 (45.6%)	13 (4.6%)	61 (21.4%)	15 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	65 (22.8%)	$23,213			$3,190			$20,023	92.4	94.4	398	114		062271002888
513	Bagby Elementary	Public	K-5	1840 Harris Ave.	San Jose	95124	Santa Clara County	Cambrian	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 377-3882	529	25	21.1	14.9%	180 (34.0%)	16 (3.0%)	157 (29.7%)	99 (18.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	74 (14.0%)	$9,734			$1,381			$8,353	92.4	89.1	742	229		060714000650
514	Woodland Hills Elementary Charter For Enriched Studies	Public, Charter	K-5	22201 San Miguel St.	Woodland Hills	91364	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 347-9220	621	26	23.8	30.6%	231 (37.2%)	44 (7.1%)	122 (19.6%)	76 (12.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	146 (23.5%)	$17,102			$2,194			$14,908	92.4	92.9	508	6		062271003473
515	Key (Francis Scott) Elementary	Public	K-5	1530 43rd Ave.	San Francisco	94122	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 759-2811	552	20	27.6	27.4%	176 (31.9%)	2 (0.4%)	58 (10.5%)	228 (41.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	88 (15.9%)	$22,167			$2,369			$19,798	92.4	91.5	605	90		063441005609
516	Vista Grande Elementary	Public	K-5	667 Diablo Rd.	Danville	94526	Contra Costa County	San Ramon Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 314-1000	544	24	23	4.4%	347 (63.8%)	2 (0.4%)	42 (7.7%)	81 (14.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	71 (13.1%)	$14,353			$165			$14,188	92.4	94	430	86		063513005960
517	WISH Community	Public, Charter	K-8	6550 West 80th St.	Los Angeles	90045	Los Angeles County	WISH Community District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 642-9474	860			17.0%	289 (33.6%)	133 (15.5%)	243 (28.3%)	64 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.5%)	127 (14.8%)	$15,325			$515			$14,810	92.4	92.1	563	46		060221314196
518	Genevieve Didion	Public	K-8	6490 Harmon Dr.	Sacramento	95831	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-4575	609	27	22.9	29.2%	129 (21.2%)	14 (2.3%)	160 (26.3%)	176 (28.9%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	123 (20.2%)	$19,479			$3,176			$16,303	92.4	94.2	413	105		063384005244
519	Melrose Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	731 North Detroit St.	Los Angeles	90046	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 938-6275	419	18	23.2	45.8%	93 (22.2%)	19 (4.5%)	116 (27.7%)	126 (30.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (15.5%)	$19,642			$2,697			$16,945	92.4	92	570	51		062271003178
520	Country Club Elementary	Public	K-5	7534 Blue Fox Way	San Ramon	94583	Contra Costa County	San Ramon Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 479-6000	500	25	20	14.8%	104 (20.8%)	11 (2.2%)	69 (13.8%)	266 (53.2%)	4 (0.8%)	2 (0.4%)	44 (8.8%)	$23,554			$1,002			$22,552	92.4	85.9	913	393		063513005945

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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.