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
5332	West Boron Elementary	Public	K-6	12300 Del Oro St.	Boron	93516	Kern County	Muroc Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 762-5430	276	15	18.4	75.4%	89 (32.2%)	37 (13.4%)	126 (45.7%)	5 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (6.9%)	$10,632			$881			$9,751	14.2	9.6	5699	367		062649004001
5333	Lakeside Elementary	Public	K-8	9100 Jersey Ave.	Hanford	93230	Kings County	Lakeside Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 582-2868	238	12	19.8	96.6%	7 (2.9%)	13 (5.5%)	209 (87.8%)	6 (2.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	$20,583			$2,835			$17,748	14.2	17.3	5089	244		062076002491
5334	Kennedy Elementary	Public	K-8	630 West Ponce de Leon Dr.	Stockton	95210	San Joaquin County	Stockton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 933-7225	511	21	23.9	88.5%	14 (2.7%)	72 (14.1%)	261 (51.1%)	118 (23.1%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.6%)	36 (7.0%)	$15,394			$3,309			$12,085	14.2	13.4	5446	112		063801006420
5335	Earlimart Elementary	Public	K-5	192 South Church Rd.	Earlimart	93219	Tulare County	Earlimart Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 849-2651	481	29	16.5	88.4%	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	461 (95.8%)	15 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	$24,137			$4,111			$20,026	14.1	13.4	5449	114		061176001297
5336	Davis Elementary	Public	K-6	5224 East Morada Ln.	Stockton	95212	San Joaquin County	Lodi Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 953-8301	357	15	23.5	81.2%	43 (12.0%)	15 (4.2%)	213 (59.7%)	62 (17.4%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	21 (5.9%)	$15,081			$2,401			$12,680	14.1	14.1	5381	45		062223002642
5337	Dolores Huerta Elementary	Public	K-8	1644 South Lincoln	Stockton	95206	San Joaquin County	Stockton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 933-7220	453	13	34.3	91.2%	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.6%)	419 (92.5%)	13 (2.9%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)	$12,809			$3,011			$9,798	14.1	7.8	5783	446		063801010392
5338	Oasis Elementary	Public	K-6	73175 El Paseo	Twentynine Palms	92277	San Bernardino County	Morongo Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 367-3595	461	21	21.6	74.8%	149 (32.3%)	66 (14.3%)	184 (39.9%)	6 (1.3%)	3 (0.7%)	4 (0.9%)	47 (10.2%)	$18,534			$2,976			$15,558	14.1	18.4	4990	348		062586003888
5339	Park Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	100 Morton St.	Yuba City	95991	Sutter County	Yuba City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 822-5265	541	22	24	94.8%	43 (7.9%)	7 (1.3%)	441 (81.5%)	16 (3.0%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	28 (5.2%)								14.1	15.1	5292	47		064347007037
5340	Willow Cove Elementary	Public	K-5	1880 Hanlon Way	Pittsburg	94565	Contra Costa County	Pittsburg Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 473-2470	592	29	20.4	76.9%	16 (2.7%)	48 (8.1%)	485 (81.9%)	31 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	10 (1.7%)	$20,037			$1,957			$18,080	14.1	13.2	5459	119		063060004753
5341	Upper Lake Elementary	Public	K-5	679 Second St.	Upper Lake	95485	Lake County	Upper Lake Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 275-2357	429	21	20.9	83.4%	193 (45.0%)	2 (0.5%)	146 (34.0%)	3 (0.7%)	53 (12.4%)	2 (0.5%)	30 (7.0%)	$23,500			$3,589			$19,911	14	15.5	5258	83		060144206694

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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.