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
3581	Alice Shaw Elementary	Public	K-6	759 Dahlia Pl.	Santa Maria	93455	Santa Barbara County	Orcutt Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 938-8850	530	21	24.6	76.4%	124 (23.4%)	4 (0.8%)	363 (68.5%)	5 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (6.2%)	$10,393			$1,246			$9,147	35	35.6	3477	104		062871004468
3582	Hemet Dual Language Academy	Public	K-8	26400 Dartmouth St.	Hemet	92544	Riverside County	Hemet Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 927-8676	476	24	20.1	81.7%	18 (3.8%)	4 (0.8%)	447 (93.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.3%)	$21,722			$2,387			$19,335	35	38.4	3281	301		061692014611
3583	Anna M. Glazier Elementary	Public	K-5	10932 East Excelsior Dr.	Norwalk	90650	Los Angeles County	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 210-2890	388	17	23.5	80.4%	5 (1.3%)	8 (2.1%)	352 (90.7%)	16 (4.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.5%)	$22,643			$1,359			$21,284	35	21.5	4728	1145		062769004167
3584	Raymond Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	7511 Raymond Ave.	Los Angeles	90044	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 759-1183	457	22	21.2	96.7%	1 (0.2%)	114 (24.9%)	329 (72.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.6%)	$26,752			$5,393			$21,359	35	31.2	3837	253		062271003298
3585	Louise Sandrini Elementary	Public	K-6	4100 Alum Ave.	Bakersfield	93309	Kern County	Panama-Buena Vista Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 397-1515	604	25	24.1	91.9%	42 (7.0%)	51 (8.4%)	460 (76.2%)	10 (1.7%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	38 (6.3%)	$17,005			$2,234			$14,771	35	49	2613	972		060639009335
3586	One Hundred Fifty-Third Street Elementary	Public	K-5	1605 West 153rd St.	Gardena	90247	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 323-1029	363	22	16.5	87.1%	4 (1.1%)	67 (18.5%)	251 (69.1%)	19 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	21 (5.8%)	$31,252			$5,599			$25,653	35	26.9	4207	621		062271003242
3587	Lincoln Elementary	Public	K-6	1100 Mono St.	Fresno	93706	Fresno County	Fresno Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 457-3010	526	28	18.8	97.3%	15 (2.9%)	62 (11.8%)	413 (78.5%)	20 (3.8%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	11 (2.1%)	$19,973			$2,329			$17,644	34.9	31	3855	268		061455001748
3588	West Point Elementary	Public	K-6	54 Bald Mountain Rd.	West Point	95255	Calaveras County	Calaveras Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 754-2255	114	4	28.5	69.3%	70 (61.4%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (14.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (16.7%)	$15,731			$1,929			$13,802	34.9	43.6	2950	638		060687000632
3589	Barnett Elementary	Public	K-6	23925 Couna Way	Ramona	92065	San Diego County	Ramona City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 787-3500	465	19	24	50.1%	230 (49.5%)	2 (0.4%)	195 (41.9%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	34 (7.3%)	$9,815			$1,479			$8,336	34.9	35.5	3479	110		063171001207
3590	Madison Elementary	Public	K-5	9820 Madison Ave.	South Gate	90280	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 568-3900	482	25	19.2	94.0%	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	472 (97.9%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	$23,271			$4,657			$18,614	34.9	39.9	3179	411		062271011625

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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.