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
2731	Heritage Peak Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	631 L St.	Rio Linda	95673	Sacramento County	Heritage Peak Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(866) 992-9033	1,181	52	22.8	54.7%	674 (57.1%)	49 (4.1%)	301 (25.5%)	108 (9.1%)	21 (1.8%)	9 (0.8%)	19 (1.6%)	$13,101			$1,229			$11,872	47.6	50.4	2536	195		060237111073
2732	Grant Elementary	Public	K-6	1530 North Wilton Pl.	Los Angeles	90028	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 469-4046	365	21	17.3	94.0%	58 (15.9%)	34 (9.3%)	228 (62.5%)	34 (9.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.0%)	$35,810			$6,178			$29,632	47.5	42.6	3029	297		062271003053
2733	La Pluma Elementary	Public	K-5	14420 La Pluma Dr.	La Mirada	90638	Los Angeles County	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 210-3205	284	12	23.4	55.6%	41 (14.4%)	6 (2.1%)	195 (68.7%)	27 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	14 (4.9%)	$22,420			$2,045			$20,375	47.5	69	1638	1095		062769004173
2734	Citrus Springs Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2121 North Grand Ave.	Santa Ana	92705	Orange County	Citrus Springs Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 252-8800	477	22	21.4	65.6%	89 (18.7%)	17 (3.6%)	314 (65.8%)	22 (4.6%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.7%)	21 (4.4%)								47.5	39.7	3189	455		060231714034
2735	Earl Warren Elementary	Public	K-6	5420 Lowell St.	Sacramento	95820	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 395-4545	413	18	22.9	86.2%	19 (4.6%)	17 (4.1%)	267 (64.6%)	85 (20.6%)	5 (1.2%)	9 (2.2%)	11 (2.7%)	$21,477			$3,475			$18,002	47.5	38.1	3301	566		063384005236
2736	Redding STEM Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	3711 Oasis Rd.	Redding	96003	Shasta County	Redding STEM Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 275-5480	253	12	21.1	59.3%	165 (65.2%)	1 (0.4%)	38 (15.0%)	6 (2.4%)	6 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (14.6%)	$15,022			$989			$14,033	47.5	45.9	2799	63		060159513960
2737	Chester Elementary	Public	K-6	158 Aspen St.	Chester	96020	Plumas County	Plumas Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 258-3194	171	8	22.2	48.0%	114 (66.7%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (17.0%)	4 (2.3%)	3 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (12.3%)	$28,446			$2,092			$26,354	47.4	48.7	2632	105		063117004818
2738	Bear River	Public	4-8	100 Wheatland Park Dr.	Wheatland	95692	Yuba County	Wheatland	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 633-3135	585	31	18.7	58.8%	305 (52.1%)	10 (1.7%)	188 (32.1%)	14 (2.4%)	2 (0.3%)	7 (1.2%)	59 (10.1%)								47.4	49.6	2579	159		064233006925
2739	Shirpser Elementary	Public	K-6	4020 North Gibson Rd.	El Monte	91731	Los Angeles County	El Monte City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 575-2393	440	20	21.9	90.5%	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	411 (93.4%)	24 (5.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$25,695			$5,676			$20,019	47.4	38.4	3280	541		061209001359
2740	Magnolia Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	1626 South Orchard Ave.	Los Angeles	90006	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(213) 748-6281	545	26	20.9	99.8%	7 (1.3%)	11 (2.0%)	503 (92.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.0%)	$24,758			$5,191			$19,567	47.4	31.5	3813	1073		062271003157

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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.