California Elementary School Rankings

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The list is updated annually upon the release of test scores by the California Department of Education. The most recent update was on 10/24/2022.

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)							Ranking (2022 vs 2021)
ID	Rank (of 5880)	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 (2022)	Average Standard Score (2021)	Rank (2021)	Rank Change from 2021	SchoolDigger Rating (2022)
063003011495	3692	Apricot Valley Elementary	Public	K-6	1320 Henley Pkwy.	Patterson	95363	Stanislaus County	Patterson Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(209) 892-4700	823	33	24.6	69.1%	85 (10.3%)	74 (9.0%)	494 (60.0%)	67 (8.1%)	4 (0.5%)	22 (2.7%)	77 (9.4%)								32.1			(n/a)
062271003240	3693	San Antonio Elementary	Public	K-5	6222 State St.	Huntington Park	90255	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(323) 582-1250	487	24	20.2	93.4%	13 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	471 (96.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	$12,203							32.1			(n/a)
062769004174	3694	Loretta Lampton Elementary	Public	K-5	14716 Elmcroft Ave.	Norwalk	90650	Los Angeles County	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(562) 210-3255	474	21	22.9	69.2%	15 (3.2%)	11 (2.3%)	416 (87.8%)	18 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	11 (2.3%)	$12,748							32			(n/a)
060243000131	3695	Collett Elementary	Public	K-5	10850 Collett Ave.	Riverside	92505	Riverside County	Alvord Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(951) 358-1605	544	24	22.7	88.6%	29 (5.3%)	40 (7.4%)	434 (79.8%)	25 (4.6%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.9%)	10 (1.8%)	$9,526							32			(n/a)
063213004967	3696	Henry Ford Elementary	Public	K-5	2498 Massachusetts Ave.	Redwood City	94061	San Mateo County	Redwood City Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(650) 482-2404	461	21	21.8	52.7%	97 (21.0%)	5 (1.1%)	308 (66.8%)	26 (5.6%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	21 (4.6%)								32			(n/a)
060261000163	3697	Price (Adelaide) Elementary	Public	K-6	1516 W. N. St.	Anaheim	92801	Orange County	Anaheim Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(714) 517-8947	599	27	22.1	65.3%	18 (3.0%)	6 (1.0%)	540 (90.2%)	14 (2.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (3.2%)	$6,918							32			(n/a)
060231008782	3698	Ben Painter Elementary	Public	K-8	500 Rough and Ready Rd.	San Jose	95133	Santa Clara County	Alum Rock Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(408) 928-8400	311	14	21.9	71.7%	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	140 (45.0%)	158 (50.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	9 (2.9%)	$14,587							32			(n/a)
062223002649	3699	Heritage Elementary	Public	K-6	509 Eden St.	Lodi	95240	San Joaquin County	Lodi Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(209) 331-7334	518	22	23.5	84.0%	15 (2.9%)	5 (1.0%)	408 (78.8%)	76 (14.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.5%)	$11,830							32	21.3	1125	2574
063987009201	3700	Pleasant Elementary	Public	K-5	1855 W. Pleasant Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(559) 685-7300	666	29	22.9	83.6%	57 (8.6%)	26 (3.9%)	558 (83.8%)	11 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.0%)	$10,918							32	22.5	1102	2598
060363000311	3701	Colonel Howard Nichols Elementary	Public	K-6	3401 Renegade Ave.	Bakersfield	93306	Kern County	Bakersfield City	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(661) 631-5400	854	40	21.3	71.4%	129 (15.1%)	25 (2.9%)	676 (79.2%)	11 (1.3%)	8 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.6%)	$7,290							32			(n/a)

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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 24, 2022, 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. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.