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)
060001409079	5724	Kingston Elementary	Public	K-6	7473 Kingston Ave.	Hesperia	92345	San Bernardino County	Hesperia Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(760) 244-8869	741	30	24.7	71.8%	226 (30.5%)	16 (2.2%)	480 (64.8%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (1.9%)	$6,811							10.1			(n/a)
060206013037	5725	iLEAD Lancaster Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	254 E. Ave. K-4	Lancaster	93535	Los Angeles County	iLEAD Lancaster Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(661) 722-4287	736	17	43.9	73.2%	119 (16.2%)	206 (28.0%)	317 (43.1%)	9 (1.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	83 (11.3%)								10.1			(n/a)
061176010446	5726	Alila	Public	K-5	850 W. Washington Ave.	Earlimart	93219	Tulare County	Earlimart Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(661) 849-4202	415	22	18.8	94.9%	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	403 (97.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	5 (1.2%)	$12,185							10			(n/a)
062805004317	5727	Esperanza Elementary	Public	K-5	10315 E St.	Oakland	94603	Alameda County	Oakland Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(510) 879-2177	380	17	22.7	95.0%	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	360 (94.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.7%)	$5,279							10			(n/a)
061926002317	5728	Pedley Elementary	Public	K-6	5871 Hudson St.	Riverside	92509	Riverside County	Jurupa Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(951) 360-2793	729	33	21.8	67.6%	27 (3.7%)	7 (1.0%)	678 (93.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.1%)	$10,646							10			(n/a)
060363000290	5729	Casa Loma Elementary	Public	K-6	525 E. Casa Loma Dr.	Bakersfield	93307	Kern County	Bakersfield City	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(661) 631-5200	550	29	18.9	88.9%	19 (3.5%)	36 (6.5%)	481 (87.5%)	6 (1.1%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.7%)	$7,441							10			(n/a)
061077001195	5730	Margaret Keating Elementary	Public	K-6	300 Minot Creek Rd.	Klamath	95548	Del Norte County	Del Norte County Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 464-0340	98	5	18.1	75.5%	15 (15.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (11.2%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (65.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (8.2%)	$17,322							10			(n/a)
063384005239	5731	Ethel I. Baker Elementary	Public	K-6	5717 Laurine Way	Sacramento	95824	Sacramento County	Sacramento City Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(916) 395-4560	620	23	27.5	95.0%	26 (4.2%)	56 (9.0%)	342 (55.2%)	102 (16.5%)	4 (0.6%)	73 (11.8%)	17 (2.7%)	$7,344							10			(n/a)
063255005061	5732	Stege Elementary	Public	K-6	4949 Cypress Ave.	Richmond	94804	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(510) 231-1425	216	10	21.6	77.3%	16 (7.4%)	94 (43.5%)	62 (28.7%)	22 (10.2%)	2 (0.9%)	4 (1.9%)	16 (7.4%)	$7,986							9.9			(n/a)
062223008878	5733	Parklane Elementary	Public	K-6	8405 Tam O'Shanter Dr.	Stockton	95210	San Joaquin County	Lodi Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(209) 953-8410	443	18	24.6	85.1%	10 (2.3%)	106 (23.9%)	135 (30.5%)	153 (34.5%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	36 (8.1%)	$11,897							9.9	10.8	1377	4356

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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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Educational resources:

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

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.