California Elementary School Rankings

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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)
060978011523	5464	Woodson Elementary	Public	K-8	N 150 Toomes Ave.	Corning	96021	Tehama County	Corning Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(530) 824-7720	602	24	24.8	67.1%	124 (20.6%)	1 (0.2%)	442 (73.4%)	16 (2.7%)	11 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.0%)	$9,830							13.8	17.4	1222	4242
061437001651	5465	Lairon College Preparatory Academy	Public	4-8	3975 Mira Loma	San Jose	95111	Santa Clara County	Franklin-McKinley Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(408) 363-5775	300	13	23.5	71.7%	3 (1.0%)	8 (2.7%)	253 (84.3%)	36 (12.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								13.8			(n/a)
063393005329	5466	Sherwood Elementary	Public	K-6	110 S. Wood St.	Salinas	93905	Monterey County	Salinas City Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(831) 753-5650	905	38	23.8	92.3%	8 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	885 (97.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.6%)	$6,195							13.8			(n/a)
062271003177	5467	McKinley Avenue Elementary	Public	K-6	7812 McKinley Ave.	Los Angeles	90001	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(323) 582-7481	573	24	23.8	98.1%	2 (0.3%)	105 (18.3%)	462 (80.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	$10,377							13.8			(n/a)
061455005749	5468	J. E. Young Academic Center	Public, Alternative	K-12	822 N. Abby St.	Fresno	93701	Fresno County	Fresno Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(559) 457-3190	4,735	158	29.9	91.6%	319 (6.7%)	509 (10.7%)	2,979 (62.9%)	713 (15.1%)	35 (0.7%)	24 (0.5%)	151 (3.2%)	$24,015							13.8			(n/a)
060438007865	5469	Meadow View Elementary	Public	K-6	2665 Dutton Meadow Ave.	Santa Rosa	95407	Sonoma County	Bellevue Union	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 541-3715	398	17	23.4	80.2%	22 (5.5%)	6 (1.5%)	343 (86.2%)	16 (4.0%)	3 (0.8%)	3 (0.8%)	5 (1.3%)	$13,565							13.8			(n/a)
063417005370	5470	Monterey Elementary	Public	K-6	794 E. Monterey Ave.	San Bernardino	92410	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(909) 388-6391	356	18	19.7	90.4%	7 (2.0%)	40 (11.2%)	283 (79.5%)	9 (2.5%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	15 (4.2%)	$7,086							13.8			(n/a)
062513003743	5471	James Marshall Elementary	Public	K-6	515 Sutter Ave.	Modesto	95351	Stanislaus County	Modesto City Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(209) 574-8162	683	32	21.4	95.5%	28 (4.1%)	7 (1.0%)	552 (80.8%)	48 (7.0%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	45 (6.6%)	$12,270							13.7	11.9	1356	4115
063255005041	5472	Lake Elementary	Public	K-6	2700 Eleventh St.	San Pablo	94806	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(510) 231-1451	377	18	20.9	49.3%	8 (2.1%)	33 (8.8%)	302 (80.1%)	26 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	5 (1.3%)	$7,032							13.7			(n/a)
062088002513	5473	Sierra Elementary	Public	K-5	747 W. Ave. J-12	Lancaster	93534	Los Angeles County	Lancaster Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(661) 942-9536	598	25	24.3	92.3%	54 (9.0%)	156 (26.1%)	338 (56.5%)	8 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (7.0%)	$8,419							13.7			(n/a)

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About our rankings:

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.