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
1051	William Kaseberg Elementary	Public	K-5	1040 Main St.	Roseville	95678	Placer County	Roseville City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 771-1790	289	16	17.8	58.1%	127 (43.9%)	5 (1.7%)	109 (37.7%)	19 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	28 (9.7%)	$18,269			$2,752			$15,517	82.4	74.8	1373	322		063360005186
1052	J. H. McGaugh Elementary	Public	K-5	1698 Bolsa Ave.	Seal Beach	90740	Orange County	Los Alamitos Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 799-4560	721	32	22.5	18.0%	352 (48.8%)	12 (1.7%)	194 (26.9%)	59 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	101 (14.0%)	$17,223			$541			$16,682	82.4	87.2	856	196		062259008885
1053	Frederiksen Elementary	Public	K-5	7243 Tamarack Dr.	Dublin	94568	Alameda County	Dublin Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(925) 828-1037	689	29	24	25.3%	159 (23.1%)	37 (5.4%)	134 (19.4%)	290 (42.1%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	66 (9.6%)	$13,929			$950			$12,979	82.4	90.4	683	370		060001909275
1054	King (Thomas Starr) Elementary	Public	K-5	1215 Carolina St.	San Francisco	94107	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 695-5797	333	17	19.3	38.4%	34 (10.2%)	35 (10.5%)	50 (15.0%)	111 (33.3%)	4 (1.2%)	5 (1.5%)	94 (28.2%)	$23,450			$1,670			$21,780	82.4	85	949	105		063441005671
1055	Mesa Robles	Public	K-8	16060 Mesa Robles Dr.	Hacienda Heights	91745	Los Angeles County	Hacienda la Puente Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 933-6000	1,246	46	27	57.7%	41 (3.3%)	1 (0.1%)	424 (34.0%)	744 (59.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (2.8%)	$17,859			$1,497			$16,362	82.4	88.3	800	255		061632502056
1056	Pershing Elementary	Public	K-6	9010 Pershing Ave.	Orangevale	95662	Sacramento County	San Juan Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 979-8076	494	19	26	44.5%	279 (56.5%)	7 (1.4%)	118 (23.9%)	37 (7.5%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	47 (9.5%)	$16,415			$2,632			$13,783	82.3	86	906	150		063462005810
1057	Akers Elementary	Public	K-8	Constellation Ave.	Lemoore	93245	Kings County	Central Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 998-5707	592	32	18.5	21.5%	225 (38.0%)	64 (10.8%)	159 (26.9%)	41 (6.9%)	4 (0.7%)	6 (1.0%)	93 (15.7%)	$33,050			$2,337			$30,713	82.3	78.7	1213	156		060798000765
1058	McKinley Elementary	Public	K-5	2401 Santa Monica Blvd.	Santa Monica	90404	Los Angeles County	Santa Monica-Malibu Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 828-5011	362	22	16.7	42.3%	119 (32.9%)	38 (10.5%)	120 (33.1%)	47 (13.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (10.2%)								82.3	83.9	1004	54		063570006096
1059	Hope Elementary	Public	K-6	3970-A La Colina Rd.	Santa Barbara	93110	Santa Barbara County	Hope Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 563-2974	279	16	17.4	42.3%	109 (39.1%)	2 (0.7%)	138 (49.5%)	8 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	21 (7.5%)	$22,377			$1,496			$20,881	82.3	83.4	1022	37		061749007426
1060	Dunham Charter	Public, Charter	K-6	4111 Roblar Rd.	Petaluma	94952	Sonoma County	Dunham Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 795-5050	166	8	21.5	27.1%	121 (72.9%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (19.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (6.6%)	$12,401			$213			$12,188	82.3	78.7	1212	152		061161012748

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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.