Best Elementary Schools in California

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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
1811	Trabuco Elementary	Public	K-6	31052 Trabuco Canyon Rd.	Trabuco Canyon	92679	Orange County	Saddleback Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 858-0343	90	5	18.2	37.8%	45 (50.0%)	1 (1.1%)	26 (28.9%)	2 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (17.8%)	$21,965			$1,406			$20,559	65.7	65.4	1798	13		063386005316
1812	Chicago Park Elementary	Public	K-8	15725 Mt. Olive Rd.	Grass Valley	95945	Nevada County	Chicago Park Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 346-2153	120	8	15.8	44.2%	84 (70.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (20.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (7.5%)	$18,046			$802			$17,244	65.6	45.7	2809	997		060834000811
1813	Rosewood Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	503 North Croft Ave.	Los Angeles	90048	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 651-0166	218	13	16.7	74.3%	35 (16.1%)	34 (15.6%)	109 (50.0%)	10 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (13.8%)	$25,155			$3,644			$21,511	65.6	54.2	2335	522		062271003319
1814	Neal Dow Elementary	Public	K-5	1420 Neal Dow Ave.	Chico	95926	Butte County	Chico Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 891-3110	364	22	16.9	67.9%	195 (53.6%)	5 (1.4%)	100 (27.5%)	11 (3.0%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	49 (13.5%)	$20,411			$1,733			$18,678	65.6	65.1	1813	1		060837000823
1815	Dominguez Elementary	Public	K-5	21250 Santa Fe Ave.	Carson	90810	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 835-7137	450	20	22.5	86.2%	3 (0.7%)	23 (5.1%)	375 (83.3%)	21 (4.7%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (2.4%)	16 (3.6%)	$22,324			$4,452			$17,872	65.6	60.6	2041	226		062271002963
1816	Competitive Edge Charter Academy (CECA)	Public, Charter	K-8	34450 Stonewood Dr.	Yucaipa	92399	San Bernardino County	Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 797-0174	717	33	21.6	36.8%	374 (52.2%)	6 (0.8%)	279 (38.9%)	41 (5.7%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (1.8%)	$17,687			$1,260			$16,427	65.6	75.3	1358	458		064356012910
1817	Trajan Elementary	Public	K-5	6601 Trajan Dr.	Orangevale	95662	Sacramento County	San Juan Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 971-5200	391	16	24.4	48.6%	246 (62.9%)	10 (2.6%)	83 (21.2%)	11 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (10.5%)	$19,606			$3,533			$16,073	65.6	51.9	2457	640		063462008970
1818	Maryland Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	5400 Maryland Ave.	La Mesa	91942	San Diego County	La Mesa-Spring Valley	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 668-5744	451	19	23.7	58.5%	155 (34.4%)	41 (9.1%)	164 (36.4%)	34 (7.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	56 (12.4%)	$17,041			$1,159			$15,882	65.6	65.6	1791	27		062025002437
1819	Vineyard Elementary	Public	3-5	2121 Vineyard Dr.	Templeton	93465	San Luis Obispo County	Templeton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 434-5840	426	16	26.6	20.0%	271 (63.6%)	1 (0.2%)	103 (24.2%)	6 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (10.3%)	$14,331			$1,093			$13,238	65.5	62.1	1977	158		063900004016
1820	Pine Grove Elementary	Public	K-6	1050 East Rice Ranch Rd.	Santa Maria	93455	Santa Barbara County	Orcutt Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 938-8800	569	22	25.8	58.7%	187 (32.9%)	6 (1.1%)	298 (52.4%)	16 (2.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (10.7%)	$9,309			$511			$8,798	65.5	68.8	1649	171		062871004467

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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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