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)
063471005853	5764	Hillside Elementary	Public	K-5	15980 Marcella St.	San Leandro	94578	Alameda County	San Lorenzo Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(510) 317-5300	372			87.4%	12 (3.2%)	70 (18.8%)	223 (59.9%)	30 (8.1%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (1.9%)	29 (7.8%)	$6,495							9.4			(n/a)
063581006120	5765	Helen M. Lehman Elementary	Public	K-6	1700 Jennings Ave.	Santa Rosa	95401	Sonoma County	Santa Rosa Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 890-3935	415	18	23.6	46.3%	26 (6.3%)	12 (2.9%)	342 (82.4%)	21 (5.1%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (1.0%)	8 (1.9%)	$11,498							9.4			(n/a)
063441005664	5766	Sanchez Elementary	Public	K-5	325 Sanchez St.	San Francisco	94114	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(415) 241-6380	277	15	18.3	77.6%	9 (3.2%)	17 (6.1%)	213 (76.9%)	15 (5.4%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.4%)	20 (7.2%)	$6,103							9.4			(n/a)
062088005857	5767	Lancaster Alternative and Virtual Academies	Public	K-8	44034 13th St. W.	Lancaster	93534	Los Angeles County	Lancaster Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(661) 488-7600	1,164	30	38.2	91.0%	81 (7.0%)	384 (33.0%)	595 (51.1%)	26 (2.2%)	6 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	72 (6.2%)	$8,462							9.4			(n/a)
062910004494	5768	Wyandotte Academy	Public	K-5	2800 Wyandotte Ave.	Oroville	95966	Butte County	Oroville City Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(530) 532-3007	316	16	20.3	90.8%	97 (30.7%)	22 (7.0%)	55 (17.4%)	74 (23.4%)	9 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (18.7%)	$8,561							9.3			(n/a)
063441005669	5769	Malcolm X Academy	Public	K-5	350 Harbor Rd.	San Francisco	94124	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(415) 695-5950	98	7	15	92.9%	2 (2.0%)	45 (45.9%)	8 (8.2%)	3 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (17.3%)	23 (23.5%)	$6,103							9.3			(n/a)
060690000640	5770	Rockwood Elementary	Public	K-6	1000 Rockwood Ave.	Calexico	92231	Imperial County	Calexico Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(760) 768-3832	553	23	23.8	94.0%	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	544 (98.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)								9.3			(n/a)
062805012058	5771	Lockwood STEAM Academy Elementary	Public	K-5	6701 International Blvd.	Oakland	94621	Alameda County	Oakland Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(510) 879-2123	587	27	21.7	93.7%	21 (3.6%)	114 (19.4%)	401 (68.3%)	24 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (4.6%)	$8,775							9.2			(n/a)
061336001524	5772	Anna Kyle Elementary	Public	K-5	1600 Kidder Ave.	Fairfield	94533	Solano County	Fairfield-Suisun Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 421-4105	632	29	21.7	64.1%	33 (5.2%)	81 (12.8%)	465 (73.6%)	23 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	26 (4.1%)	$6,444							9.2			(n/a)
063441005596	5773	Lee (Edwin and Anita) Newcomer	Public	K-5	657 Merchant St.	San Francisco	94111	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(415) 291-7918	30	4	8.5	90.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$6,103							9.2			(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.