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
5702	Bess Maxwell Elementary	Public	K-5	1124 El Dorado St.	Crescent City	95531	Del Norte County	Del Norte County Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 464-0310	217	11	19.7	86.2%	102 (47.0%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (23.5%)	7 (3.2%)	36 (16.6%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (9.7%)	$23,590			$3,016			$20,574	8.7	10.5	5659	43		061077001191
5703	Parklane Elementary	Public	K-6	8405 Tam O'Shanter Dr.	Stockton	95210	San Joaquin County	Lodi Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 953-8410	437	17	26.4	89.5%	7 (1.6%)	97 (22.2%)	141 (32.3%)	138 (31.6%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	50 (11.4%)	$15,944			$2,528			$13,416	8.7	9.3	5713	10		062223008878
5704	McKinley Elementary	Public	K-6	601 Fourth St.	Bakersfield	93304	Kern County	Bakersfield City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 631-5370	628	30	20.7	97.6%	30 (4.8%)	93 (14.8%)	492 (78.3%)	3 (0.5%)	5 (0.8%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	$24,432			$3,096			$21,336	8.6	9.7	5696	8		060363000308
5705	'O Me-nok Learning Center	Public	K-6	300 Minot Creek Rd.	Klamath	95548	Del Norte County	Del Norte County Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 464-0340	86	6	14.3	87.2%	19 (22.1%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (11.6%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (57.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (9.3%)	$26,151			$4,417			$21,734	8.6	7.4	5793	88		061077001195
5706	H. Frank Dominguez Elementary	Public	K-6	135 South Allen St.	San Bernardino	92408	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 888-8020	297	17	17.4	98.0%	8 (2.7%)	23 (7.7%)	250 (84.2%)	10 (3.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.7%)	$23,678			$4,496			$19,182	8.6	9.5	5703	3		063417013699
5707	Ina Arbuckle Elementary	Public	K-6	3600 Packard St.	Jurupa Valley	92509	Riverside County	Jurupa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(951) 222-7788	407	18	22.2	89.2%	7 (1.7%)	21 (5.2%)	368 (90.4%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.2%)	$24,455			$2,402			$22,053	8.5	11.3	5595	112		061926002311
5708	Rodriguez Elementary	Public	K-5	825 South 31st St.	San Diego	92113	San Diego County	San Diego Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 699-4500	280	11	25.4	95.7%	2 (0.7%)	9 (3.2%)	268 (95.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$24,777			$5,018			$19,759	8.5	12.8	5494	214		063432011973
5709	West Creek Elementary	Public	K-5	15763 Colbalt Rd.	Victorville	92394	San Bernardino County	Adelanto Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 951-3628	505	22	23.4	71.7%	25 (5.0%)	123 (24.4%)	313 (62.0%)	7 (1.4%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	33 (6.5%)	$18,136			$1,100			$17,036	8.5	11.4	5590	119		060171011736
5710	Woodworth-Monroe Academy	Public	K-8	10711 10th Ave.	Inglewood	90303	Los Angeles County	Inglewood Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 680-5310	826	35	23.5	93.7%	7 (0.8%)	244 (29.5%)	532 (64.4%)	6 (0.7%)	11 (1.3%)	13 (1.6%)	13 (1.6%)								8.5	11	5628	82		061839002264
5711	Fillmore Elementary	Public	K-8	2644 East Poplar St.	Stockton	95205	San Joaquin County	Stockton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 933-7185	577	22	26.2	90.3%	25 (4.3%)	13 (2.3%)	495 (85.8%)	21 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (3.8%)	$14,130			$3,034			$11,096	8.5	16.6	5160	551		063801006406

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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.