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
4352	Kennedy Elementary	Public	K-8	1701 East Tulare Rd.	Lindsay	93247	Tulare County	Lindsay Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 562-5466	376	15	25	87.8%	18 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	352 (93.6%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	$25,559			$3,803			$21,756	25.5	29.4	3982	370		062187012815
4353	La Salle Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	8715 La Salle Ave.	Los Angeles	90047	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 759-1161	330	18	18.3	95.8%	0 (0.0%)	131 (39.7%)	179 (54.2%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	16 (4.8%)	$29,328			$6,597			$22,731	25.5	21.4	4740	387		062271003120
4354	Vaughn Next Century Learning Center	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	13330 Vaughn St.	San Fernando	91340	Los Angeles County	Vaughn Next Century Learning Center District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 896-7461	2,629	127	20.6	94.9%	15 (0.6%)	14 (0.5%)	2,582 (98.2%)	15 (0.6%)	1 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.1%)	$21,935			$5,067			$16,868	25.5	26.9	4216	138		060189803426
4355	Rock Springs Elementary	Public	K-5	1155 Deodar Rd.	Escondido	92026	San Diego County	Escondido Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 432-2284	498	28	18	87.3%	35 (7.0%)	9 (1.8%)	408 (81.9%)	18 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.6%)								25.5	26.9	4211	144		061288003933
4356	Cambria Grammar	Public	K-5	3223 Main St.	Cambria	93428	San Luis Obispo County	Coast Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 927-4400	202	13	15.5	85.1%	38 (18.8%)	0 (0.0%)	157 (77.7%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.5%)	$33,150			$11,132			$22,018	25.5	35.4	3483	873		060004907415
4357	Grunsky Elementary	Public	K-8	1550 North School St.	Stockton	95205	San Joaquin County	Stockton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 933-7200	456	18	25.2	90.1%	21 (4.6%)	10 (2.2%)	376 (82.5%)	28 (6.1%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.1%)	15 (3.3%)	$15,561			$3,534			$12,027	25.5	30.9	3870	487		063801006413
4358	S Ben Benavidez Elementary	Public	K-6	13900 Tuolumne St.	Parlier	93648	Fresno County	Parlier Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 646-2963	409	18	22.7	95.6%	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	404 (98.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)								25.4	27.4	4165	193		062991010783
4359	Pixley Elementary	Public	K-5	300 North School St.	Pixley	93256	Tulare County	Pixley Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 757-3131	530	27	19.6	96.4%	24 (4.5%)	4 (0.8%)	496 (93.6%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$21,778			$2,270			$19,508	25.4	25.2	4350	9		063063004754
4360	Nishimoto Elementary	Public	K-6	26460 Martin St.	Madera	93638	Madera County	Madera Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 664-8110	704	36	19.4	93.8%	22 (3.1%)	5 (0.7%)	659 (93.6%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (1.8%)	$19,442			$3,241			$16,201	25.4	27.8	4132	228		062334010954
4361	Whittier Elementary	Public	K-6	1800 Whittier Ave.	Costa Mesa	92627	Orange County	Newport-Mesa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(949) 515-6990	454	26	17.2	89.4%	8 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	435 (95.8%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	$27,805			$2,620			$25,185	25.4	22.5	4628	267		062724004132

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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.