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)
063060009995	4763	Stoneman Elementary	Public	K-5	2929 Loveridge Rd.	Pittsburg	94565	Contra Costa County	Pittsburg Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(925) 473-2430	583	27	21.2	70.5%	33 (5.7%)	156 (26.8%)	270 (46.3%)	61 (10.5%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.6%)	48 (8.2%)	$7,124							20.9			(n/a)
063441005640	4764	Flynn (Leonard R.) Elementary	Public	K-5	3125 Cesar Chavez St.	San Francisco	94110	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(415) 695-5770	426	19	22	55.9%	68 (16.0%)	37 (8.7%)	249 (58.5%)	8 (1.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	62 (14.6%)	$6,103							20.9			(n/a)
063459005743	4765	Washington Elementary	Public	K-5	100 Oak St.	San Jose	95110	Santa Clara County	San Jose Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(408) 535-6261	358	17	21.1	71.8%	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	347 (96.9%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	$12,716							20.9	17.9	1208	3557
062019007589	4766	Arbolita Elementary	Public	K-6	1001 E. Brookdale Ave.	La Habra	90631	Orange County	La Habra City Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(562) 690-2352	409	16	25.5	75.6%	19 (4.6%)	2 (0.5%)	365 (89.2%)	13 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.4%)	$10,907							20.9			(n/a)
060248614377	4767	Sycamore Creek Community Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	17131 Emerald Ln.	Huntington Beach	92647	Orange County	Sycamore Creek Community Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(714) 594-3660	139	6	23.1	22.3%	53 (38.1%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (36.7%)	7 (5.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (18.7%)								20.9			(n/a)
061077005574	4768	Mary Peacock Elementary	Public	K-5	1720 Arlington	Crescent City	95331	Del Norte County	Del Norte County Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(707) 464-0301	221	11	20	62.4%	127 (57.5%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (25.3%)	6 (2.7%)	16 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (7.2%)	$13,669							20.9			(n/a)
062250010828	4769	Chavez Elementary	Public	K-5	730 W. Third St.	Long Beach	90802	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(562) 590-0904	300	14	21.4	66.0%	18 (6.0%)	50 (16.7%)	206 (68.7%)	9 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	15 (5.0%)	$11,197							20.9	17.2	1233	3536
062361010390	4770	Joseph Widmer Junior Elementary	Public	K-8	751 Stonebridge Ln.	Lathrop	95330	San Joaquin County	Manteca Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(209) 938-6340	757	32	23.4	59.4%	69 (9.1%)	39 (5.2%)	428 (56.5%)	177 (23.4%)	5 (0.7%)	8 (1.1%)	31 (4.1%)	$5,072							20.8			(n/a)
062271002841	4771	Beachy Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	9757 Beachy Ave.	Arleta	91331	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(818) 899-0241	393	19	20.6	89.3%	8 (2.0%)	3 (0.8%)	367 (93.4%)	10 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	$12,034							20.8			(n/a)
064119006814	4772	Bobier Elementary	Public	K-5	220 W. Bobier Dr.	Vista	92083	San Diego County	Vista Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(760) 724-8501	537	22	24.9	89.0%	11 (2.0%)	2 (0.4%)	513 (95.5%)	5 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.7%)	$8,214							20.8			(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.