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)
063315012047	3792	Patricia Beatty Elementary	Public	K-6	4261 Latham Rd.	Riverside	92501	Riverside County	Riverside Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(951) 276-2070	501	21	23.9	79.2%	34 (6.8%)	29 (5.8%)	399 (79.6%)	18 (3.6%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (3.4%)	$8,056							31			(n/a)
061674002121	3793	Lorin A. Eden Elementary	Public	K-6	27790 Portsmouth Ave.	Hayward	94545	Alameda County	Hayward Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(510) 723-3855	350	15	23.1	46.9%	7 (2.0%)	39 (11.1%)	153 (43.7%)	114 (32.6%)	1 (0.3%)	16 (4.6%)	20 (5.7%)								31			(n/a)
060846000845	3794	Newman Elementary	Public	K-6	4150 Walnut Ave.	Chino	91710	San Bernardino County	Chino Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(909) 627-9758	510	22	22.7	62.9%	51 (10.0%)	18 (3.5%)	416 (81.6%)	16 (3.1%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.2%)	$10,433							31			(n/a)
062241002682	3795	La Canada Elementary	Public	K-6	621 W. N. Ave.	Lompoc	93436	Santa Barbara County	Lompoc Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(805) 742-2250	597	29	20.9	79.9%	54 (9.0%)	13 (2.2%)	492 (82.4%)	19 (3.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.0%)	$7,819							31			(n/a)
064119006822	3796	Vista Academy of Visual and Performing Arts	Public	K-5	600 N. Santa Fe Ave.	Vista	92083	San Diego County	Vista Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(760) 941-0880	642	27	23.7	78.3%	84 (13.1%)	7 (1.1%)	524 (81.6%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.6%)	18 (2.8%)	$8,915							31			(n/a)
061209001356	3797	Potrero Elementary	Public	K-8	2611 N. Potrero Ave.	El Monte	91733	Los Angeles County	El Monte City	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(626) 350-9386	707	34	20.7	96.5%	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	640 (90.5%)	63 (8.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	$7,292							31			(n/a)
062805004260	3798	Emerson Elementary	Public	K-5	4803 Lawton Ave.	Oakland	94609	Alameda County	Oakland Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(510) 879-2115	317	14	22.6	73.2%	68 (21.5%)	130 (41.0%)	46 (14.5%)	20 (6.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (16.1%)	$8,799							31			(n/a)
060243000138	3799	Allan Orrenmaa Elementary	Public	K-5	3350 Fillmore St.	Riverside	92503	Riverside County	Alvord Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(951) 358-1635	519	20	25.5	83.8%	53 (10.2%)	17 (3.3%)	404 (77.8%)	32 (6.2%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.3%)	5 (1.0%)	$7,786							30.9			(n/a)
060181613008	3800	Urban Montessori Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	4551 Steele St.	Oakland	94619	Alameda County	Urban Montessori Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(510) 842-1181	349	8	44.7	26.4%	102 (29.2%)	69 (19.8%)	109 (31.2%)	19 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	47 (13.5%)								30.9			(n/a)
061209001359	3801	Shirpser Elementary	Public	K-6	4020 N. Gibson Rd.	El Monte	91731	Los Angeles County	El Monte City	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(626) 575-2393	515	24	21.4	91.7%	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.8%)	483 (93.8%)	25 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$7,059							30.9			(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.