Best Elementary Schools in California

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)					ID
Rank (of 5862)	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 (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	ID
5281	Banta Elementary	Public	K-8	22345 El Rancho Rd.	Tracy	95304	San Joaquin County	Banta Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 229-4650	168	10	16.6	75.0%	33 (19.6%)	3 (1.8%)	116 (69.0%)	11 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.0%)	$29,540			$3,466			$26,074	15.2	12.4	5537	256		060257100354
5282	French Camp Elementary	Public	K-8	241 East Fourth St.	French Camp	95231	San Joaquin County	Manteca Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 938-6370	600	25	24	89.8%	40 (6.7%)	11 (1.8%)	526 (87.7%)	6 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	13 (2.2%)	$15,566			$1,744			$13,822	15.2	16.7	5177	105		062361003578
5283	Arrowhead Elementary	Public	K-6	3825 Mountain View Ave.	San Bernardino	92405	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 881-8100	254	14	18.1	93.3%	16 (6.3%)	51 (20.1%)	170 (66.9%)	3 (1.2%)	4 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.9%)	$26,074			$5,984			$20,090	15.2	9.3	5745	462		063417005345
5284	Buena Vista/ Horace Mann K-8	Public	K-8	3351 23rd St.	San Francisco	94110	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 695-5881	585	30	19.3	57.1%	29 (5.0%)	4 (0.7%)	514 (87.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (5.8%)	$27,121			$2,402			$24,719	15.2	21.2	4741	543		063441005626
5285	Park Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	100 Morton St.	Yuba City	95991	Sutter County	Yuba City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 822-5265	563	23	24.4	92.9%	52 (9.2%)	4 (0.7%)	452 (80.3%)	18 (3.2%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.7%)	31 (5.5%)								15.1	12.2	5551	266		064347007037
5286	Don Pedro Elementary	Public	K-6	2300 Don Pedro Rd.	Ceres	95307	Stanislaus County	Ceres Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 556-1630	430	19	22.6	90.7%	35 (8.1%)	3 (0.7%)	371 (86.3%)	12 (2.8%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	5 (1.2%)	$20,297			$4,019			$16,278	15.1	15.7	5255	31		060813000786
5287	Highland Elementary	Public	K-6	2829 Moyers Rd.	Richmond	94806	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1424	407	20	20.3	81.3%	13 (3.2%)	63 (15.5%)	244 (60.0%)	69 (17.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	16 (3.9%)	$6,578			$1,868			$4,710	15.1	14.9	5336	49		063255010022
5288	Edenvale Elementary	Public	K-6	285 Azucar Ave.	San Jose	95111	Santa Clara County	Oak Grove Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 227-7060	354	14	25.2	63.0%	5 (1.4%)	9 (2.5%)	304 (85.9%)	35 (9.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$17,388			$1,520			$15,868	15.1	17.3	5126	162		062781004212
5289	Woodrow W. Wallace Elementary	Public	K-5	3240 Erskine Creek Rd.	Lake Isabella	93240	Kern County	Kernville Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 379-2621	405	21	19.4	87.2%	288 (71.1%)	9 (2.2%)	85 (21.0%)	2 (0.5%)	11 (2.7%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (2.2%)	$21,953			$3,041			$18,912	15.1	23.7	4488	801		061959002358
5290	Liberty Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	26247 Ellis St.	Madera	93638	Madera County	Liberty Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 675-2070	674	27	24.9	91.8%	15 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	650 (96.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.0%)	$28,277			$2,672			$25,605	15.1	13.1	5473	183		060215310951

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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 10, 2024, 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.