California Elementary School Rankings

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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)
060807000773	461	Buena Terra Elementary	Public	K-6	8299 Holder St.	Buena Park	90620	Orange County	Centralia Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(714) 228-3220	570	23	24.7	59.3%	128 (22.5%)	16 (2.8%)	225 (39.5%)	166 (29.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	31 (5.4%)	$8,002							93.7			(n/a)
063231004984	462	Rescue Elementary	Public	K-5	3880 Green Valley Rd.	Rescue	95672	El Dorado County	Rescue Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(530) 677-2720	509	22	22.8	18.1%	417 (81.9%)	5 (1.0%)	69 (13.6%)	9 (1.8%)	7 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	$9,596							93.7	91.8	134	328
063513010760	463	Quail Run Elementary	Public	K-5	4000 Goldenbay Ave.	San Ramon	94582	Contra Costa County	San Ramon Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(925) 560-4000	835	33	25	10.2%	85 (10.2%)	32 (3.8%)	63 (7.5%)	589 (70.5%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (7.3%)	$6,070							93.7			(n/a)
060003204957	464	Lincoln Elementary	Public	K-6	2223 Plant Ave.	Redondo Beach	90278	Los Angeles County	Redondo Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(310) 798-8646	595	26	23.2	12.1%	268 (45.0%)	16 (2.7%)	104 (17.5%)	114 (19.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	91 (15.3%)	$10,032							93.7			(n/a)
068450014114	465	Eastwood Elementary	Public	K-6	99 Meander	Irvine	92620	Orange County	Irvine Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(949) 936-8100	576	23	25.6	12.8%	103 (17.9%)	9 (1.6%)	43 (7.5%)	360 (62.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (10.4%)								93.7			(n/a)
060753000723	466	Tularcitos Elementary	Public	K-5	35 Ford Rd.	Carmel Valley	93924	Monterey County	Carmel Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(831) 659-2276	419	22	19	26.5%	269 (64.2%)	0 (0.0%)	82 (19.6%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (15.0%)	$17,466							93.7	89.5	160	306
062265002789	467	Santa Rita Elementary	Public	K-6	700 Los Altos Ave.	Los Altos	94022	Santa Clara County	Los Altos Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(650) 559-1600	377	20	18.8	17.8%	142 (37.7%)	1 (0.3%)	82 (21.8%)	113 (30.0%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)	35 (9.3%)	$15,105							93.7			(n/a)
063441005660	468	Stevenson (Robert Louis) Elementary	Public	K-5	2051 34th Ave.	San Francisco	94116	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(415) 759-2837	449	21	21.9	48.3%	28 (6.2%)	6 (1.3%)	24 (5.3%)	337 (75.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	53 (11.8%)	$6,103							93.7			(n/a)
060903010483	469	Riverview Elementary	Public	K-6	2491 E. Behymer Ave.	Fresno	93720	Fresno County	Clovis Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(559) 327-8600	655	27	24.2	31.8%	261 (39.8%)	7 (1.1%)	212 (32.4%)	126 (19.2%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.6%)	43 (6.6%)	$4,382							93.7			(n/a)
062283003492	470	Louise Van Meter Elementary	Public	K-5	16445 Los Gatos Blvd.	Los Gatos	95032	Santa Clara County	Los Gatos Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(408) 335-2250	453	22	20.9	4.2%	235 (51.9%)	5 (1.1%)	29 (6.4%)	130 (28.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (11.9%)	$9,256							93.7	93.5	109	361

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About our rankings:

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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.