Best Elementary Schools in California for Homeless Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in California!

Every year, the California Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Homeless students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish California test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the CAST and Smarter Balanced Assessments test scores by the California Department of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, October 9, 2025.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (Homeless vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 429)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Homeless)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Homeless)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
428	Freedom Elementary	Public	K-5	25 Holly Dr.	Freedom	95019	Santa Cruz County	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 728-6260	479	20	24.5	91.4%	19 (4.0%)	1 (0.2%)	456 (95.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								0.2%	3.2%	2.98%			062949004541
428	John C. Fremont Elementary	Public	K-8	2021 East Flora St.	Stockton	95205	San Joaquin County	Stockton Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 933-7385	813	32	25.7	87.0%	36 (4.4%)	14 (1.7%)	715 (87.9%)	34 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.4%)	$12,632			$3,001			$9,631	0.2%	0.6%	0.36%			063801011782
427	Howe Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	2404 Howe Ave.	Sacramento	95825	Sacramento County	San Juan Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 971-5165	741	31	23.9	84.3%	167 (22.5%)	68 (9.2%)	171 (23.1%)	294 (39.7%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.7%)	34 (4.6%)	$18,525			$4,241			$14,284	0.5%	1.3%	0.80%			063462005785
426	T. S. MacQuiddy Elementary	Public	K-5	330 Martinelli St.	Watsonville	95076	Santa Cruz County	Pajaro Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 728-6315	438	20	22	92.9%	27 (6.2%)	1 (0.2%)	400 (91.3%)	9 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)								0.7%	0.4%	0.27%			062949004552
425	Clifford D. Murray Elementary	Public	K-5	505 East Renwick Rd.	Azusa	91702	Los Angeles County	Azusa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(626) 633-8700	397	17	23.3	90.9%	7 (1.8%)	3 (0.8%)	369 (92.9%)	12 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.5%)	$24,077			$2,961			$21,116	0.9%	7.4%	6.48%			060360000280
424	Santa Rita Elementary	Public	K-5	2014 Santa Rita St.	Salinas	93906	Monterey County	Santa Rita Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 443-7221	545	24	22.7	97.2%	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	540 (99.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	$20,692			$3,087			$17,605	1.2%	1.4%	0.20%			063579006116
423	Marshall (John) Elementary	Public	K-6	2066 Falmouth Ave.	Anaheim	92801	Orange County	Anaheim Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(714) 517-8941	688	31	22.1	82.1%	27 (3.9%)	3 (0.4%)	583 (84.7%)	43 (6.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (4.4%)	$22,939			$1,326			$21,613	1.4%	20.0%	18.65%			060261000161
422	Los Robles-Ronald McNair Academy	Public	K-5	2033 Pulgas Ave.	East Palo Alto	94303	San Mateo County	Ravenswood City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 329-2888	276	15	18.3	89.1%	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	263 (95.3%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.4%)	3 (1.1%)	$30,376			$1,664			$28,712	1.6%	0.2%	1.43%			063186013130
421	East Oakland Pride Elementary	Public	K-5	8000 Birch St.	Oakland	94621	Alameda County	Oakland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 879-2107	314	14	22.4	97.8%	9 (2.9%)	62 (19.7%)	225 (71.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	6 (1.9%)	10 (3.2%)	$24,091			$3,994			$20,097	1.9%	0.1%	1.78%			062805012059
420	Monarch	Public, Alternative	K-12	1625 Newton Ave.	San Diego	92113	San Diego County	San Diego County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 652-4100	225	16	14.4	100.0%	10 (4.4%)	17 (7.6%)	182 (80.9%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.9%)	$35,553			$6,451			$29,102	2.1%	0.5%	1.62%			069103012496

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

Educational resources:

Public School Districts and Their Services: A Comprehensive Guide

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.