Best Elementary Schools in California for Migrant 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, Migrant 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 10, 2024.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)							Ranking (Migrant vs All Students - 2024)					ID
Rank (of 74)	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 (Migrant)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Migrant)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	Washington Elementary	Public	K-8	451 East Samoa St.	Lindsay	93247	Tulare County	Lindsay Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 562-5916	744	31	23.9	92.2%	9 (1.2%)	1 (0.1%)	724 (97.3%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.5%)	$7,338							98.6%	54.4%	44.28%			062187002596
2	Santa Fe Elementary	Public	K-5	286 East Orange Ave.	Porterville	93257	Tulare County	Porterville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 782-6614	822	36	22.6	64.1%	10 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	802 (97.6%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.6%)	$5,299							97.3%	64.3%	32.95%			060006411533
3	Valle del Sol Elementary	Public	K-6	51-433 Education Way	Coachella	92236	Riverside County	Coachella Valley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 398-1025	682	34	19.8	90.9%	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	674 (98.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	$12,995							95.9%	44.3%	51.69%			060907000921
4	Bates Elementary	Public	K-6	180 Primasing Ave.	Courtland	95615	Sacramento County	River Delta Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(916) 775-1771	79	4	19.7	96.2%	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	76 (96.2%)	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,747							94.6%	36.0%	58.58%			063311005121
5	Fairlawn Elementary	Public	K-6	120 North Mary Dr.	Santa Maria	93458	Santa Barbara County	Santa Maria-Bonita	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(805) 361-7500	716	36	20	95.9%	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	702 (98.0%)	3 (0.4%)	6 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	$7,152							93.2%	14.9%	78.30%			060558009316
6	Andros Karperos	Public	K-8	1700 Camino de Flores	Yuba City	95993	Sutter County	Yuba City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 822-4440	1,143	54	21.2	77.5%	164 (14.3%)	12 (1.0%)	463 (40.5%)	430 (37.6%)	13 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (5.3%)	$7,538							91.9%	23.1%	68.74%			064347011377
7	Dogwood Elementary	Public	K-4	44 East Correll Rd.	Heber	92249	Imperial County	Heber Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 337-6530	627	32	19.8	71.0%	14 (2.2%)	1 (0.2%)	607 (96.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	$11,294							90.5%	60.0%	30.58%			061683012918
8	Hawaiian Elementary	Public	K-6	12350 East 226th St.	Hawaiian Gardens	90716	Los Angeles County	ABC Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 229-7865	281	14	20	94.0%	5 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	174 (61.9%)	5 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	97 (34.5%)	$7,456							89.2%	43.3%	45.91%			060162000017
9	Valley Oaks Elementary	Public	K-6	21 C St.	Galt	95632	Sacramento County	Galt Joint Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 745-1564	515	23	22.3	78.6%	56 (10.9%)	1 (0.2%)	434 (84.3%)	10 (1.9%)	4 (0.8%)	2 (0.4%)	7 (1.4%)	$12,143							87.8%	46.5%	41.32%			061479001819
10	Cesar E. Chavez Elementary	Public	K-6	1225 Towt St.	Salinas	93905	Monterey County	Alisal Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(831) 753-5224	655	26	25.6	92.8%	10 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	638 (97.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.9%)	$4,310							86.5%	28.5%	58.01%			060195006050

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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 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.
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.