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Top 9 Elementary Schools in Cerritos, California

The highest-scoring elementary schools in Cerritos based on our 6-dimension composite analysis of 2025 CAASPP data (state average: 45.5).

What separates the top from the rest: The top 3 schools average 60.0% Exceeded Standard, compared to 29.1% for the bottom 3 on this list. The exceeded rate — not just the met rate — is the clearest differentiator between good and great schools.

# School County Score Exceeded Met+ Absent Susp.
1 Leal (Frank C.) Elementary
ABC Unified
Los Angeles 75.0 63.8% 84.6% 6.7% 0.1%
2 Wittmann (Helen) Elementary
ABC Unified
Los Angeles 74.4 58.0% 82.7% 1.4% 0.2%
3 Gonsalves (Joe A.) Elementary
ABC Unified
Los Angeles 72.9 58.2% 80.6% 3.8% 0.4%
4 Cerritos Elementary
ABC Unified
Los Angeles 71.6 59.5% 81.7% 3.9% 0.2%
5 Stowers(Cecil B.) Elementary
ABC Unified
Los Angeles 63.7 44.8% 68.6% 6.5% 0.0%
6 Bragg Elementary
ABC Unified
Los Angeles 63.2 36.6% 70.2% 6.6% 0.0%
7 Nixon (Patricia) Elementary
ABC Unified
Los Angeles 62.0 38.4% 66.4% 8.2% 0.6%
8 Carver (Charles J.) Elementary
ABC Unified
Los Angeles 61.9 33.6% 65.5% 8.5% 3.4%
9 Juarez (Benito) Elementary
ABC Unified
Los Angeles 41.6 15.2% 40.1% 13.4% 2.5%