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Top 10 Elementary Schools in Huntington Beach, California

The highest-scoring elementary schools in Huntington Beach 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 58.2% Exceeded Standard, compared to 37.8% 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 Newland (William T.) Elementary
Fountain Valley Elementary
Orange 75.0 63.5% 89.3% 8.1% 0.9%
2 Ralph E. Hawes Elementary
Huntington Beach City Elementary
Orange 72.2 52.3% 78.4% 5.8% 0.0%
3 Oka (Isojiro) Elementary
Fountain Valley Elementary
Orange 71.8 58.8% 80.1% 8.9% 0.8%
4 Huntington Seacliff Elementary
Huntington Beach City Elementary
Orange 70.4 49.5% 74.2% 5.5% 0.0%
5 Circle View Elementary
Ocean View
Orange 66.8 48.5% 73.9% 9.4% 0.2%
6 S. A. Moffett Elementary
Huntington Beach City Elementary
Orange 65.3 42.5% 72.7% 5.3% 0.2%
7 John H. Eader Elementary
Huntington Beach City Elementary
Orange 61.7 46.2% 75.3% 4.2% 0.9%
8 Agnes L. Smith Elementary
Huntington Beach City Elementary
Orange 61.1 42.4% 68.8% 11.0% 0.3%
9 John R. Peterson Elementary
Huntington Beach City Elementary
Orange 60.3 34.6% 58.5% 7.9% 0.2%
10 Ada Clegg Elementary
Westminster
Orange 60.0 36.5% 64.6% 12.9% 0.9%