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Top 10 Elementary Schools in Lakewood, California

The highest-scoring elementary schools in Lakewood 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 36.9% Exceeded Standard, compared to 18.1% 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 Cleveland Elementary
Long Beach Unified
 Los Angeles 62.4 42.0% 76.1% 22.0% 1.7%
2 Holmes Elementary
Long Beach Unified
 Los Angeles 58.1 35.4% 61.4% 29.8% 2.7%
3 MacArthur Elementary
Long Beach Unified
 Los Angeles 54.8 33.4% 63.8% 23.8% 2.3%
4 Riley Elementary
Long Beach Unified
 Los Angeles 51.0 25.4% 53.5% 22.0% 1.4%
5 Madison Elementary
Long Beach Unified
 Los Angeles 50.1 30.4% 55.7% 19.9% 0.0%
6 Stephen Foster Elementary
Bellflower Unified
 Los Angeles 48.0 23.6% 51.0% 21.7% 1.5%
7 Intensive Learning Center
Bellflower Unified
 Los Angeles 47.5 20.2% 46.2% 17.6% 0.7%
8 Gompers
Long Beach Unified
 Los Angeles 45.4 20.4% 48.0% 20.9% 1.5%
9 Esther Lindstrom Elementary
Bellflower Unified
 Los Angeles 44.8 14.9% 39.7% 17.3% 3.7%
10 Palms Elementary
ABC Unified
 Los Angeles 43.7 19.1% 42.9% 21.3% 2.6%

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