Multiple Chula Vista Elementary School District schools have been ranked highly among the 2025 Best Elementary School rankings by U.S. News & World Report. The rankings include more than 79,000 public elementary and middle schools across the country. Schools are ranked at the state and district level, with Best Charter Schools ranked as a stand-alone category. Almost all CVESD schools ranked within the top 5,000 of all California public elementary schools.

The methodology focuses on state assessments of students who were proficient or above proficient in mathematics and reading/language arts while accounting for student backgrounds, achievement in core subjects, and how well schools are educating their students. Student-teacher ratios are applied to break ties in the overall score. The 2025 Best Elementary and Best Middle Schools rankings are based on publicly available data from the U.S. Department of Education.

Schools play a vital role in our communities. Parents want to ensure that the schools their child attends provide a high-quality learning environment,” LaMont Jones, managing editor for education at U.S. News. “The 2025 Best Elementary and Middle Schools rankings not only offer accessible data, but it also provides a valuable insight into how well elementary and middle schools are supporting and preparing students for high school.” Parents, educators, and students can see how CVESD schools compare to other institutions and how the rankings are calculated on USNews.com.

A total of five CVESD elementary schools were ranked in the top 1,000 schools in all of California public elementary schools:

Heritage Elementary

#545 in California Elementary Schools

Ella B. Allen Elementary

#734 in California Elementary Schools

Parkview Elementary

#891 in California Elementary Schools

Eastlake Elementary

#895 in California Elementary Schools

Wolf Canyon Elementary

#907 in California Elementary Schools

To view the rankings of all CVESD elementary schools, please click here.