Best Elementary Schools in New York

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the NY State Assessments test scores by the NY State Education Department. The most recent update was on Thursday, November 14, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 2445)	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	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
360015202702	1291	Ps 209 Margaret Mead	Public	K-8	2609 E 7th St	Brooklyn	11235	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #21	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 743-1954	719	51	14.2	79.7%	325 (45.2%)	17 (2.4%)	163 (22.7%)	202 (28.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	10 (1.4%)	$20,269			$2,150			$18,119	44.9	45.1	1309	18
362631003608	1292	Sacandaga School	Public	K-5	300 Wren St	Scotia	12302	Schenectady County	Scotia-Glenville Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 382-1282	313	29	10.7	35.5%	255 (81.5%)	16 (5.1%)	35 (11.2%)	5 (1.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$14,458			$990			$13,467	44.9	38.9	1478	186
360016005851	1293	Elmwood Village Charter School Days Park	Public, Charter	K-8	40 Days Park	Buffalo	14201	Erie County	Elmwood Village Charter School Days Park	Yes	No	No	Yes	(716) 886-4581	436	41	10.6	55.5%	147 (33.7%)	149 (34.2%)	85 (19.5%)	4 (0.9%)	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.7%)	46 (10.6%)	$14,913			$1,712			$13,201	44.9	52.7	1092	201
361738001541	1294	Albany Avenue School	Public	K-5	180 Albany Ave	Lindenhurst	11757	Suffolk County	Lindenhurst Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 867-3150	511	41	12.5	49.9%	212 (41.5%)	13 (2.5%)	251 (49.1%)	26 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.8%)	$19,050			$2,009			$17,040	44.8	49	1194	100
360015103006	1295	Ps/Is 30 Mary White Ovington	Public	K-8	7002 4th Ave	Brooklyn	11209	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 491-8440	882	82	10.7	80.4%	378 (42.9%)	16 (1.8%)	325 (36.8%)	145 (16.4%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (1.7%)	$18,823			$1,647			$17,176	44.8	53.8	1066	229
360008506614	1296	Ps 583	Public	PK, KG-5	1028 White Plains Rd	Bronx	10472	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 8	No	No	No	Yes	(929) 348-4960	442	29	15.4	84.4%	19 (4.3%)	26 (5.9%)	183 (41.4%)	198 (44.8%)	11 (2.5%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.9%)	$17,210			$2,202			$15,008	44.8	56.1	1012	284
360999000775	1297	Minoa Elementary School	Public	K-5	501 N Main St	Minoa	13116	Onondaga County	East Syracuse Minoa Central School District	No	No	No	No	(315) 434-3420	316	23	13.7	40.8%	291 (92.1%)	9 (2.8%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.2%)	$16,595			$2,666			$13,929	44.7	49.6	1167	130
360012302516	1298	Ps 65 Raymond York Elementary School (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	103-22 99th St	Ozone Park	11417	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #27	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 323-1685	360	26	13.8	83.9%	17 (4.7%)	23 (6.4%)	156 (43.3%)	117 (32.5%)	35 (9.7%)	11 (3.1%)	1 (0.3%)	$19,902			$1,532			$18,370	44.7	54.9	1041	257
360666000453	1299	Sinclairville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	43 Sinclair Dr	Sinclairville	14782	Chautauqua County	Cassadaga Valley Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 962-5195	420	40	10.4	49.5%	377 (89.8%)	4 (1.0%)	11 (2.6%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (5.5%)	$14,161			$3,602			$10,559	44.6	28.9	1785	486
361155000909	1300	Archer Street School	Public, Magnet	K-4	255 Archer St	Freeport	11520	Nassau County	Freeport Union Free School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(516) 867-5250	449	50	9	66.6%	7 (1.6%)	73 (16.3%)	352 (78.4%)	6 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.2%)	$23,838			$512			$23,327	44.5	36.4	1543	243

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on NY State Assessments English Language Arts, NY State Assessments Math, NY State Assessments Science test scores released by the NY State Education Department.
These rankings were last updated on November 14, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the NY State Education Department, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the NY State Education Department.
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the WNYC and the New York State Department of Health and the NY State Education Department.