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)
360008802613	931	Ps 175 City Island	Public	K-8	200 City Island Ave	Bronx	10464	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	No	No	No	(718) 885-1093	255	21	12.1	56.5%	79 (31.0%)	31 (12.2%)	122 (47.8%)	15 (5.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.7%)	$20,850			$1,444			$19,405	58.8	49.6	1169	238
360999000773	932	Fremont Elementary School	Public	K-5	115 Richmond Rd W	East Syracuse	13057	Onondaga County	East Syracuse Minoa Central School District	No	No	No	No	(315) 434-3480	350	23	15.3	25.1%	312 (89.1%)	8 (2.3%)	10 (2.9%)	6 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.0%)	$15,207			$2,286			$12,921	58.8	60.9	894	38
361656001465	933	Highland Elementary School	Public	K-5	6745 Erie Rd	Derby	14047	Erie County	Evans-Brant Central School District (Lake Shore)	No	No	No	No	(716) 926-2461	364	34	10.7	40.9%	286 (78.6%)	3 (0.8%)	26 (7.1%)	7 (1.9%)	15 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (7.4%)	$16,915			$1,847			$15,068	58.8	58.1	973	40
360094906082	934	Pave Academy Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	732 Henry St	Brooklyn	11231	Kings County	Pave Academy Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 858-7813	439	35	12.5	89.5%	9 (2.1%)	159 (36.2%)	267 (60.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	$22,677			$2,509			$20,168	58.6	35.5	1573	639
360999000779	935	Woodland Elementary School	Public	K-5	100 Spartan Way	East Syracuse	13057	Onondaga County	East Syracuse Minoa Central School District	No	No	No	No	(315) 434-3440	311	26	12	48.2%	240 (77.2%)	13 (4.2%)	10 (3.2%)	24 (7.7%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	21 (6.8%)	$15,577			$1,855			$13,722	58.6	55.4	1030	95
360009602429	936	Ps 115 Daniel Mucatel School	Public	PK, KG-5	1500 E 92nd St	Brooklyn	11236	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #18	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 241-1000	777	46	16.8	78.1%	73 (9.4%)	587 (75.5%)	77 (9.9%)	15 (1.9%)	6 (0.8%)	4 (0.5%)	15 (1.9%)	$20,692			$2,564			$18,128	58.6	58.6	958	22
360010002213	937	David N Dinkins School	Public	PK, KG-5	108-29 155th St	Jamaica	11433	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 558-6700	446	33	13.4	91.0%	8 (1.8%)	152 (34.1%)	127 (28.5%)	141 (31.6%)	13 (2.9%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	$21,146			$2,075			$19,071	58.5	51.9	1110	173
360010002333	938	Ps 86	Public	PK, KG-5	87-41 Parsons Blvd	Jamaica	11432	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 291-6264	685	40	16.9	81.5%	13 (1.9%)	39 (5.7%)	257 (37.5%)	357 (52.1%)	11 (1.6%)	7 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$17,700			$1,068			$16,631	58.5	60.2	911	27
360008305643	939	Amistad Dual Language School	Public	K-8	4862 Broadway	New York	10034	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 544-8021	393	42	9.4	84.0%	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.0%)	384 (97.7%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$23,086			$2,300			$20,786	58.4	47	1245	306
363102004165	940	Westhampton Beach Elementary School	Public	K-5	379 Mill Rd	Westhampton Beach	11978	Suffolk County	Westhampton Beach Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 288-3800	332	47	7	35.2%	156 (47.0%)	4 (1.2%)	154 (46.4%)	7 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (3.0%)	$28,623			$920			$27,703	58.3	61	890	50

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.