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)
362535003501	1621	Grundy Avenue School	Public	K-5	950 Grundy Ave	Holbrook	11741	Suffolk County	Sachem Central School District	No	No	No	No	(631) 471-1820	460	35	12.9	27.4%	308 (67.0%)	7 (1.5%)	109 (23.7%)	14 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	20 (4.3%)	$16,666			$1,376			$15,291	34	45.7	1288	333
360098906097	1622	Brooklyn Scholars Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	2635 Linden Blvd	Brooklyn	11208	Kings County	Brooklyn Scholars Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 348-9360	727	44	16.5	79.8%	3 (0.4%)	482 (66.3%)	201 (27.6%)	28 (3.9%)	9 (1.2%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	$18,310			$3,360			$14,950	34	47.4	1228	394
360528000261	1623	Twin Pines Elementary School	Public	1-5	2 Mur Pl	Brentwood	11717	Suffolk County	Brentwood Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 434-2457	786	48	16.4	86.9%	8 (1.0%)	33 (4.2%)	722 (91.9%)	5 (0.6%)	12 (1.5%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.5%)	$17,776			$1,324			$16,452	33.8	31	1722	99
361434001184	1624	Fork Lane School	Public	K-5	4 Fork Ln	Hicksville	11801	Nassau County	Hicksville Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(516) 733-2342	289	28	10.4	45.7%	66 (22.8%)	1 (0.3%)	108 (37.4%)	104 (36.0%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (2.4%)	$24,712			$1,208			$23,504	33.8	32.1	1684	60
360933003423	1625	Dryden Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	36 Union St	Dryden	13053	Tompkins County	Dryden Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 844-8694	508	64	7.9	46.9%	411 (80.9%)	12 (2.4%)	30 (5.9%)	6 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (9.4%)	$22,012			$2,568			$19,444	33.8	42.6	1371	254
360110806384	1626	Brilla College Preparatory Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-10	413 E 144th St	Bronx	10454	Bronx County	Brilla College Preparatory Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(347) 273-8439	750			95.3%	11 (1.5%)	157 (20.9%)	563 (75.1%)	5 (0.7%)	8 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.7%)	$21,799			$3,881			$17,918	33.7	36.9	1530	96
360008702244	1627	Ps 56 Norwood Heights	Public	K-5	341 E 207th St	Bronx	10467	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #10	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 920-1100	626	46	13.4	90.1%	47 (7.5%)	44 (7.0%)	403 (64.4%)	112 (17.9%)	5 (0.8%)	4 (0.6%)	11 (1.8%)	$21,665			$2,602			$19,063	33.7	48.4	1208	419
360015202377	1628	Ps 99 Isaac Asimov	Public	PK, KG-8	1120 E 10th St	Brooklyn	11230	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #21	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 338-9201	831	64	12.9	83.5%	273 (32.9%)	37 (4.5%)	149 (17.9%)	351 (42.2%)	10 (1.2%)	5 (0.6%)	6 (0.7%)	$16,088			$1,287			$14,801	33.7	39.3	1461	167
361224000982	1629	Jackson Heights School	Public	PK, KG-4	24 Jackson Ave	Glens Falls	12801	Warren County	Glens Falls City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 792-1071	267	27	9.9	46.4%	219 (82.0%)	4 (1.5%)	19 (7.1%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (8.6%)	$8,438			$00			$8,438	33.7	34.3	1608	21
360104006243	1630	True North Rochester Prep-West Camp	Public, Charter	K-8	432 Chili Ave	Rochester	14611	Monroe County	True North Rochester Prep-West Camp	Yes	No	No	Yes	(585) 368-5090	803	32	25.2	74.0%	13 (1.6%)	591 (73.6%)	157 (19.6%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	37 (4.6%)	$15,490			$3,745			$11,745	33.7	40.1	1439	191

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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.