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)
360012202600	571	Ps 169 Bay Terrace	Public	K-5	18-25 212th St	Bayside	11360	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #25	No	No	No	No	(718) 428-6160	395	25	15.5	30.9%	104 (26.3%)	13 (3.3%)	98 (24.8%)	156 (39.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (6.1%)	$17,470			$983			$16,487	73.2	83.6	368	203
360243000012	572	Akron Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	47 Bloomingdale Ave	Akron	14001	Erie County	Akron Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 542-5050	547	51	10.7	41.7%	430 (78.6%)	3 (0.5%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	81 (14.8%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.3%)	$14,296			$3,010			$11,287	73.1	76	541	31
360009902709	573	Ps 213 Carl Ullman School (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	231-02 67th Ave	Bayside	11364	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #26	No	No	No	No	(718) 423-8747	353	28	12.6	60.1%	32 (9.1%)	37 (10.5%)	85 (24.1%)	186 (52.7%)	4 (1.1%)	2 (0.6%)	7 (2.0%)	$22,841			$1,283			$21,558	73.1	82.7	385	188
361155001636	574	New Visions Elementary School	Public, Magnet	K-4	80 Raynor St	Freeport	11520	Nassau County	Freeport Union Free School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(516) 867-5390	441	44	10	68.7%	10 (2.3%)	90 (20.4%)	320 (72.6%)	5 (1.1%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.7%)	$23,612			$557			$23,054	73.1	52.6	1093	519
360012006280	575	Fresh Creek School (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	875 Williams Ave	Brooklyn	11207	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #19	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 272-1843	170	23	7.3	95.9%	2 (1.2%)	107 (62.9%)	57 (33.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.8%)	$25,956			$2,467			$23,489	73.1	64	819	244
362577003540	576	Greenfield Elementary School	Public	K-5	3180 Rt 9n	Greenfield Center	12833	Saratoga County	Saratoga Springs City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 893-7402	389	34	11.4	38.0%	347 (89.2%)	5 (1.3%)	15 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.7%)	$13,296			$1,490			$11,805	73	74.1	587	11
360008306330	577	Castle Bridge School	Public	PK, KG-5	560 W 169th St	New York	10032	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 740-4701	202	18	11.1	61.4%	36 (17.8%)	14 (6.9%)	140 (69.3%)	5 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.5%)	$25,001			$1,488			$23,513	73	51.2	1125	548
360010306149	578	Staten Island School Of Civic Leadership	Public	PK, KG-8	280 Regis Dr	Staten Island	10314	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 697-5250	839	68	12.3	80.6%	128 (15.3%)	193 (23.0%)	315 (37.5%)	167 (19.9%)	5 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	29 (3.5%)	$19,671			$1,884			$17,787	73	62.1	870	292
360010305548	579	Space Shuttle Columbia School	Public	PK, KG-5	77 Marsh Ave	Staten Island	10314	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	No	(718) 761-2155	715	53	13.4	63.5%	265 (37.1%)	33 (4.6%)	169 (23.6%)	234 (32.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (1.8%)	$21,830			$1,372			$20,459	72.9	62.8	849	270
360435000187	580	Belfast School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1 King St	Belfast	14711	Allegany County	Belfast Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 365-2646	315	41	7.6		302 (95.9%)	2 (0.6%)	5 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.9%)	$19,513			$3,964			$15,548	72.8	68.7	713	133

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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.