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)
360849000655	1671	Edward J Arthur Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	51 3rd St	Athens	12015	Greene County	Coxsackie-Athens Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 731-1750	176	16	11	39.8%	149 (84.7%)	6 (3.4%)	18 (10.2%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	$17,339			$3,292			$14,048	32.6	25.4	1888	217
361941004303	1672	Sound Beach School	Public	3-5	197 N Country Rd	Miller Place	11764	Suffolk County	Miller Place Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 474-2719	488	42	11.6	18.6%	381 (78.1%)	16 (3.3%)	61 (12.5%)	11 (2.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.7%)	$16,230			$68			$16,162	32.6	48.4	1210	462
360113906571	1673	School In The Square Public Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	120 Wadsworth Ave	New York	10033	New York County	School In The Square Public Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 916-7683	566	31	18.2	82.3%	25 (4.4%)	16 (2.8%)	510 (90.1%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.8%)	$24,482			$1,079			$23,402	32.5			(n/a)
362121002999	1674	Lakeshore Road Elementary School	Public	K-4	7180 Lakeshore Rd	Cicero	13039	Onondaga County	North Syracuse Central School District	No	No	No	No	(315) 218-2600	432	35	12.2	35.6%	368 (85.2%)	16 (3.7%)	17 (3.9%)	7 (1.6%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.9%)	$13,810			$1,581			$12,229	32.5	29.3	1778	104
360252000035	1675	Ronald L Sodoma Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	324 East Ave	Albion	14411	Orleans County	Albion Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 589-2030	872	65	13.3	53.8%	646 (74.1%)	107 (12.3%)	104 (11.9%)	4 (0.5%)	5 (0.6%)	3 (0.3%)	3 (0.3%)	$11,589			$1,651			$9,938	32.5	26.3	1862	187
361548001316	1676	Francis X Hegarty Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	100 Radcliffe Rd	Island Park	11558	Nassau County	Island Park Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 434-2670	458	38	12.2	37.6%	234 (51.1%)	14 (3.1%)	178 (38.9%)	12 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.4%)	$22,946			$2,881			$20,066	32.4	49.7	1164	512
360348000105	1677	Herman Avenue Elementary School	Public	K-6	2 N Herman Ave	Auburn	13021	Cayuga County	Auburn City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 255-8680	416	43	9.6	50.7%	301 (72.4%)	17 (4.1%)	42 (10.1%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (12.3%)	$14,840			$1,504			$13,337	32.3	23.3	1947	270
362238003150	1678	Palmyra-Macedon Intermediate School	Public	3-5	4 West St	Macedon	14502	Wayne County	Palmyra-Macedon Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 986-4474	351	31	11.1	47.0%	325 (92.6%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.1%)	$12,487			$00			$12,487	32.3	17.1	2121	443
360008302135	1679	Ps 28 Wright Brothers	Public	PK, KG-5	475 W 155th St	New York	10032	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 690-3014	388	37	10.5	92.3%	18 (4.6%)	50 (12.9%)	313 (80.7%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	$31,151			$2,905			$28,245	32.3	18	2093	414
360012002570	1680	Ps 158 Warwick	Public	PK, KG-5	400 Ashford St	Brooklyn	11207	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #19	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 277-6116	364	31	11.7	95.3%	3 (0.8%)	171 (47.0%)	163 (44.8%)	18 (4.9%)	8 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$20,415			$1,881			$18,534	32.3	31.9	1688	8

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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.