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)
360885004585	1701	Deruyter Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	711 Railroad St	De Ruyter	13052	Madison County	Deruyter Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 852-3400	155	18	8.5	39.4%	145 (93.5%)	1 (0.6%)	4 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.2%)	$23,856			$4,044			$19,811	31.5	27.6	1818	117
363144004205	1702	Williamson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	6036 Highland Ave	Williamson	14589	Wayne County	Williamson Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 589-9668	407	36	11.4	42.8%	335 (82.3%)	9 (2.2%)	42 (10.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.7%)	$12,255			$1,927			$10,327	31.5	25.6	1879	177
360585000352	1703	Ps 61 Arthur O Eve School Of Distinction	Public	PK, KG-4	453 Leroy St	Buffalo	14215	Erie County	Buffalo City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 816-3400	313	27	11.6	84.0%	14 (4.5%)	183 (58.5%)	27 (8.6%)	64 (20.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (7.7%)	$18,243			$3,362			$14,882	31.5	21.2	2005	302
362535003499	1704	Chippewa Elementary School	Public	K-5	1 David Mello Dr	Holtsville	11742	Suffolk County	Sachem Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 696-8640	524	41	12.6	29.0%	324 (61.8%)	22 (4.2%)	127 (24.2%)	30 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.0%)	$17,315			$1,357			$15,958	31.4	51.5	1116	588
360015302852	1705	Ps 203 Floyd Bennett School	Public	PK, KG-5	5101 Ave M	Brooklyn	11234	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #22	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 241-8488	490	35	13.9	78.6%	39 (8.0%)	320 (65.3%)	52 (10.6%)	51 (10.4%)	10 (2.0%)	9 (1.8%)	9 (1.8%)	$22,906			$3,017			$19,888	31.4	61.3	882	823
360010302113	1706	Ps 22 Graniteville	Public	PK, KG-5	1860 Forest Ave	Staten Island	10303	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 442-2219	768	66	11.7	85.0%	54 (7.0%)	128 (16.7%)	503 (65.5%)	55 (7.2%)	7 (0.9%)	2 (0.3%)	19 (2.5%)	$24,665			$1,821			$22,844	31.3	34.1	1615	91
360010206442	1707	East Elmhurst Community School	Public	K-5	26-25 97th St	East Elmhurst	11369	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 505-6050	450	35	12.8	93.3%	12 (2.7%)	20 (4.4%)	398 (88.4%)	12 (2.7%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.1%)	$19,079			$1,425			$17,655	31.2	47.8	1223	484
363024004063	1708	Watkins Glen Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	612 S Decatur St	Watkins Glen	14891	Schuyler County	Watkins Glen Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 535-3250	477	42	11.4	40.0%	448 (93.9%)	2 (0.4%)	11 (2.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.1%)	$11,594			$00			$11,594	31.2	19.1	2063	355
360009802678	1709	Ps 199 Maurice A FitzGerald	Public	PK, KG-5	39-20 48th Ave	Long Island City	11104	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #24	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 784-3431	579	45	12.8	85.5%	51 (8.8%)	9 (1.6%)	369 (63.7%)	134 (23.1%)	6 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.6%)	$21,921			$1,738			$20,183	31.2	47.3	1235	474
361923001755	1710	Ridge Elementary School	Public	K-4	105 Ridge Rd	Ridge	11961	Suffolk County	Longwood Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 345-2765	703	64	10.9	46.4%	361 (51.4%)	109 (15.5%)	164 (23.3%)	11 (1.6%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	54 (7.7%)	$23,198			$1,695			$21,503	31.1	41.7	1398	312

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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.