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)
360009702199	2031	Ps/Is 45 Horace E Greene	Public	PK, KG-8	84 Schaefer St	Brooklyn	11207	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #32	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 642-5360	471	43	10.9	84.5%	11 (2.3%)	189 (40.1%)	257 (54.6%)	7 (1.5%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	$22,878			$2,495			$20,383	21.1	27	1841	190
360010306362	2032	Ps 78	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Tompkins Ave	Staten Island	10304	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 442-3094	480	43	11.1	95.4%	18 (3.8%)	201 (41.9%)	226 (47.1%)	17 (3.5%)	8 (1.7%)	6 (1.3%)	4 (0.8%)	$28,620			$2,968			$25,652	21.1	23.3	1948	84
360004704413	2033	Harbor Science And Arts Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-9	132-142 E 111th St	New York	10029	New York County	Harbor Science And Arts Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(917) 261-2700	238	22	10.8	86.1%	0 (0.0%)	85 (35.7%)	147 (61.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	$21,335			$2,801			$18,534	21	25.5	1885	148
360009500799	2034	Norma Adams Clemons Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	43 Snyder Ave	Brooklyn	11226	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #17	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 856-6560	556	43	12.8	89.2%	21 (3.8%)	348 (62.6%)	167 (30.0%)	9 (1.6%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.1%)	$20,011			$2,650			$17,361	21	19.7	2040	6
360008302431	2035	Ps 115 Alexander Humboldt	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	586 W 177th St	New York	10033	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	Yes	No	Yes	(212) 927-9233	352	34	10.3	96.0%	10 (2.8%)	8 (2.3%)	326 (92.6%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.9%)	$25,485			$3,586			$21,899	20.9	36.3	1550	485
361224000978	2036	Big Cross Street School	Public	PK, KG-4	15 Big Cross St	Glens Falls	12801	Warren County	Glens Falls City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 792-2619	207	24	8.8	49.8%	171 (82.6%)	4 (1.9%)	12 (5.8%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (8.7%)	$10,560			$00			$10,560	20.9	28.2	1805	231
360008602232	2037	Ps 53 Basheer Quisim	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	360 E 168th St	Bronx	10456	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 9	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 681-7276	605	46	13.1	97.2%	7 (1.2%)	153 (25.3%)	432 (71.4%)	7 (1.2%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	$23,678			$2,692			$20,986	20.9	21.3	2003	34
363192004249	2038	Cross Hill Academy	Public	3-8	160 Bolmer Ave	Yonkers	10703	Westchester County	Yonkers City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 376-8300	339	19	17.5	82.6%	12 (3.5%)	89 (26.3%)	215 (63.4%)	10 (2.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.5%)	$17,354			$2,593			$14,761	20.9	14.4	2201	163
360007902407	2039	Ps 108 Assemblyman Angelo Del Toro Educational Complex	Public	PK, KG-8	1615 Madison Ave	New York	10029	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 4	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 860-5803	364	36	10.1	95.1%	12 (3.3%)	87 (23.9%)	250 (68.7%)	9 (2.5%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.8%)	$31,003			$3,572			$27,431	20.9	25.6	1881	158
361818001639	2040	Saint Joseph's Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	99 Elm St	Malone	12953	Franklin County	Malone Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 483-7806	197	22	8.9	49.2%	184 (93.4%)	4 (2.0%)	6 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	$18,138			$3,087			$15,051	20.8	14.5	2200	160

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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.
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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.