Best Elementary Schools in New York

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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)
362937003946	1731	Albany Elementary School	Public, Magnet	K-6	1151 Albany St	Utica	13501	Oneida County	Utica City School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(315) 368-6500	475	38	12.5	72.2%	206 (43.4%)	74 (15.6%)	89 (18.7%)	77 (16.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.9%)	$12,257			$3,548			$8,709	30.5	34.9	1589	142
360011902445	1732	Ps 120 Carlos Tapia	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	18 Beaver St	Brooklyn	11206	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #14	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 455-1000	291	21	13.8	95.2%	13 (4.5%)	62 (21.3%)	204 (70.1%)	6 (2.1%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	$21,554			$2,103			$19,451	30.5	27.3	1830	98
360003604337	1733	South Buffalo Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	154 S Ogden St	Buffalo	14210	Erie County	South Buffalo Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(716) 826-7213	905	88	10.2	62.0%	427 (47.2%)	282 (31.2%)	157 (17.3%)	25 (2.8%)	14 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								30.5	39.2	1468	265
361377001127	1734	Harrisville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	14371 Pirate Ln	Harrisville	13648	Lewis County	Harrisville Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 543-2707	169	15	11.1	58.6%	157 (92.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.7%)	$12,812			$1,981			$10,831	30.4	48.8	1199	535
362832003813	1735	Cherry Lane Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1 Heather Dr	Suffern	10901	Rockland County	Suffern Central School District	No	No	No	No	(845) 357-3988	272	31	8.7	42.3%	53 (19.5%)	24 (8.8%)	161 (59.2%)	21 (7.7%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.3%)	$28,450			$2,100			$26,350	30.4	46.9	1250	485
362202003120	1736	Claremont School	Public	3-4	2 Claremont Rd	Ossining	10562	Westchester County	Ossining Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 762-5830	748	54	13.8	57.0%	122 (16.3%)	60 (8.0%)	531 (71.0%)	12 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.1%)								30.3	25	1900	164
360007802525	1737	Ps 145 Bloomingdale School (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	150 W 105th St	New York	10025	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 3	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 678-2857	487	32	15.2	76.0%	129 (26.5%)	92 (18.9%)	247 (50.7%)	6 (1.2%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	9 (1.8%)	$23,361			$2,445			$20,916	30.3	40.9	1418	319
362475003392	1738	School 19-Dr Charles T Lunsford	Public	PK, KG-8	465 Seward St	Rochester	14608	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 328-7454	313	28	11.1	83.7%	11 (3.5%)	233 (74.4%)	52 (16.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.4%)	$17,403			$8,573			$8,830	30.3	34.8	1592	146
362535003503	1739	Lynwood Avenue School	Public	K-5	50 Lynwood Ave	Farmingville	11738	Suffolk County	Sachem Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 696-8650	568	47	12.1	44.5%	308 (54.2%)	35 (6.2%)	171 (30.1%)	31 (5.5%)	3 (0.5%)	3 (0.5%)	17 (3.0%)	$17,128			$1,622			$15,506	30.2	44.8	1316	423
360009206143	1740	Red Hook Neighborhood School	Public	2-7	27 Huntington St	Brooklyn	11231	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #15	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 330-2238	115	17	6.8	65.2%	35 (30.4%)	33 (28.7%)	38 (33.0%)	3 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (5.2%)	$55,757			$12,251			$43,506	30.2	49.8	1163	577

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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.