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)
362034001873	451	Strawtown Elementary School	Public	K-5	413 Strawtown Rd	West Nyack	10994	Rockland County	Clarkstown Central School District	No	No	No	No	(845) 624-3473	313	26	12.1		166 (53.0%)	5 (1.6%)	83 (26.5%)	45 (14.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (4.2%)	$20,228			$728			$19,500	79	87.9	256	195
362088002957	452	Hillside School	Public	K-5	1100 Cornelius Ave	Schenectady	12309	Schenectady County	Niskayuna Central School District	No	No	No	No	(518) 377-1856	381	37	10.3	23.6%	251 (65.9%)	25 (6.6%)	24 (6.3%)	45 (11.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (8.9%)	$12,566			$567			$12,000	78.9	76.9	524	72
360099706131	453	Academy Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	117 N Franklin Ave	Hempstead	11550	Nassau County	Academy Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(516) 408-2200	1,895	122	15.5	89.0%	5 (0.3%)	662 (34.9%)	1,183 (62.4%)	13 (0.7%)	16 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	15 (0.8%)	$20,634			$928			$19,706	78.9	77.8	494	41
360012302558	454	Ps 155	Public	PK, KG-5	130-02 115th Ave	South Ozone Park	11420	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #27	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 558-1310	511	29	17.3	82.6%	6 (1.2%)	81 (15.9%)	86 (16.8%)	250 (48.9%)	70 (13.7%)	11 (2.2%)	7 (1.4%)	$16,251			$1,200			$15,051	78.9	72	628	174
360840000632	455	Frederick Carder Elementary School	Public	K-5	289 State St	Corning	14830	Steuben County	Corning City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 962-2454	393	31	12.6	35.1%	333 (84.7%)	5 (1.3%)	14 (3.6%)	6 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (8.9%)	$13,939			$642			$13,297	78.8	64.3	810	355
361653001461	456	Lake Pleasant School	Public	PK, KG-8	120 Elm Lake Rd	Speculator	12164	Hamilton County	Lake Pleasant Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 548-7571	65	19	3.4		63 (96.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.5%)	$34,841			$2,109			$32,732	78.8	69.6	694	238
360012202592	457	Ps 165 Edith K Bergtraum	Public	PK, KG-5	70-35 150th St	Flushing	11367	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #25	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 263-4004	640	69	9.3	73.3%	53 (8.3%)	91 (14.2%)	174 (27.2%)	296 (46.3%)	11 (1.7%)	2 (0.3%)	13 (2.0%)	$27,233			$1,166			$26,067	78.8	77.5	501	44
362706003690	458	Tackan Elementary School	Public, Magnet	K-5	99 Midwood Ave	Nesconset	11767	Suffolk County	Smithtown Central School District	No	Yes	No	No	(631) 382-2675	474	36	13.1	14.8%	339 (71.5%)	14 (3.0%)	63 (13.3%)	48 (10.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.9%)	$19,292			$1,405			$17,887	78.8	88.3	245	213
361671001489	459	Raymond C Buckley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	284 Ridge Rd	Lansing	14882	Tompkins County	Lansing Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 533-3020	423	36	11.7	31.2%	325 (76.8%)	15 (3.5%)	28 (6.6%)	16 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	38 (9.0%)	$16,291			$1,792			$14,500	78.7	72.3	620	161
360009902580	460	Ps 162 John Golden	Public	PK, KG-5	201-02 53rd Ave	Bayside	11364	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #26	No	No	No	No	(718) 423-8621	481	37	13	70.7%	40 (8.3%)	7 (1.5%)	57 (11.9%)	367 (76.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.7%)	$18,605			$859			$17,746	78.7	77.2	509	49

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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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Educational resources:

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Charter Schools vs Regular Public Schools: Understanding the Key Differences

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.