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)
360411000174	621	Blue Point Elementary School	Public	K-5	212 Blue Point Ave	Blue Point	11715	Suffolk County	Bayport-Blue Point Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(631) 472-6100	219	30	7.2	13.7%	191 (87.2%)	5 (2.3%)	12 (5.5%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.7%)	$33,812			$422			$33,390	70.6	64.7	802	181
361716001518	622	Abbey Lane School	Public	K-5	239 Gardiners Ave	Levittown	11756	Nassau County	Levittown Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 434-7402	630	49	12.7	29.4%	266 (42.2%)	7 (1.1%)	172 (27.3%)	170 (27.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.4%)	$17,947			$1,196			$16,751	70.6	70.1	681	59
360015202363	623	Ps 95 Gravesend (The)	Public	K-8	345 Van Sicklen St	Brooklyn	11223	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #21	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 449-5050	941	62	15.1	84.1%	264 (28.1%)	44 (4.7%)	301 (32.0%)	309 (32.8%)	15 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (0.9%)	$16,952			$1,760			$15,192	70.6	71.1	650	27
361062000835	624	Gotham Avenue School	Public	PK, KG-6	181 Gotham Ave	Elmont	11003	Nassau County	Elmont Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 326-5540	511	52	9.7	61.8%	7 (1.4%)	252 (49.3%)	155 (30.3%)	74 (14.5%)	4 (0.8%)	7 (1.4%)	12 (2.3%)	$18,464			$1,204			$17,260	70.6	67.8	730	106
362721004788	625	Saddlewood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	100 Loralee Dr	Albany	12205	Albany County	South Colonie Central School District	No	No	No	No	(518) 456-2608	376	22	17.4	31.6%	249 (66.2%)	32 (8.5%)	22 (5.9%)	51 (13.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.9%)	$14,303			$1,442			$12,861	70.6	49.6	1168	543
362694003669	626	State Street Intermediate School	Public	3-5	72 State St	Skaneateles	13152	Onondaga County	Skaneateles Central School District	No	No	No	No	(315) 291-2261	258	19	13.2	14.7%	234 (90.7%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.7%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.5%)	$15,269			$1,064			$14,204	70.5	71.4	643	17
360010805640	627	Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	245 W 129th St	New York	10027	New York County	Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(646) 556-6275	1,178	72	16.4	91.2%	12 (1.0%)	919 (78.0%)	221 (18.8%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.3%)	5 (0.4%)	16 (1.4%)	$24,181			$3,645			$20,536	70.5	72.3	622	5
363036004083	628	Klem Road North Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1015 Klem Rd	Webster	14580	Monroe County	Webster Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 872-1770	501	44	11.5	22.2%	413 (82.4%)	7 (1.4%)	43 (8.6%)	10 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.6%)	$9,663			$1,308			$8,355	70.5	63.2	839	211
362517004566	629	Emma E Sherman Elementary School	Public	4-6	50 Authors Ave	Henrietta	14467	Monroe County	Rush-Henrietta Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 359-5490	581	52	11.2	54.9%	283 (48.7%)	77 (13.3%)	58 (10.0%)	117 (20.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	45 (7.7%)	$13,746			$987			$12,759	70.5	58.5	960	331
360008505123	630	Ps 304 Early Childhood School	Public	PK, KG-5	2750 Lafayette Ave	Bronx	10465	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 8	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 822-5307	553	38	14.7	66.9%	51 (9.2%)	36 (6.5%)	405 (73.2%)	49 (8.9%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.3%)	$19,039			$1,981			$17,058	70.4	71	655	25

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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.