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)
360010002317	1461	Ps 80 Thurgood Marshall Magnet School Of Multimedia (The)	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	171-05 137th Ave	Jamaica	11434	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 528-7070	375	28	13.6	84.8%	5 (1.3%)	275 (73.3%)	63 (16.8%)	11 (2.9%)	14 (3.7%)	2 (0.5%)	5 (1.3%)	$21,859			$2,214			$19,645	39.8	26	1867	406
360888004715	1462	John F Kennedy Intermediate School	Public	3-5	101 Lake Ave	Deer Park	11729	Suffolk County	Deer Park Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 274-4310	839	80	10.4	49.3%	201 (24.0%)	178 (21.2%)	272 (32.4%)	154 (18.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	32 (3.8%)	$19,690			$1,295			$18,395	39.8	60	925	537
360831006333	1463	Deauville Gardens West Elementary School	Public	K-5	100 Deauville Blvd	Copiague	11726	Suffolk County	Copiague Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 842-4012	427	30	14.1	63.2%	42 (9.8%)	65 (15.2%)	312 (73.1%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.7%)	$19,189			$2,328			$16,861	39.7	41.3	1408	55
362832003819	1464	Viola Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	557 Rt 202	Suffern	10901	Rockland County	Suffern Central School District	No	No	No	No	(845) 357-8315	325	35	9.4	33.8%	109 (33.5%)	40 (12.3%)	128 (39.4%)	22 (6.8%)	6 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (6.2%)	$24,054			$1,969			$22,085	39.7	40.3	1429	35
361746001554	1465	Benton Hall Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	1 Ward Sq	Little Falls	13365	Herkimer County	Little Falls City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 823-1400	451	40	11.2	45.5%	402 (89.1%)	2 (0.4%)	25 (5.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.2%)	$10,742			$694			$10,048	39.7	45.1	1306	159
360015202708	1466	Ps 212 Lady Deborah Moody	Public	PK, KG-5	87 Bay 49th St	Brooklyn	11214	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #21	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 266-4841	576	45	12.8	86.1%	123 (21.4%)	49 (8.5%)	239 (41.5%)	154 (26.7%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.4%)	$22,406			$2,008			$20,398	39.7	47.4	1232	234
362535003504	1467	Merrimac School	Public	K-5	1090 Broadway Ave	Holbrook	11741	Suffolk County	Sachem Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 244-5670	339	36	9.5	27.4%	239 (70.5%)	16 (4.7%)	53 (15.6%)	9 (2.7%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	20 (5.9%)	$19,226			$1,620			$17,606	39.6	71.3	646	821
363096004160	1468	Powells Lane School	Public	1-5	603 Powells Ln	Westbury	11590	Nassau County	Westbury Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 876-5125	455	38	11.9	62.0%	36 (7.9%)	100 (22.0%)	313 (68.8%)	5 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$23,056			$3,351			$19,705	39.6	40.4	1426	42
362832003815	1469	Montebello Road School	Public	K-5	50 Montebello Rd	Suffern	10901	Rockland County	Suffern Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 357-4466	325	35	9.2		79 (24.3%)	34 (10.5%)	160 (49.2%)	31 (9.5%)	7 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.3%)	$28,506			$3,409			$25,097	39.6	37.1	1524	55
360008704731	1470	Ps 226	Public	PK, KG-5	1950 Sedgwick Ave	Bronx	10453	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #10	No	No	No	Yes	(929) 452-3090	318	26	12.2	94.7%	6 (1.9%)	56 (17.6%)	252 (79.2%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$19,411			$2,701			$16,709	39.6	36.8	1532	62

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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.