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)
362859003865	2291	Huntington K-8 School	Public	PK, KG-8	400 Sunnycrest Rd	Syracuse	13206	Onondaga County	Syracuse City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 435-4565	871	69	12.6	87.3%	254 (29.2%)	310 (35.6%)	85 (9.8%)	90 (10.3%)	26 (3.0%)	1 (0.1%)	105 (12.1%)	$13,726			$3,240			$10,486	12.1	11.9	2275	16
360487000230	2292	MacArthur School	Public	PK, KG-5	1123 Vestal Ave	Binghamton	13903	Broome County	Binghamton City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 763-8485	394	39	10.1	59.6%	209 (53.0%)	80 (20.3%)	54 (13.7%)	11 (2.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (9.9%)	$18,569			$2,694			$15,875	12.1	13	2239	53
360008703783	2293	Ps/Is 54	Public	PK, KG-5	2703 Webster Ave	Bronx	10458	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #10	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 584-4203	346	27	12.9	95.1%	4 (1.2%)	65 (18.8%)	265 (76.6%)	4 (1.2%)	2 (0.6%)	5 (1.4%)	1 (0.3%)	$23,091			$3,293			$19,799	12.1	14.9	2184	109
360010302097	2294	Ps 18 John G Whittier	Public	PK, KG-5	221 Broadway	Staten Island	10310	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 442-0216	340	31	10.9	94.4%	20 (5.9%)	134 (39.4%)	173 (50.9%)	5 (1.5%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	$29,802			$2,195			$27,606	12.1	14.2	2206	88
362082002930	2295	Harry F Abate Elementary School	Public	2-6	1625 Lockport St	Niagara Falls	14305	Niagara County	Niagara Falls City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 278-7960	702	42	16.6	80.6%	177 (25.2%)	311 (44.3%)	74 (10.5%)	21 (3.0%)	16 (2.3%)	1 (0.1%)	102 (14.5%)	$13,341			$2,423			$10,918	12	11	2302	7
361818001633	2296	Davis Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	183 Webster St	Malone	12953	Franklin County	Malone Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 483-7802	560	48	11.5	54.8%	534 (95.4%)	2 (0.4%)	12 (2.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.0%)	$18,169			$3,773			$14,396	12	6.2	2381	85
360008602486	2297	Ps 132 Garrett A Morgan	Public	PK, KG-5	1245 Washington Ave	Bronx	10456	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 9	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 681-6455	366	28	13	95.4%	4 (1.1%)	168 (45.9%)	186 (50.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.4%)	$23,881			$2,790			$21,091	12	22.5	1968	329
362781003769	2298	Elmwood Elementary School	Public	K-6	43 Robert Pitt Dr	Monsey	10952	Rockland County	East Ramapo Central School District (Spring Valley)	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 577-6160	537	34	15.6	80.4%	31 (5.8%)	78 (14.5%)	403 (75.0%)	22 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	$14,499			$5,788			$8,710	11.9	11.8	2280	18
360007902083	2299	Ps 38 Roberto Clemente	Public	PK, KG-5	232 E 103rd St	New York	10029	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 4	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 860-5882	223	16	13.9	96.9%	9 (4.0%)	57 (25.6%)	151 (67.7%)	3 (1.3%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	$34,276			$3,181			$31,094	11.9	11.9	2279	20
361095000873	2300	Benjamin Cosor Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	15 Old Falls Rd	Fallsburg	12733	Sullivan County	Fallsburg Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 434-6800	802	78	10.3	74.9%	192 (23.9%)	75 (9.4%)	484 (60.3%)	9 (1.1%)	12 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (3.7%)	$16,363			$1,990			$14,373	11.9	11.2	2298	2

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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.