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)
362001004515	1991	Mount Morris Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	30 Bonadonna Ave	Mount Morris	14510	Livingston County	Mount Morris Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 658-3331	315	34	9.2	59.4%	240 (76.2%)	3 (1.0%)	68 (21.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	$14,927			$3,867			$11,060	22.4	29.7	1765	226
362220003142	1992	Owen D Young Central School	Public, Alternative	K-12	2316 State Rt 80	Van Hornesville	13361	Herkimer County	Van Hornesville-Owen D Young Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 858-0729	162	25	6.5	62.3%	154 (95.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.9%)	$17,549			$3,086			$14,463	22.3	14.2	2208	216
360008302609	1993	Ps 173	Public	PK, KG-8	306 Ft Washington Ave	New York	10033	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 927-7850	566	40	14	87.1%	22 (3.9%)	23 (4.1%)	498 (88.0%)	17 (3.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.7%)	$24,195			$2,427			$21,768	22.3	33.4	1638	355
361557001336	1994	Enfield School	Public	PK, KG-5	20 Enfield Main Rd	Ithaca	14850	Tompkins County	Ithaca City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 274-2221	177	25	6.9		109 (61.6%)	15 (8.5%)	20 (11.3%)	8 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (14.1%)	$24,745			$1,490			$23,254	22.3	13.6	2221	227
360008703820	1995	Ps 396	Public	PK, KG-5	1930 Andrews Ave	Bronx	10453	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #10	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 294-0862	218	39	5.5	93.1%	2 (0.9%)	53 (24.3%)	156 (71.6%)	3 (1.4%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$50,163			$2,558			$47,605	22.2	39.3	1465	530
360672005040	1996	Catskill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	770 Embought Rd	Catskill	12414	Greene County	Catskill Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 943-0574	584	56	10.4	40.9%	377 (64.6%)	35 (6.0%)	95 (16.3%)	7 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	69 (11.8%)	$18,815			$2,900			$15,915	22.2	35	1586	410
360008704353	1997	Ps 159 Luis Mumoz Marin Biling	Public	K-5	2315 Washington Ave	Bronx	10458	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #10	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 584-6140	139	13	10.6	97.1%	0 (0.0%)	16 (11.5%)	122 (87.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$28,571			$3,007			$25,563	22.1	22	1983	14
362937000262	1998	Watson Williams Elementary School	Public, Magnet	K-6	107 Elmwood Pl	Utica	13501	Oneida County	Utica City School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(315) 368-6780	602	48	12.6	86.2%	48 (8.0%)	198 (32.9%)	103 (17.1%)	204 (33.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (8.1%)	$12,455			$3,772			$8,683	22.1	19.5	2053	55
360007803551	1999	Ps 242 Young Diplomats Magnet Academy (The)	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	134 W 122nd St	New York	10027	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 3	No	Yes	No	Yes	(212) 678-2908	156	17	9.1	94.2%	3 (1.9%)	53 (34.0%)	95 (60.9%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.6%)	$40,157			$4,832			$35,325	22.1	30.7	1727	272
362010001841	2000	Cecil H Parker School	Public	PK, KG-8	461 S 6th Ave	Mount Vernon	10550	Westchester County	Mount Vernon School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 665-5040	272	26	10.3	63.6%	2 (0.7%)	206 (75.7%)	47 (17.3%)	9 (3.3%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.4%)	5 (1.8%)	$23,647			$2,599			$21,047	22.1	24.1	1917	83

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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.