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)
362271003192	531	Cobbles Elementary School	Public	K-5	140 Gebhardt Rd	Penfield	14526	Monroe County	Penfield Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 249-6500	554	53	10.3	22.7%	462 (83.4%)	21 (3.8%)	22 (4.0%)	15 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (6.1%)	$11,553			$1,483			$10,069	75.3	78.5	471	60
360012302208	532	Ps 47 Chris Galas	Public	PK, KG-8	9 Power Rd	Broad Channel	11693	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #27	No	No	No	No	(718) 634-7167	274	27	10.2	46.0%	190 (69.3%)	12 (4.4%)	49 (17.9%)	14 (5.1%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.2%)	$27,341			$1,438			$25,903	75.2	64.1	816	284
360010205553	533	Ps 234	Public	PK, KG-5	30-15 29th St	Astoria	11102	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 956-2760	437	30	14.6	71.9%	139 (31.8%)	31 (7.1%)	178 (40.7%)	65 (14.9%)	6 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.1%)	$22,915			$1,739			$21,177	75.1	93.7	135	398
360011906350	534	Brooklyn Arbor Elementary School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	325 S 3rd St	Brooklyn	11211	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #14	No	Yes	No	No	(718) 963-0393	534	37	14.4	47.6%	186 (34.8%)	7 (1.3%)	280 (52.4%)	32 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (5.1%)	$15,582			$705			$14,877	75.1	70.2	674	140
360010306035	535	Ps 65 Academy Of Innovative Learning (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	98 Grant St	Staten Island	10301	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 981-5034	357	32	10.9	71.4%	55 (15.4%)	79 (22.1%)	190 (53.2%)	7 (2.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (6.7%)	$23,841			$1,792			$22,049	75	60.1	916	381
362667003633	536	Arongen Elementary School	Public	K-5	489 Clifton Pk Ctr Rd	Clifton Park	12065	Saratoga County	Shenendehowa Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 881-0510	580	48	12.1	23.3%	362 (62.4%)	32 (5.5%)	52 (9.0%)	88 (15.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (7.9%)	$13,102			$579			$12,523	75	76.8	529	7
360010105925	537	Ps/Is 295	Public	PK, KG-8	222-14 Jamaica Ave	Queens Village	11428	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #29	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 464-1433	561	51	10.9	73.8%	16 (2.9%)	112 (20.0%)	210 (37.4%)	173 (30.8%)	29 (5.2%)	13 (2.3%)	8 (1.4%)	$17,207			$1,081			$16,126	74.9	62	874	337
360014405787	538	South Bronx Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-10	164 Bruckner Blvd	Bronx	10454	Bronx County	South Bronx Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 292-5737	436			96.1%	3 (0.7%)	48 (11.0%)	381 (87.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	$16,522			$2,343			$14,179	74.9	80.7	426	112
360012202115	539	Ps 22 Thomas Jefferson	Public	PK, KG-5	153-33 Sanford Ave	Flushing	11355	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #25	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 762-4141	733	56	13	85.0%	15 (2.0%)	6 (0.8%)	291 (39.7%)	405 (55.3%)	4 (0.5%)	3 (0.4%)	9 (1.2%)	$19,500			$1,659			$17,842	74.9	80.5	431	108
362157003064	540	School 8	Public	K-6	3252 Fulton Ave	Oceanside	11572	Nassau County	Oceanside Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(516) 678-8503	419	27	15.4	14.1%	248 (59.2%)	10 (2.4%)	126 (30.1%)	19 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (3.6%)	$19,198			$1,426			$17,773	74.9	82.3	389	151

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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.

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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.