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)
362034001869	341	Laurel Plains Elementary School	Public	K-5	14 Teakwood Ln	New City	10956	Rockland County	Clarkstown Central School District	No	No	No	No	(845) 639-6350	355	34	10.4	22.0%	164 (46.2%)	23 (6.5%)	107 (30.1%)	45 (12.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.5%)	$21,588			$703			$20,885	83.9	85.6	326	15
363192004254	342	Patricia A Dichiaro School	Public	PK, KG-8	373 Bronxville Rd	Yonkers	10708	Westchester County	Yonkers City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 376-8566	543	25	22.1	30.2%	236 (43.5%)	36 (6.6%)	205 (37.8%)	37 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.3%)	$18,542			$731			$17,810	83.9	86.7	298	44
360115106581	343	Success Academy Charter School-Far Rockaway	Public, Charter	K-8	10-45 Nameoke St-3rd Fl	Far Rockaway	11691	Queens County	Success Academy Charter School-Far Rockaway	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 704-1421	714			74.1%	10 (1.4%)	521 (73.0%)	136 (19.0%)	6 (0.8%)	11 (1.5%)	3 (0.4%)	27 (3.8%)	$18,022			$867			$17,154	83.9	94.6	103	240
362967003998	344	Voorheesville Elementary School	Public	K-5	129 Maple Ave	Voorheesville	12186	Albany County	Voorheesville Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 765-2382	553	38	14.4	12.5%	478 (86.4%)	7 (1.3%)	24 (4.3%)	17 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (4.7%)	$13,843			$617			$13,226	83.8	79.2	456	112
360112106516	345	Compass Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	300 Adelphi-4th Fl	Brooklyn	11205	Kings County	Compass Charter School	Yes	No	No	No	(718) 310-3588	317	28	11.3		153 (48.3%)	77 (24.3%)	43 (13.6%)	24 (7.6%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	16 (5.0%)	$22,133			$794			$21,339	83.8	87.5	266	79
360012202119	346	Ps 24 Andrew Jackson	Public	PK, KG-5	45-57 Union St	Flushing	11355	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #25	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 359-2288	1,183	95	12.4	84.1%	14 (1.2%)	12 (1.0%)	148 (12.5%)	997 (84.3%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (0.7%)	$16,399			$1,097			$15,302	83.7	85.7	322	24
361186000948	347	Garrison School	Public	PK, KG-8	1100 Rt 9d	Garrison	10524	Putnam County	Garrison Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 424-3689	215	20	10.9		164 (76.3%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (12.6%)	5 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	18 (8.4%)	$20,116			$1,408			$18,708	83.7	85.2	334	13
360009902203	348	Ps 46 Alley Pond	Public	PK, KG-5	64-45 218th St	Bayside	11364	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #26	No	No	No	No	(718) 423-8395	482	44	10.9	50.8%	50 (10.4%)	27 (5.6%)	96 (19.9%)	286 (59.3%)	5 (1.0%)	2 (0.4%)	16 (3.3%)	$27,096			$740			$26,356	83.6	91.2	194	154
362478003433	349	Wilson School	Public	K-5	25 Buckingham Rd	Rockville Centre	11570	Nassau County	Rockville Centre Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(516) 255-8910	392	36	10.8	7.1%	308 (78.6%)	4 (1.0%)	52 (13.3%)	10 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.6%)	$19,977			$407			$19,571	83.6	82.8	384	35
360010002376	350	Ps 99 Kew Gardens	Public	K-6	82-37 Kew Gardens Rd	Kew Gardens	11415	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	No	No	No	(718) 544-4343	744	52	14.3	60.2%	157 (21.1%)	43 (5.8%)	304 (40.9%)	176 (23.7%)	15 (2.0%)	1 (0.1%)	48 (6.5%)	$18,975			$949			$18,026	83.6	84.5	350

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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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Educational resources:

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

Charter Schools vs Regular Public Schools: Understanding the Key Differences

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.