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)
360813000591	861	Sawmill Intermediate School	Public	3-5	103 New Hwy	Commack	11725	Suffolk County	Commack Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 858-3655	558	60	9.2	15.6%	350 (62.7%)	18 (3.2%)	91 (16.3%)	78 (14.0%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.9%)	$25,092			$897			$24,194	61.8	68.5	717	144
360630000412	862	East Hill School	Public	PK, KG-5	25 School District Rd	Canajoharie	13317	Montgomery County	Canajoharie Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 673-6310	405	35	11.6	47.7%	366 (90.4%)	3 (0.7%)	14 (3.5%)	6 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.0%)	$16,598			$2,950			$13,648	61.8	62.7	851	11
360010002181	863	Ps 40 Samuel Huntington	Public	PK, KG-5	109-20 Union Hall St	Jamaica	11433	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 526-1904	370	29	12.8	91.9%	11 (3.0%)	128 (34.6%)	151 (40.8%)	59 (15.9%)	8 (2.2%)	8 (2.2%)	5 (1.4%)	$22,151			$2,174			$19,978	61.7	80	438	425
362979004002	864	Plattekill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1270 Rt 32	Plattekill	12568	Ulster County	Wallkill Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 895-7250	427	37	11.4	44.5%	224 (52.5%)	27 (6.3%)	161 (37.7%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.8%)	$19,718			$2,309			$17,409	61.6	54.9	1043	179
360015202619	865	Ps 177 Marlboro (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	346 Ave P	Brooklyn	11223	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #21	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 375-9506	896	56	16	88.1%	344 (38.4%)	17 (1.9%)	258 (28.8%)	266 (29.7%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.0%)	$18,643			$1,408			$17,236	61.5	55.6	1024	159
361716001531	866	Summit Lane School	Public	K-5	4 Summit Ln	Levittown	11756	Nassau County	Levittown Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 434-7526	369	31	11.8	29.5%	137 (37.1%)	7 (1.9%)	107 (29.0%)	107 (29.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.7%)	$20,060			$1,219			$18,840	61.5	75.3	560	306
361812001622	867	Lakeview Elementary School	Public	K-5	112 Lakeview Dr	Mahopac	10541	Putnam County	Mahopac Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 628-3331	598	58	10.2	23.2%	347 (58.0%)	19 (3.2%)	191 (31.9%)	18 (3.0%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	17 (2.8%)	$24,162			$768			$23,393	61.5	66.9	750	117
362535003510	868	Tamarac Elementary School	Public	K-5	50 Spence Ave	Holbrook	11742	Suffolk County	Sachem Central School District	No	No	No	No	(631) 244-5680	424	39	10.8	21.2%	292 (68.9%)	19 (4.5%)	76 (17.9%)	16 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	18 (4.2%)	$19,058			$1,360			$17,698	61.5	68.2	722	146
362088002955	869	Craig Elementary School	Public	K-5	2566 Balltown Rd	Schenectady	12309	Schenectady County	Niskayuna Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 377-0156	403	32	12.7	20.6%	237 (58.8%)	25 (6.2%)	26 (6.5%)	78 (19.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (8.9%)	$12,325			$558			$11,768	61.4	63.3	835	34
362706003686	870	Smithtown Elementary School	Public, Magnet	K-5	51 Lawrence Ave	Smithtown	11787	Suffolk County	Smithtown Central School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(631) 382-4505	493	41	12	16.6%	343 (69.6%)	5 (1.0%)	101 (20.5%)	27 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.4%)	$20,826			$722			$20,104	61.4	77	516	354

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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.