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)
362475003424	2431	School 58-World Of Inquiry School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	200 University Ave	Rochester	14605	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 325-6170	928	77	12	74.9%	66 (7.1%)	594 (64.0%)	207 (22.3%)	18 (1.9%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (4.3%)	$11,565			$1,795			$9,770	4.3	4.8	2410	21
362916003928	2432	L P Quinn Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	294 Hosley Ave	Tupper Lake	12986	Franklin County	Tupper Lake Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 359-2981	339	38	8.9	51.6%	333 (98.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)								4.3	5.9	2387	45
362475003380	2433	School 5-John Williams	Public	PK, KG-8	555 N Plymouth Ave	Rochester	14608	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 325-2255	590	58	10.2	94.7%	86 (14.6%)	254 (43.1%)	151 (25.6%)	69 (11.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	28 (4.7%)	$14,225			$2,392			$11,833	4.2	5	2402	31
362859003869	2434	McKinley-Brighton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	141 W Newell St	Syracuse	13205	Onondaga County	Syracuse City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 435-4605	423	41	10.2	93.1%	37 (8.7%)	273 (64.5%)	46 (10.9%)	8 (1.9%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (12.8%)	$17,464			$4,214			$13,250	4.2	3.8	2424	10
362490003442	2435	Gansevoort Elementary School	Public	K-6	758 W Liberty St	Rome	13440	Oneida County	Rome City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 334-5181	391	45	8.7	77.7%	253 (64.7%)	22 (5.6%)	70 (17.9%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (10.5%)	$15,836			$3,223			$12,613	4.1	4.7	2412	23
360116806616	2436	Exploration Ele Charter School - Science-Technol	Public, Charter	K-5	1001 Lake Ave	Rochester	14613	Monroe County	Exploration Ele Charter School - Science-Technol	Yes	No	No	Yes	(585) 498-4700	399			0.8%	29 (7.3%)	316 (79.2%)	45 (11.3%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	$14,251			$1,771			$12,480	4	8.5	2349	87
362490002579	2437	Bellamy Elementary School	Public	K-6	7118 Brennan Ave	Rome	13440	Oneida County	Rome City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 338-5261	562	59	9.5	72.1%	343 (61.0%)	53 (9.4%)	91 (16.2%)	12 (2.1%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	60 (10.7%)	$15,939			$1,983			$13,956	3.9	4.8	2408	29
362475003401	2438	School 29-Adlai E Stevenson	Public	PK, KG-6	88 Kirkland Rd	Rochester	14611	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 328-8228	236	26	9	88.1%	13 (5.5%)	134 (56.8%)	67 (28.4%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (8.1%)	$24,840			$4,009			$20,831	3.9	2.3	2436	2
360585000333	2439	Bilingual Center	Public	PK, KG-8	157 Elk St	Buffalo	14210	Erie County	Buffalo City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 816-4783	330	40	8.2	94.2%	11 (3.3%)	3 (0.9%)	314 (95.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$20,681			$3,326			$17,355	3.6	3.7	2426	13
362475003383	2440	School 8-Roberto Clemente	Public	PK, KG-8	1180 St Paul St	Rochester	14621	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 262-8888	448	39	11.3	87.3%	27 (6.0%)	212 (47.3%)	166 (37.1%)	3 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	36 (8.0%)	$16,528			$4,757			$11,771	3.2	6.2	2383	57

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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.