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)
360015705846	611	Explore Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	655 Parkside Ave	Brooklyn	11226	Kings County	Explore Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 703-4484	523	30	17.4	84.3%	11 (2.1%)	385 (73.6%)	110 (21.0%)	4 (0.8%)	5 (1.0%)	2 (0.4%)	6 (1.1%)	$22,269			$2,034			$20,235	71.1	71.9	634	23
360001701925	612	Genesee Valley Central School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1 Jaguar Dr	Belmont	14813	Allegany County	Genesee Valley Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 268-7900	544	66	8.2	50.4%	513 (94.3%)	8 (1.5%)	15 (2.8%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	$18,380			$2,020			$16,360	71.1	60	920	308
360009102490	613	Ps 133 William A Butler	Public	PK, KG-5	610 Baltic St	Brooklyn	11217	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #13	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 398-5320	617	43	14.4	49.9%	151 (24.5%)	166 (26.9%)	208 (33.7%)	28 (4.5%)	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	58 (9.4%)	$16,867			$2,161			$14,706	71	78.1	483	130
362217003136	614	Apalachin Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	405 Pennsylvania Ave	Apalachin	13732	Tioga County	Owego-Apalachin Central School District	No	No	No	No	(607) 687-7304	376	27	13.7	32.4%	355 (94.4%)	3 (0.8%)	7 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.9%)	$15,099			$1,342			$13,757	71	80.6	429	185
360270000045	615	Alfred-Almond Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	6795 Rt 21	Almond	14804	Allegany County	Alfred-Almond Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 276-6529	267	24	11.1	46.8%	236 (88.4%)	2 (0.7%)	14 (5.2%)	6 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.0%)	$16,269			$2,082			$14,187	70.9	60.3	909	294
362577003536	616	Caroline Street Elementary School	Public	K-5	310 Caroline St	Saratoga Springs	12866	Saratoga County	Saratoga Springs City School District	No	No	No	No	(518) 584-7612	366	30	12.2	28.1%	285 (77.9%)	11 (3.0%)	32 (8.7%)	7 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	30 (8.2%)	$12,786			$826			$11,961	70.8	79.1	460	156
362094002973	617	John G Dinkelmeyer School	Public	K-6	2100 Waltoffer Ave	North Bellmore	11710	Nassau County	North Bellmore Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 992-3114	427	32	13.1	13.6%	250 (58.5%)	17 (4.0%)	81 (19.0%)	72 (16.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.6%)	$17,424			$1,286			$16,137	70.7	79.1	461	156
362706005431	618	Mills Pond Elementary School	Public	K-5	246 Moriches Rd	Saint James	11780	Suffolk County	Smithtown Central School District	No	No	No	No	(631) 382-4305	357	31	11.4	12.9%	259 (72.5%)	5 (1.4%)	53 (14.8%)	27 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	12 (3.4%)	$23,157			$846			$22,311	70.7	89.8	219	399
362130003037	619	Northville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	131 S 3rd St	Northville	12134	Fulton County	Northville Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 863-7000	165	21	7.9	58.8%	157 (95.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.0%)	$18,616			$40			$18,576	70.7	46.1	1276	657
363171004228	620	Hewlett Elementary School	Public	2-5	1570 Broadway	Hewlett	11557	Nassau County	Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(516) 792-4500	411	44	9.2	31.1%	224 (54.5%)	36 (8.8%)	83 (20.2%)	49 (11.9%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (3.4%)	$26,387			$115			$26,273	70.6	86.1	311	309

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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.