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)
360246000022	2181	Delaware Community School	Public	PK, KG-5	43 Bertha St	Albany	12209	Albany County	Albany City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 475-6750	311	22	14	72.7%	28 (9.0%)	96 (30.9%)	114 (36.7%)	49 (15.8%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (7.1%)	$12,205			$1,312			$10,893	16.1	4.7	2413	232
360011902095	2182	Ps 17 Henry D Woodworth	Public	PK, KG-5	208 N 5th St	Brooklyn	11211	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #14	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 387-2929	202	16	12.9	85.6%	17 (8.4%)	21 (10.4%)	163 (80.7%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$30,604			$3,013			$27,590	16.1	35.7	1566	616
361923001752	2183	Coram Elementary School	Public	K-4	61 Coram-Mt Sinai Rd	Coram	11727	Suffolk County	Longwood Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 698-0077	959	70	13.7	56.0%	322 (33.6%)	175 (18.2%)	313 (32.6%)	46 (4.8%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	100 (10.4%)	$20,671			$2,177			$18,493	16.1	20	2037	146
362859003873	2184	Porter Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	512 Emerson Ave	Syracuse	13204	Onondaga County	Syracuse City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 435-4625	301	27	11.2	90.4%	86 (28.6%)	116 (38.5%)	35 (11.6%)	13 (4.3%)	6 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (15.0%)	$19,927			$4,222			$15,705	15.9	12.6	2256	72
361056000818	2185	Hendy Avenue School	Public	3-6	110 Hendy Ave	Elmira	14905	Chemung County	Elmira City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 735-3750	381	24	15.8	62.2%	260 (68.2%)	54 (14.2%)	19 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	47 (12.3%)	$10,933			$1,423			$9,510	15.9	13.2	2234	49
361263001028	2186	Buckman Heights Elementary School	Public	3-5	550 Buckman Rd	Rochester	14615	Monroe County	Greece Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 966-5900	375	31	12	56.0%	194 (51.7%)	62 (16.5%)	72 (19.2%)	17 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (8.0%)	$16,454			$2,469			$13,984	15.9	15	2179	7
360999000774	2187	East Syracuse Elementary School	Public	K-5	230 Kinne St	East Syracuse	13057	Onondaga County	East Syracuse Minoa Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 434-3850	355	22	15.9	70.1%	235 (66.2%)	57 (16.1%)	19 (5.4%)	24 (6.8%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.1%)	$16,446			$2,045			$14,401	15.9	15.5	2161	26
360000104540	2188	Dolgeville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	38 Slawson St	Dolgeville	13329	Herkimer County	Dolgeville Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 429-3155	435	40	10.8	47.6%	427 (98.2%)	8 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,703			$00			$8,703	15.9	11.3	2293	105
360008602288	2189	Ps 70 Max Schoenfeld	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	1691 Weeks Ave	Bronx	10457	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 9	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 583-6000	768	74	10.4	98.3%	1 (0.1%)	156 (20.3%)	599 (78.0%)	6 (0.8%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$24,409			$2,910			$21,499	15.8	12.6	2252	63
360012302198	2190	Ps 45 Clarence Witherspoon	Public	PK, KG-5	126-28 150th St	South Ozone Park	11436	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #27	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 480-2500	412	31	13.2	92.5%	4 (1.0%)	168 (40.8%)	193 (46.8%)	21 (5.1%)	19 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.7%)	$23,395			$1,380			$22,015	15.8	17.8	2103	87

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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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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.