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)
361995001825	381	Pound Ridge Elementary School	Public	K-5	7 Pound Ridge Rd	Pound Ridge	10576	Westchester County	Bedford Central School District	No	No	No	No	(914) 764-8133	238	18	13.3	10.1%	202 (84.9%)	2 (0.8%)	20 (8.4%)	4 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.2%)	$26,941			$1,048			$25,894	82.2	76.9	518	137
360001801938	382	Chautauqua Lake Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	100 N Erie St	Mayville	14757	Chautauqua County	Chautauqua Lake Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 753-5841	338	38	8.8	49.7%	316 (93.5%)	2 (0.6%)	12 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (2.1%)	$14,710			$1,378			$13,332	82.2	72.2	623	241
360471000214	383	Glenmont Elementary School	Public	K-5	328 Rte 9w	Glenmont	12077	Albany County	Bethlehem Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 463-1154	363	28	12.8	11.8%	295 (81.3%)	12 (3.3%)	5 (1.4%)	29 (8.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.8%)	$17,560			$527			$17,033	82.2	81.5	406	23
360411000176	384	Sylvan Avenue Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	600 Sylvan Ave	Bayport	11705	Suffolk County	Bayport-Blue Point Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 472-7840	306	29	10.5	15.0%	239 (78.1%)	6 (2.0%)	40 (13.1%)	5 (1.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.9%)	$24,181			$563			$23,618	82.1	79.9	440	56
362904003924	385	William E Cottle School	Public	K-5	2 Siwanoy Blvd	Eastchester	10709	Westchester County	Tuckahoe Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 337-5376	528	50	10.6	16.7%	346 (65.5%)	40 (7.6%)	87 (16.5%)	28 (5.3%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.4%)	$19,763			$351			$19,412	82.1	77.6	499	114
362577003538	386	Dorothy Nolan Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	221 Jones Rd	Saratoga Springs	12866	Saratoga County	Saratoga Springs City School District	No	No	No	No	(518) 584-7383	688	55	12.4	21.8%	612 (89.0%)	8 (1.2%)	20 (2.9%)	9 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (5.7%)	$12,603			$829			$11,774	82	75.9	544	158
360010102362	387	Ps 95 Eastwood	Public	K-5	179-01 90th Ave	Jamaica	11432	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #29	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 739-0007	1,107	73	15.1	76.0%	10 (0.9%)	98 (8.9%)	447 (40.4%)	468 (42.3%)	67 (6.1%)	6 (0.5%)	11 (1.0%)	$16,833			$1,907			$14,926	82	82.9	380	7
360759000544	388	Harris Hill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4260 S Harris Hill Rd	Williamsville	14221	Erie County	Clarence Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 407-9175	464	43	10.9	21.1%	409 (88.1%)	13 (2.8%)	16 (3.4%)	12 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.0%)	$13,830			$1,756			$12,074	82	88	255	133
360636000418	389	Canaseraga School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	8 Main St	Canaseraga	14822	Allegany County	Canaseraga Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 545-6421	200	27	7.4	47.0%	189 (94.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.5%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$22,007			$3,723			$18,284	81.9	80.8	423	34
361062000833	390	Covert Avenue School	Public	PK, KG-6	144 Covert Ave	Elmont	11003	Nassau County	Elmont Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 326-5560	635	58	10.9	54.8%	52 (8.2%)	73 (11.5%)	283 (44.6%)	205 (32.3%)	4 (0.6%)	4 (0.6%)	14 (2.2%)	$17,650			$1,209			$16,441	81.9	83.4	373	17

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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.
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