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)
362145003046	2161	Dalton-Nunda Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	13 Mill St	Nunda	14517	Livingston County	Dalton-Nunda Central School District (Keshequa)	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 468-2900	198	25	8	40.9%	186 (93.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.0%)	$18,960			$3,701			$15,259	16.6			(n/a)
360007902246	2162	James Weldon Johnson School	Public	PK, KG-8	176 E 115th St	New York	10029	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 4	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 876-5522	579	48	11.9	93.1%	9 (1.6%)	97 (16.8%)	461 (79.6%)	5 (0.9%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	$23,061			$1,951			$21,110	16.6	22.6	1967	195
360008802312	2163	Ps 78 Anne Hutchinson	Public	PK, KG-5	1400 Needham Ave	Bronx	10469	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 652-1244	586	44	13.3	88.6%	18 (3.1%)	353 (60.2%)	198 (33.8%)	10 (1.7%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	$20,330			$2,966			$17,364	16.6	18.7	2077	86
360009406049	2164	Brighter Choice Community School	Public	PK, KG-5	280 Hart St	Brooklyn	11206	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #16	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 574-2378	266	20	13.3	66.9%	38 (14.3%)	105 (39.5%)	103 (38.7%)	3 (1.1%)	5 (1.9%)	2 (0.8%)	9 (3.4%)	$20,795			$3,285			$17,510	16.6	17.3	2115	49
362091004739	2165	Woods Road Elementary School	Public	K-5	110 Woods Rd	North Babylon	11703	Suffolk County	North Babylon Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 620-7805	334	33	10	45.5%	97 (29.0%)	76 (22.8%)	119 (35.6%)	24 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.4%)	$11,626			$959			$10,667	16.6	18.2	2091	74
360528000253	2166	North Elementary School	Public	1-5	50 W White St	Brentwood	11717	Suffolk County	Brentwood Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 434-2275	855	57	14.9	85.0%	17 (2.0%)	52 (6.1%)	760 (88.9%)	10 (1.2%)	8 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (0.8%)	$16,786			$1,502			$15,284	16.5	19.5	2047	119
360011902565	2167	Ps/Is 157 Benjamin Franklin Heath And Science Academy (The)	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	850 Kent Ave	Brooklyn	11205	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #14	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 622-9285	244	31	7.8	83.6%	13 (5.3%)	47 (19.3%)	174 (71.3%)	5 (2.0%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.2%)	$27,941			$3,574			$24,367	16.4	25.9	1872	295
360528000255	2168	Northeast Elementary School	Public	1-5	2 Devon Rd	Brentwood	11717	Suffolk County	Brentwood Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 434-2435	935	57	16.3	86.4%	26 (2.8%)	47 (5.0%)	835 (89.3%)	7 (0.7%)	17 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	$16,546			$1,416			$15,129	16.4	21	2010	158
363192004853	2169	Cesar E Chavez School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	20 Cedar Pl	Yonkers	10705	Westchester County	Yonkers City School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(914) 376-8969	561	32	17.5	77.4%	28 (5.0%)	70 (12.5%)	439 (78.3%)	7 (1.2%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.5%)	$20,529			$1,362			$19,167	16.4	17.7	2108	61
360348000102	2170	Casey Park Elementary School	Public	K-6	101 Pulaski St	Auburn	13021	Cayuga County	Auburn City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 255-8760	387	44	8.8	79.1%	235 (60.7%)	50 (12.9%)	30 (7.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	71 (18.3%)	$15,981			$2,370			$13,611	16.4	11.8	2281	111

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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.