Best Elementary Schools in New York

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2023 vs 2022)
ID	Rank (of 2439)	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 (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Rank (2022)	Rank Change from 2022	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)
361329001090	531	Signal Hill Elementary School	Public	K-5	670 Caledonia Rd	Dix Hills	11746	Suffolk County	Half Hollow Hills Central School District	No	No	No	No	(631) 592-3700	643	46	13.8	16.6%	356 (55.4%)	34 (5.3%)	98 (15.2%)	123 (19.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (4.8%)	$22,114			$689			$21,426	76.5	79.1	442	89
360007905530	532	Ps 83 Luis Munoz Rivera	Public	PK, KG-5	219 E 109th St	New York	10029	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 4	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 860-5847	301	25	12	92.7%	15 (5.0%)	48 (15.9%)	205 (68.1%)	26 (8.6%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	$25,664			$3,636			$22,028	76.4	74.5	549	17
362943003970	533	James A Dever School	Public	K-6	585 N Corona Ave	Valley Stream	11580	Nassau County	Valley Stream 13 Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(516) 568-6120	413	44	9.4	29.3%	158 (38.3%)	61 (14.8%)	91 (22.0%)	92 (22.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	8 (1.9%)	$21,922			$787			$21,135	76.3	73.9	561	28
361089000858	534	Brooks Hill School	Public	PK, KG-5	181 Hulburt Rd	Fairport	14450	Monroe County	Fairport Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 421-2170	558	56	9.9	24.0%	451 (80.8%)	18 (3.2%)	40 (7.2%)	28 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (3.6%)	$16,357			$1,878			$14,479	76.3	77.4	482	52
361053005577	535	Ellicottville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5873 Rt 219	Ellicottville	14731	Cattaraugus County	Ellicottville Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 699-2318	245	20	12.2	37.6%	225 (91.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.1%)	$18,643			$2,024			$16,619	76.3	64.3	804	269
360012202109	536	Ps 21 Edward Hart	Public	PK, KG-5	147-36 26th Ave	Flushing	11354	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #25	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 445-8833	1,073	73	14.6	78.3%	60 (5.6%)	13 (1.2%)	352 (32.8%)	625 (58.2%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (1.9%)	$17,603			$1,206			$16,397	76.3	76.3	508	28
362667003639	537	Orenda Elementary School	Public	K-5	970 Rt 146	Clifton Park	12065	Saratoga County	Shenendehowa Central School District	No	No	No	No	(518) 881-0550	537	38	14.1	15.5%	415 (77.3%)	9 (1.7%)	49 (9.1%)	32 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (6.0%)	$12,390			$365			$12,025	76.2	89.2	214	323
361119000888	538	Fonda-Fultonville K-4 School	Public	PK, KG-4	112 Old Johnstown Rd	Fonda	12068	Montgomery County	Fonda-Fultonville Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 853-3332	525	38	13.8	42.5%	478 (91.0%)	1 (0.2%)	30 (5.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.7%)	$13,180			$3,202			$9,977	76.2	80.4	415	123
360009802739	539	Ps 229 Emanuel Kaplan	Public	PK, KG-5	67-25 51st Rd	Woodside	11377	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #24	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 446-2120	1,114	66	17	75.1%	155 (13.9%)	18 (1.6%)	485 (43.5%)	440 (39.5%)	3 (0.3%)	4 (0.4%)	9 (0.8%)	$17,986			$1,203			$16,783	76.1	72.6	596	57
360105606317	540	Central Queens Academy Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	88-14 Justice Ave	Elmhurst	11373	Queens County	Central Queens Academy Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 271-6200	709	56	12.5	84.3%	45 (6.3%)	35 (4.9%)	448 (63.2%)	165 (23.3%)	6 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	9 (1.3%)	$17,962			$00			$17,962	76.1			(n/a)

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on NY State Assessments English Language Arts, NY State Assessments Math test scores released by the NY State Education Department.
These rankings were last updated on December 14, 2023, 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.