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)
360007604869	1091	Ps 188 Island School (The)	Public	PK, KG-8	442 E Houston St	New York	10002	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 1	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 677-5710	336	35	9.6	95.8%	8 (2.4%)	111 (33.0%)	190 (56.5%)	9 (2.7%)	4 (1.2%)	7 (2.1%)	7 (2.1%)	$30,002			$2,784			$27,218	52.6	41.8	1391	300
360012202681	1092	Ps/Middle School 200 Magnet School-Global Studi	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	70-10 164th St	Flushing	11365	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #25	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 969-7780	511	51	10	71.4%	57 (11.2%)	93 (18.2%)	273 (53.4%)	62 (12.1%)	9 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.3%)	$20,039			$1,075			$18,964	52.5	59.2	947	145
361884001710	1093	McGraw Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	50 W Academy St	Mc Graw	13101	Cortland County	McGraw Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 836-3650	232	22	10.5	57.3%	225 (97.0%)	2 (0.9%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	$16,751			$3,289			$13,462	52.5	43.9	1335	242
360007802591	1094	Ps 165 Robert E Simon	Public	PK, KG-5	234 W 109th St	New York	10025	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 3	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 678-2873	383	31	12.3	61.4%	97 (25.3%)	61 (15.9%)	183 (47.8%)	29 (7.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.1%)	$21,424			$2,847			$18,577	52.5	62.8	847	247
360002904376	1095	Genesee Community Charter School	Public, Charter	K-6	657 East Ave	Rochester	14607	Monroe County	Genesee Community Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(585) 697-1960	214	15	14.2	48.1%	86 (40.2%)	70 (32.7%)	29 (13.6%)	3 (1.4%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (11.7%)	$16,023			$1,820			$14,203	52.5	55.2	1037	58
361797001613	1096	Lyndonville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	25 Housel Ave	Lyndonville	14098	Orleans County	Lyndonville Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 765-3122	358	13	26.7	53.4%	321 (89.7%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (6.4%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.1%)	$12,110			$237			$11,873	52.5	51.4	1118	22
360005504777	1097	Merrick Academy-Queens Public Charter School	Public, Charter	K-5	136-25 218th St	Springfield Gardens	11413	Queens County	Merrick Academy-Queens Public Charter School	Yes	No	No	No	(718) 479-3753	582	44	13.2	76.1%	4 (0.7%)	511 (87.8%)	42 (7.2%)	2 (0.3%)	9 (1.5%)	2 (0.3%)	12 (2.1%)	$20,771			$2,268			$18,503	52.5	51.3	1123	26
360008506506	1098	Bronx Delta School	Public	PK, KG-5	650 Hollywood Ave	Bronx	10465	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 8	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 319-7147	414	53	7.7	79.7%	45 (10.9%)	56 (13.5%)	288 (69.6%)	19 (4.6%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	$22,924			$1,678			$21,246	52.5	46.9	1249	151
360111506454	1099	Boys Preparatory Charter School Of New York	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-10	192 E 151st St	Bronx	10451	Bronx County	Boys Preparatory Charter School Of New York	Yes	No	No	Yes	(212) 346-6000	713	39	18.2	92.0%	8 (1.1%)	344 (48.2%)	347 (48.7%)	5 (0.7%)	6 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	$22,228			$6,010			$16,218	52.4	30.5	1732	633
362619003604	1100	Scio Central School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	3968 Washington St	Scio	14880	Allegany County	Scio Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 593-5510	265	39	6.8	54.0%	247 (93.2%)	8 (3.0%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.9%)	$20,943			$3,904			$17,040	52.4	62.5	861	239

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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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