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)
361362001117	651	Thomas J Lahey Elementary School	Public	3-5	625 Pulaski Rd	Greenlawn	11740	Suffolk County	Harborfields Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 754-5400	581	54	10.7	14.3%	403 (69.4%)	14 (2.4%)	117 (20.1%)	29 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.1%)	$20,741			$898			$19,843	69.6	80.2	433	218
360094405974	652	Kings Collegiate Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	905 Winthrop St	Brooklyn	11203	Kings County	Kings Collegiate Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(347) 390-0460	1,205	101	11.9	85.1%	9 (0.7%)	1,018 (84.5%)	143 (11.9%)	3 (0.2%)	10 (0.8%)	5 (0.4%)	17 (1.4%)	$17,506			$2,229			$15,277	69.6	64.9	796	144
360106406305	653	Beginning With Children Charter School II	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-10	215 Heyward St	Brooklyn	11206	Kings County	Beginning With Children Charter School II	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 302-7700	712	67	10.6	90.4%	16 (2.2%)	180 (25.3%)	501 (70.4%)	6 (0.8%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.6%)	$24,414			$2,039			$22,376	69.6	70	685	32
360008604808	654	Ps 204 Morris Heights	Public	PK, KG-5	1780 Dr M L King Jr Blvd	Bronx	10453	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 9	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 960-9520	550	51	10.8	91.3%	11 (2.0%)	132 (24.0%)	395 (71.8%)	4 (0.7%)	6 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	$21,561			$2,489			$19,072	69.6	57.5	983	329
360100006112	655	Excellence Girls Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	794 Monroe St-3rd Fl	Brooklyn	11221	Kings County	Excellence Girls Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 638-1875	876	87	10	81.2%	10 (1.1%)	682 (77.9%)	137 (15.6%)	19 (2.2%)	17 (1.9%)	6 (0.7%)	5 (0.6%)	$20,955			$2,760			$18,195	69.5	55.7	1023	368
361107004552	656	Fillmore Central School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	104 W Main St	Fillmore	14735	Allegany County	Fillmore Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 567-2289	608	68	8.9	50.7%	589 (96.9%)	3 (0.5%)	9 (1.5%)	5 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$14,407			$2,175			$12,232	69.5	62.2	867	211
361098000881	657	Woodward Parkway Elementary School	Public	K-5	95 Woodward Pky	Farmingdale	11735	Nassau County	Farmingdale Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(516) 434-5810	775	64	12	31.6%	412 (53.2%)	47 (6.1%)	240 (31.0%)	55 (7.1%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.2%)	$22,006			$430			$21,575	69.5	69.4	697	40
360012302454	658	Ps 123	Public	PK, KG-5	145-01 119th Ave	South Ozone Park	11436	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #27	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 529-4300	545	34	16.1	86.4%	18 (3.3%)	290 (53.2%)	91 (16.7%)	78 (14.3%)	44 (8.1%)	8 (1.5%)	16 (2.9%)	$20,323			$1,602			$18,721	69.5	58.4	965	307
362094002975	659	Park Avenue School	Public	K-6	1599 Park Ave	North Merrick	11566	Nassau County	North Bellmore Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 992-3117	327	26	12.5	17.1%	225 (68.8%)	17 (5.2%)	45 (13.8%)	36 (11.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	$16,378			$1,158			$15,220	69.4	65.4	782	123
361308001073	660	Westmere Elementary School	Public	K-5	6270 Johnston Rd	Albany	12203	Albany County	Guilderland Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 456-3771	536	50	10.8	24.6%	317 (59.1%)	43 (8.0%)	64 (11.9%)	76 (14.2%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	31 (5.8%)	$12,946			$848			$12,098	69.4	55.4	1027	367

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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.