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)
361920001741	2141	New Lane Memorial Elementary School	Public	1-5	15 New Ln	Selden	11784	Suffolk County	Middle Country Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 285-8900	789	43	18.1	43.7%	391 (49.6%)	56 (7.1%)	248 (31.4%)	68 (8.6%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	24 (3.0%)	$16,965			$1,010			$15,955	17.2	14	2214	73
362070002901	2142	Balmville School	Public	PK, KG-5	5144 Rt 9w	Newburgh	12550	Orange County	Newburgh City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 563-8550	379	40	9.3	45.1%	54 (14.2%)	77 (20.3%)	205 (54.1%)	15 (4.0%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	24 (6.3%)								17.2	8.4	2353	211
362601003580	2143	Howe Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1065 Baker Ave	Schenectady	12308	Schenectady County	Schenectady City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 370-8295	363	34	10.5	68.9%	86 (23.7%)	76 (20.9%)	83 (22.9%)	64 (17.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (14.9%)	$16,493			$2,743			$13,750	17.2	25	1901	242
363012004051	2144	Knickerbocker School	Public	K-4	739 Knickerbocker Dr	Watertown	13601	Jefferson County	Watertown City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 785-3740	364	28	13	71.2%	249 (68.4%)	24 (6.6%)	40 (11.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (13.5%)	$11,522			$2,141			$9,381	17.1	14.9	2182	38
360008802394	2145	Ps 105 Senator Abraham Bernstein	Public	PK, KG-5	725 Brady Ave	Bronx	10462	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 824-7350	692	54	12.8	93.9%	83 (12.0%)	61 (8.8%)	440 (63.6%)	92 (13.3%)	7 (1.0%)	5 (0.7%)	4 (0.6%)	$22,474			$2,900			$19,574	17.1	25.8	1873	272
360585000381	2146	Waterfront Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	95 Fourth St	Buffalo	14202	Erie County	Buffalo City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 816-3900	761	68	11.1	93.4%	76 (10.0%)	330 (43.4%)	135 (17.7%)	196 (25.8%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	21 (2.8%)	$13,763			$2,066			$11,697	17.1	27.3	1831	315
360118806703	2147	Truxton Academy Charter School	Public, Charter	K-6	6337 Academy St	Truxton	13158	Cortland County	Truxton Academy Charter School	Yes	No	No	No	(607) 842-6252	101	8	12	47.5%	97 (96.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	$25,974			$318			$25,655	17.1	15.1	2174	27
360009602786	2148	Ps 272 Curtis Estabrook	Public	PK, KG-5	101-24 Seaview Ave	Brooklyn	11236	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #18	No	No	No	Yes	(929) 437-5000	349	32	10.9	92.0%	13 (3.7%)	254 (72.8%)	56 (16.0%)	2 (0.6%)	13 (3.7%)	9 (2.6%)	2 (0.6%)	$32,049			$4,496			$27,553	17.1	13	2238	90
360010302090	2149	Ps 16 John J Driscoll	Public	PK, KG-5	195 Daniel Low Ter	Staten Island	10301	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 447-0124	396	30	13.2	98.0%	22 (5.6%)	88 (22.2%)	260 (65.7%)	17 (4.3%)	5 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)	$28,506			$2,467			$26,039	17	12.2	2267	118
362475004361	2150	School 53 Montessori Academy	Public	PK, KG-6	625 Scio St	Rochester	14605	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 325-0935	255	22	11.5	77.6%	27 (10.6%)	178 (69.8%)	34 (13.3%)	7 (2.7%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.7%)	$14,184			$3,945			$10,239	17	13	2241	91

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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.
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.