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)
362499003465	1881	Washington Rose School	Public	PK, KG-6	2 Rose Ave	Roosevelt	11575	Nassau County	Roosevelt Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 345-7600	637	45	14.1	54.5%	0 (0.0%)	200 (31.4%)	424 (66.6%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.3%)	$18,463			$2,641			$15,822	25.6	21	2011	130
360009102356	1882	Ps 93 William H Prescott	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	31 New York Ave	Brooklyn	11216	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #13	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 604-7363	172	15	11.4	97.7%	5 (2.9%)	108 (62.8%)	28 (16.3%)	17 (9.9%)	2 (1.2%)	10 (5.8%)	2 (1.2%)	$29,922			$7,230			$22,691	25.6	25	1899	17
361932001763	1883	William A Carter School	Public	K-5	345 Schutt Rd Ext	Middletown	10940	Orange County	Middletown City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 326-1711	777	65	11.9	75.9%	84 (10.8%)	187 (24.1%)	430 (55.3%)	27 (3.5%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	44 (5.7%)	$16,550			$825			$15,725	25.4	27.6	1819	64
362247003163	1884	Medford Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	281 Medford Ave	Patchogue	11772	Suffolk County	Patchogue-Medford Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 687-8300	451	41	11.1	41.9%	141 (31.3%)	22 (4.9%)	267 (59.2%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (3.8%)	$17,763			$2,037			$15,726	25.4	26.5	1858	26
362724003719	1885	Tanglewood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	60 Tanglewood Dr	South Glens Falls	12803	Saratoga County	South Glens Falls Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 793-5631	404	29	13.7	33.4%	384 (95.0%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.0%)	$12,466			$839			$11,627	25.4	20.4	2026	141
360849000657	1886	Coxsackie Elementary School	Public	K-4	24 Sunset Blvd	Coxsackie	12051	Greene County	Coxsackie-Athens Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 731-1770	236	29	8.2	40.3%	188 (79.7%)	4 (1.7%)	24 (10.2%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (7.2%)	$18,746			$3,361			$15,385	25.4	22.1	1981	95
360009206407	1887	Sunset Park Avenues Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4222 4th Ave	Brooklyn	11232	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #15	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 369-8330	349	29	12.2	74.5%	50 (14.3%)	2 (0.6%)	273 (78.2%)	21 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	$19,514			$2,130			$17,384	25.3	29.9	1754	133
361920001740	1888	Jericho Elementary School	Public	K-8	34 N Coleman Rd	Centereach	11720	Suffolk County	Middle Country Central School District	No	No	No	No	(631) 285-8600	413	25	16.7	36.6%	205 (49.6%)	20 (4.8%)	137 (33.2%)	35 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.9%)	$18,295			$00			$18,295	25.3	47.5	1226	662
361482001232	1889	Hornell Intermediate School	Public	2-6	71 Buffalo St	Hornell	14843	Steuben County	Hornell City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 324-1304	477	43	10.9	63.5%	403 (84.5%)	13 (2.7%)	23 (4.8%)	6 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (6.7%)	$16,789			$4,607			$12,182	25.3	30.4	1741	148
361518001274	1890	Ralph R Smith School	Public	K-5	16 Smith Ct	Hyde Park	12538	Dutchess County	Hyde Park Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 229-4060	340	37	9.2	53.5%	187 (55.0%)	46 (13.5%)	67 (19.7%)	10 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (8.8%)	$19,911			$2,713			$17,198	25.3	28.3	1803	87

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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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