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)
360010202534	1891	Ps 148	Public	PK, KG-5	89-02 32nd Ave	East Elmhurst	11369	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 898-8181	678	46	14.6	79.4%	19 (2.8%)	7 (1.0%)	543 (80.1%)	104 (15.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.6%)	$21,662			$2,035			$19,626	25.2	29	1783	108
360504000244	1892	West Leyden Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1157 Fish Creek Rd	West Leyden	13489	Lewis County	Adirondack Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 942-9280	123	9	13.4	48.8%	119 (96.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.3%)	$15,528			$00			$15,528	25.2	41.8	1392	500
360008102680	1893	Ps 200 James McCune Smith School (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	2589 7th Ave	New York	10039	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 5	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 491-6636	284	22	12.9	95.1%	7 (2.5%)	164 (57.7%)	85 (29.9%)	2 (0.7%)	26 (9.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$30,042			$2,662			$27,380	25.2	24.2	1914	21
362205003124	1894	Charles E Riley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	269 E 8th St	Oswego	13126	Oswego County	Oswego City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 341-2800	379	28	13.7	63.1%	324 (85.5%)	8 (2.1%)	28 (7.4%)	8 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.9%)	$18,186			$3,736			$14,450	25.2	32.2	1678	216
363003004037	1895	Round Hill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1314 Rt 208	Washingtonville	10992	Orange County	Washingtonville Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 497-4000	653	51	12.9	38.0%	359 (55.0%)	54 (8.3%)	206 (31.5%)	10 (1.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (3.4%)	$14,903			$540			$14,363	25.1	26.4	1859	36
361995001824	1896	Mount Kisco Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	47 W Hyatt Ave	Mount Kisco	10549	Westchester County	Bedford Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 666-2677	521	38	13.8	66.8%	87 (16.7%)	8 (1.5%)	409 (78.5%)	5 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.1%)	$25,112			$1,958			$23,154	25.1	23.6	1933	37
362490003450	1897	Stokes Elementary School	Public	K-6	9095 Turin Rd	Rome	13440	Oneida County	Rome City School District	No	No	No	No	(315) 334-1221	313	29	10.8	35.1%	290 (92.7%)	5 (1.6%)	11 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.2%)	$15,736			$1,022			$14,714	25.1	33	1656	241
362121002994	1898	Allen Road Elementary School	Public	K-4	803 Allen Rd	North Syracuse	13212	Onondaga County	North Syracuse Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 218-2300	333	28	11.8	36.9%	251 (75.4%)	20 (6.0%)	21 (6.3%)	9 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (9.6%)	$16,224			$2,807			$13,417	25.1	23.4	1941	43
360009702788	1899	Ps 274 Kosciusko	Public	PK, KG-5	800 Bushwick Ave	Brooklyn	11221	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #32	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 642-5300	279	23	12.3	90.0%	5 (1.8%)	35 (12.5%)	232 (83.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	$26,474			$2,754			$23,721	25	10.9	2305	406
360303000077	1900	Andover Elementary School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	31-35 Elm St	Andover	14806	Allegany County	Andover Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 478-8491	249	19	13.1	47.8%	240 (96.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.4%)	$25,782			$4,537			$21,245	25	19.3	2057	157

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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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Charter Schools vs Regular Public Schools: Understanding the Key Differences

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.