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, December 14, 2023.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2023 vs 2022)
ID	Rank (of 2439)	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 (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Rank (2022)	Rank Change from 2022	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)
360009002209	2061	Ps 47 John Randolph	Public	K-5	1794 E 172nd St	Bronx	10472	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #12	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 824-0950	796	65	12.2	94.8%	18 (2.3%)	153 (19.2%)	501 (62.9%)	97 (12.2%)	17 (2.1%)	3 (0.4%)	7 (0.9%)	$20,327			$2,673			$17,654	19.2	17.8	2114	53
360008606121	2062	Grant Avenue Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	250 E 164th St	Bronx	10456	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 9	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 681-6288	362	37	9.7	97.2%	12 (3.3%)	87 (24.0%)	243 (67.1%)	9 (2.5%)	9 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	$22,865			$2,406			$20,459	19.1	27.7	1838	224
363024004063	2063	Watkins Glen Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	612 S Decatur St	Watkins Glen	14891	Schuyler County	Watkins Glen Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 535-3250	468	44	10.7	42.1%	440 (94.0%)	2 (0.4%)	7 (1.5%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.4%)	$11,594			$00			$11,594	19.1	30.1	1767	296
363096004159	2064	Park Avenue School	Public	1-5	955 Park Ave	Westbury	11590	Nassau County	Westbury Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 876-5109	556	49	11.3	60.6%	14 (2.5%)	121 (21.8%)	416 (74.8%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	$27,740			$3,576			$24,164	19.1	27.4	1842	222
360008302546	2065	Ps 152 Dyckman Valley	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	93 Nagle Ave	New York	10040	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	Yes	No	Yes	(212) 567-5456	481	38	12.7	94.4%	9 (1.9%)	21 (4.4%)	412 (85.7%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (7.3%)	$23,400			$2,794			$20,606	19.1	12.8	2256	191
360012002787	2066	Ps 273 Wortman	Public	PK, KG-5	923 Jerome St	Brooklyn	11207	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #19	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 649-5739	310	22	14	86.1%	3 (1.0%)	205 (66.1%)	96 (31.0%)	4 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	$24,643			$3,701			$20,942	19.1	11.6	2275	209
360010302075	2067	Ps 11 Thomas Dongan School	Public	PK, KG-5	85 Garretson Ave	Staten Island	10304	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 979-1030	327	26	12.7	77.1%	105 (32.1%)	48 (14.7%)	111 (33.9%)	53 (16.2%)	4 (1.2%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.5%)	$22,908			$1,431			$21,477	19	36.8	1564	503
360010306184	2068	Ps 74 Future Leaders Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	211 Daniel Low Terr	Staten Island	10301	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 727-5380	247	23	10.5	95.1%	15 (6.1%)	66 (26.7%)	150 (60.7%)	11 (4.5%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.2%)	$28,658			$2,515			$26,142	19	16.7	2146	78
360475704759	2069	Gilbertsville-Mount Upton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	693 State Hwy 51	Gilbertsville	13776	Otsego County	Gilbertsville-Mount Upton Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 783-2207	197	19	10.1	50.8%	192 (97.5%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$16,773			$3,339			$13,433	18.9	22.8	1967	102
360009802103	2070	Ps 19 Marino Jeantet	Public	PK, KG-5	44-10 99th St	Corona	11368	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #24	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 424-5859	1,654	139	11.9	86.0%	18 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1,593 (96.3%)	39 (2.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.2%)	$19,428			$1,010			$18,418	18.9	22.6	1974	96

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on NY State Assessments English Language Arts, NY State Assessments Math test scores released by the NY State Education Department.
These rankings were last updated on December 14, 2023, 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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.