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)
360007806115	1	Special Music School	Public, Magnet, Alternative	K-12	129 W 67th St	New York	10023	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 3	No	Yes	No	No	(212) 501-3318	295	28	10.5	24.1%	102 (34.6%)	24 (8.1%)	50 (16.9%)	61 (20.7%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	56 (19.0%)	$16,803			$210			$16,592	99	98.5	6	5
360007604873	2	New Explorations Into Sciencetech And Math High School	Public, Magnet, Alternative	K-12	111 Columbia St	New York	10002	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 1	No	Yes	No	No	(212) 677-5190	1,610	97	16.5	29.1%	592 (36.8%)	87 (5.4%)	173 (10.7%)	597 (37.1%)	5 (0.3%)	5 (0.3%)	151 (9.4%)	$12,759			$581			$12,178	99	98.9	2
360007805773	3	Anderson School (The)	Public	K-8	100 W 77th St	New York	10024	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 3	No	No	No	No	(212) 595-7193	507	28	18.1	10.1%	226 (44.6%)	17 (3.4%)	43 (8.5%)	165 (32.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (10.8%)	$12,308			$534			$11,773	99	98.9	3
360007703548	4	Ps 77 Lower Lab School	Public, Magnet	K-5	1700 3rd Ave	New York	10128	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	Yes	No	No	(212) 427-2798	373	18	20.7	8.6%	140 (37.5%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.1%)	164 (44.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	47 (12.6%)	$11,531			$135			$11,396	98.9	98.7	4
360007905631	5	Tag Young Scholars	Public, Magnet	K-8	240 E 109th St	New York	10029	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 4	No	Yes	No	No	(212) 860-6003	554	31	17.7	29.2%	103 (18.6%)	64 (11.6%)	76 (13.7%)	256 (46.2%)	8 (1.4%)	7 (1.3%)	40 (7.2%)	$11,710			$510			$11,201	98.9	98.5	7	2
360010206477	6	30th Avenue School (The) (G & T Citywide)	Public, Magnet	K-8	28-37 29th St	Astoria	11102	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	Yes	No	No	(718) 726-0501	485	27	17.9	26.4%	126 (26.0%)	16 (3.3%)	49 (10.1%)	250 (51.5%)	4 (0.8%)	3 (0.6%)	37 (7.6%)	$12,650			$681			$11,969	98.9	98.6	5	1
360099506103	7	Icahn Charter School 4	Public, Charter	K-8	1500 Pelham Pkwy South	Bronx	10461	Bronx County	Icahn Charter School 4	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 828-0034	348	24	14.5	63.5%	3 (0.9%)	194 (55.7%)	115 (33.0%)	30 (8.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.1%)	$20,823			$1,608			$19,215	98.9	98.9	1	6
360008406382	8	Concourse Village Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	750 Concourse Village W	Bronx	10451	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 7	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 402-7503	219	19	11.5	78.1%	7 (3.2%)	64 (29.2%)	146 (66.7%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$23,631			$1,932			$21,699	98.8	92.1	174	166
360103906260	9	Success Academy Charter School-Upper West	Public, Charter	K-8	145 W 84th St-2nd Fl	New York	10024	New York County	Success Academy Charter School-Upper West	Yes	No	No	Yes	(646) 274-1580	943			50.6%	188 (19.9%)	172 (18.2%)	354 (37.5%)	155 (16.4%)	25 (2.7%)	1 (0.1%)	48 (5.1%)	$16,257			$366			$15,891	98.6	98	13	4
360010302159	10	Ps 35 Clove Valley School (The)	Public	K-5	60 Foote Ave	Staten Island	10301	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	No	(718) 442-3037	377	23	16.1	36.6%	188 (49.9%)	23 (6.1%)	77 (20.4%)	64 (17.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (6.1%)	$19,483			$1,653			$17,830	98.6	97.5	23	13

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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.