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, November 14, 2024.

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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)
360747000529	1031	Bolivar Road Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	6983 Bolivar Rd	Chittenango	13037	Madison County	Chittenango Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 687-2882	494	35	14.1	36.6%	439 (88.9%)	5 (1.0%)	21 (4.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.5%)	$14,299			$1,451			$12,847	54.9	53	1082	51
360010302286	1032	Ps 69 Daniel D Tompkins	Public	PK, KG-5	144 Keating Pl	Staten Island	10314	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 698-6661	729	81	9	69.8%	264 (36.2%)	21 (2.9%)	154 (21.1%)	275 (37.7%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.6%)	$29,030			$1,590			$27,440	54.9	52.3	1099	67
361773001595	1033	East Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	456 Neptune Blvd	Long Beach	11561	Nassau County	Long Beach City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 897-2184	335	39	8.6	27.8%	193 (57.6%)	20 (6.0%)	101 (30.1%)	9 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.6%)	$27,288			$2,344			$24,944	54.9	61.2	886	147
362097002977	1034	North Collins Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	10469 Bantle Rd	North Collins	14111	Erie County	North Collins Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 337-0166	327	26	12.6	37.9%	283 (86.5%)	3 (0.9%)	17 (5.2%)	3 (0.9%)	13 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.4%)	$15,559			$907			$14,652	54.9	40.3	1431	397
360120706673	1035	Flatbush Ascend Charter School	Public, Charter	K-5	123 Linden Blvd	Brooklyn	11226	Kings County	Flatbush Ascend Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(646) 644-1714	306	18	17.1	88.6%	6 (2.0%)	250 (81.7%)	33 (10.8%)	2 (0.7%)	4 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (3.3%)	$21,462			$6,347			$15,115	54.8	67.2	742	293
361764001577	1036	Livonia Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6 Puppy Ln	Livonia	14487	Livingston County	Livonia Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 346-4000	623	53	11.7	34.5%	588 (94.4%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (2.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.6%)	$13,972			$1,654			$12,317	54.7	61.3	881	155
360107506307	1037	KIPP Nyc Washington Heights Academy Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	21 Jumel Pl-Rm D109	New York	10032	New York County	KIPP Nyc Washington Heights Academy Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(212) 991-2620	773	52	14.9	94.0%	10 (1.3%)	62 (8.0%)	675 (87.3%)	2 (0.3%)	7 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.2%)	$20,999			$2,401			$18,598	54.7	50.8	1142	105
361716001522	1038	Gardiners Avenue School	Public	K-5	610 Gardiners Ave	Levittown	11756	Nassau County	Levittown Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(516) 434-7451	526	43	12.3	15.8%	308 (58.6%)	11 (2.1%)	101 (19.2%)	93 (17.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.3%)	$19,291			$1,141			$18,150	54.6	78.4	475	563
361446004592	1039	Northwood Elementary School	Public	K-6	433 N Greece Rd	Hilton	14468	Monroe County	Hilton Central School District	No	No	No	No	(585) 392-1000	735	67	11	23.8%	618 (84.1%)	24 (3.3%)	42 (5.7%)	20 (2.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (4.1%)	$10,818			$00			$10,818	54.6	61.3	883	156
362217003140	1040	Owego Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2 Sheldon Guile Blvd	Owego	13827	Tioga County	Owego-Apalachin Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 687-7303	496	35	14.1	52.0%	465 (93.8%)	8 (1.6%)	9 (1.8%)	6 (1.2%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.8%)	$15,782			$1,550			$14,232	54.6	56.3	1008	32

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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.