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)
360996000770	1271	Rhame Avenue Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	100 Rhame Ave	East Rockaway	11518	Nassau County	East Rockaway Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(516) 887-8300	312	26	11.9	1.0%	168 (53.8%)	13 (4.2%)	90 (28.8%)	16 (5.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (7.7%)	$22,630			$754			$21,876	45.5	45.5	1294	23
363006004041	1272	Waterford-Halfmoon Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	125 Middletown Rd	Waterford	12188	Saratoga County	Waterford-Halfmoon Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 237-0800	402	34	11.8	44.8%	349 (86.8%)	5 (1.2%)	15 (3.7%)	7 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	24 (6.0%)	$11,246			$134			$11,112	45.5	42.3	1383	111
362838004570	1273	F P Donnelly School	Public	PK, KG-5	1168 Conklin Rd	Conklin	13748	Broome County	Susquehanna Valley Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 775-0176	295	18	16.1	47.8%	250 (84.7%)	3 (1.0%)	17 (5.8%)	7 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	16 (5.4%)	$13,022			$1,795			$11,227	45.5	54.6	1050	223
362919004753	1274	George Grant Mason Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	11 Hillside Ave	Tuxedo Park	10987	Orange County	Tuxedo Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 351-4797	104	15	6.8	32.7%	52 (50.0%)	15 (14.4%)	35 (33.7%)	2 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$39,775			$1,489			$38,286	45.5	62.1	871	403
362961003987	1275	Glenwood Elementary School	Public	K-5	337 Jones Rd	Vestal	13850	Broome County	Vestal Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 757-2391	317	26	12.1	31.9%	270 (85.2%)	9 (2.8%)	10 (3.2%)	10 (3.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.4%)	$15,441			$736			$14,705	45.3	51	1132	143
360009102069	1276	Ps 9 Sarah Smith Garnet School (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	80 Underhill Ave	Brooklyn	11238	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #13	No	No	No	No	(718) 638-3260	732	53	13.8	38.4%	225 (30.7%)	260 (35.5%)	156 (21.3%)	59 (8.1%)	6 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (3.6%)	$16,617			$1,045			$15,572	45.3	64.8	799	477
362580003544	1277	Cahill School	Public	K-6	134 Main St	Saugerties	12477	Ulster County	Saugerties Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 247-6800	398	38	10.5	54.8%	242 (60.8%)	1 (0.3%)	105 (26.4%)	13 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (9.3%)	$20,162			$2,809			$17,353	45.3	45.1	1307	30
363016004573	1278	Memorial Park Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	145 E Bacon St	Waterville	13480	Oneida County	Waterville Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 841-3784	396	34	11.7	51.0%	386 (97.5%)	4 (1.0%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$19,764			$1,274			$18,490	45.3	45.1	1308	30
362037001878	1279	Myles Elementary School	Public	K-6	100 Clinton Rd	New Hartford	13413	Oneida County	New Hartford Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 738-9600	355	32	10.9	33.8%	292 (82.3%)	4 (1.1%)	22 (6.2%)	22 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	13 (3.7%)	$14,144			$1,281			$12,863	45.3	56.9	998	281
360101506206	1280	Brooklyn Dreams Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	259 Parkville Ave	Brooklyn	11230	Kings County	Brooklyn Dreams Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 859-8400	616	26	23.6	70.1%	29 (4.7%)	382 (62.0%)	122 (19.8%)	69 (11.2%)	8 (1.3%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.6%)	$17,015			$2,542			$14,473	45.3	48	1218	62

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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.