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)
360117506654	711	Cypress Hills Ascend Charter School	Public, Charter	K-6	396 Grant Ave	Brooklyn	11208	Kings County	Cypress Hills Ascend Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(646) 644-1714	403	26	15.6	91.3%	3 (0.7%)	57 (14.1%)	300 (74.4%)	27 (6.7%)	12 (3.0%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	$21,859			$5,994			$15,865	67.9	67.4	737	26
361167000924	712	Cloverbank Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2761 Cloverbank Rd	Hamburg	14075	Erie County	Frontier Central School District	No	No	No	No	(716) 926-1760	531	40	13.3	30.1%	479 (90.2%)	4 (0.8%)	24 (4.5%)	8 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.0%)	$13,374			$1,627			$11,747	67.7	70.1	677	35
360009806223	713	Ace Academy For Scholars At The Geraldine Ferraro Campus	Public	PK, KG-5	55-20 Metropolitan Ave	Ridgewood	11385	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #24	No	No	No	No	(718) 571-6900	556	35	15.8	65.6%	178 (32.0%)	3 (0.5%)	299 (53.8%)	48 (8.6%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.3%)	$14,892			$558			$14,334	67.6	79	462	251
360010004734	714	Ps 161 Arthur Ashe School	Public	PK, KG-5	101-33 124th St	Jamaica	11419	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 441-5493	566	36	15.7	83.6%	10 (1.8%)	21 (3.7%)	91 (16.1%)	351 (62.0%)	73 (12.9%)	10 (1.8%)	10 (1.8%)	$18,619			$1,122			$17,497	67.6	58.1	974	260
361773001597	715	Lindell Boulevard School	Public	PK, KG-5	601 Lindell Blvd	Long Beach	11561	Nassau County	Long Beach City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 897-2209	449	47	9.6	18.5%	309 (68.8%)	27 (6.0%)	95 (21.2%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	11 (2.4%)	$27,775			$1,585			$26,190	67.6	78.9	466	249
360009202778	716	Ps 261 Zipporiah Mills	Public	PK, KG-5	314 Pacific St	Brooklyn	11201	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #15	No	No	No	No	(718) 330-9275	591	44	13.4	31.3%	289 (48.9%)	94 (15.9%)	114 (19.3%)	33 (5.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (9.8%)	$17,808			$1,162			$16,645	67.6	73	606	110
361536004796	717	Elma Primary School	Public	K-4	711 Rice Rd	Elma	14059	Erie County	Iroquois Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 652-3000	298	23	13.1	18.1%	281 (94.3%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (2.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.3%)	$17,062			$1,211			$15,851	67.6	73.5	595	122
360110206414	718	Canarsie Ascend Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	9719 Flatlands Ave	Brooklyn	11236	Kings County	Canarsie Ascend Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 907-0153	936	45	20.7	81.0%	5 (0.5%)	846 (90.4%)	53 (5.7%)	5 (0.5%)	12 (1.3%)	4 (0.4%)	11 (1.2%)	$16,455			$6,209			$10,246	67.5	71.5	639	79
362871003897	719	Tioga Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	41 5th Ave	Tioga Center	13845	Tioga County	Tioga Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 687-8002	344	28	12.3	40.7%	331 (96.2%)	2 (0.6%)	5 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.7%)	$11,455			$1,558			$9,897	67.5	70.9	656	63
361272001049	720	Richard J Bailey School	Public	4-6	33 Hillside Ave S	White Plains	10607	Westchester County	Greenburgh Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 948-8107	352	41	8.5	50.9%	43 (12.2%)	106 (30.1%)	176 (50.0%)	14 (4.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.1%)	$29,260			$962			$28,298	67.5	59.9	926	206

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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.