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)
361608001388	131	Increase Miller Elementary School	Public	K-5	186 Waccabuc Rd	Goldens Bridge	10536	Westchester County	Katonah-Lewisboro Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(914) 763-7155	497	43	11.5	6.8%	385 (77.5%)	4 (0.8%)	51 (10.3%)	15 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (8.5%)	$21,261			$348			$20,913	93.5	86.8	291	160
363147004210	132	Dodge Elementary School	Public	K-4	1900 Dodge Rd	East Amherst	14051	Erie County	Williamsville Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 626-9820	600	57	10.5	26.2%	412 (68.7%)	22 (3.7%)	35 (5.8%)	91 (15.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (6.7%)	$15,785			$993			$14,792	93.5	90.6	204	72
360111606476	133	Success Academy Charter School - Rosedale	Public, Charter	K-8	147-65 249th St	Rosedale	11422	Queens County	Success Academy Charter School - Rosedale	Yes	No	No	Yes	(347) 514-7060	1,270			59.7%	16 (1.3%)	965 (76.0%)	134 (10.6%)	60 (4.7%)	26 (2.0%)	13 (1.0%)	56 (4.4%)	$14,417			$717			$13,701	93.5	95.2	83	50
360984000754	134	Barnum Woods School	Public	K-5	500 May Ln	East Meadow	11554	Nassau County	East Meadow Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(516) 564-6500	786	63	12.4	18.3%	318 (40.5%)	58 (7.4%)	154 (19.6%)	225 (28.6%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	26 (3.3%)	$14,562			$1,136			$13,426	93.4	90.4	207	73
362637003615	135	Sea Cliff Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	280 Carpenter Ave	Sea Cliff	11579	Nassau County	North Shore Central School District	No	No	No	No	(516) 277-7501	341	34	10.1		260 (76.2%)	2 (0.6%)	33 (9.7%)	19 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (7.9%)	$31,190			$632			$30,557	93.4	92.3	170	35
360843000644	136	Willow Avenue Elementary School	Public	K-4	67 Willow Ave	Cornwall	12518	Orange County	Cornwall Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 534-8009	239	15	15.4	1.3%	166 (69.5%)	9 (3.8%)	46 (19.2%)	9 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	8 (3.3%)	$16,263			$2,244			$14,019	93.4	90.1	215	79
360011902156	137	Ps 34 Oliver H Perry	Public	PK, KG-5	131 Norman Ave	Brooklyn	11222	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #14	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 389-5842	413	30	13.7	24.9%	287 (69.5%)	3 (0.7%)	65 (15.7%)	21 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	36 (8.7%)	$18,363			$1,776			$16,587	93.3	89.7	221	84
362526003489	138	Midland School	Public	K-5	Midland Ave	Rye	10580	Westchester County	Rye City School District	No	No	No	No	(914) 967-6100	452	44	10.3		348 (77.0%)	3 (0.7%)	38 (8.4%)	38 (8.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.5%)	$26,439			$414			$26,026	93.3	95.8	70	68
360101106211	139	Success Academy Charter School-Bronx 1	Public, Charter	K-6	339 Morris Ave-2nd Fl	Bronx	10451	Bronx County	Success Academy Charter School-Bronx 1	Yes	No	No	Yes	(347) 286-7950	429			86.0%	3 (0.7%)	278 (64.8%)	123 (28.7%)	13 (3.0%)	7 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	$17,691			$467			$17,224	93.3	93.9	129	10
360007902605	140	Ps 171 Patrick Henry	Public	PK, KG-8	19 E 103rd St	New York	10029	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 4	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 860-5801	774	44	17.7	81.0%	38 (4.9%)	190 (24.5%)	446 (57.6%)	64 (8.3%)	9 (1.2%)	11 (1.4%)	16 (2.1%)	$17,663			$1,920			$15,742	93.2	98.3	10	130

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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.