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)
360684000469	1361	Clayton Huey Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	511 Main St	Center Moriches	11934	Suffolk County	Center Moriches Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 878-9780	598	42	14.2	27.6%	404 (67.6%)	20 (3.3%)	140 (23.4%)	5 (0.8%)	29 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$21,766			$1,226			$20,540	42.8	46	1279	82
362850003828	1362	Heritage Heights Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2545 Sweet Home Rd	Amherst	14228	Erie County	Sweet Home Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 250-1525	406	35	11.6	35.7%	213 (52.5%)	86 (21.2%)	33 (8.1%)	49 (12.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.9%)	$16,738			$1,888			$14,851	42.8	41.6	1399	37
360327003268	1363	Titusville Intermediate	Public	3-5	128 Meadow Ln	Poughkeepsie	12603	Dutchess County	Arlington Central School District	No	No	No	No	(845) 486-4470	409	36	11.3	31.1%	242 (59.2%)	39 (9.5%)	96 (23.5%)	15 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.2%)	$17,740			$567			$17,173	42.7	43.7	1340	23
360462000204	1364	Berlin Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	53 School St	Berlin	12022	Rensselaer County	Berlin Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 658-2127	273	35	7.9	59.7%	260 (95.2%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.7%)	$22,643			$1,719			$20,924	42.7	54.8	1045	319
361956004722	1365	Otisville Elementary School	Public	K-5	2525 Mt Hope Rd	Otisville	10963	Orange County	Minisink Valley Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 355-5851	589	46	12.8	29.9%	419 (71.1%)	32 (5.4%)	123 (20.9%)	9 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.0%)	$14,313			$1,596			$12,717	42.7	32.7	1664	299
361485001243	1366	Ridge Road School	Public	PK, KG-4	112 Ridge Rd	Horseheads	14845	Chemung County	Horseheads Central School District	No	No	No	No	(607) 739-6351	400	27	14.8	33.8%	351 (87.8%)	6 (1.5%)	15 (3.8%)	7 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.3%)	$12,427			$946			$11,481	42.7	43.4	1351	15
362166003071	1367	Madill School	Public	PK, KG-6	800 Jefferson Ave	Ogdensburg	13669	St. Lawrence County	Ogdensburg City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 393-7729	281	27	10.5	56.2%	276 (98.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	$21,757			$2,456			$19,301	42.7	46.2	1274	93
360015302230	1368	Ps 52 Sheepshead Bay	Public	PK, KG-5	2675 E 29th St	Brooklyn	11235	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #22	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 648-0882	741	49	15.1	83.4%	398 (53.7%)	84 (11.3%)	101 (13.6%)	139 (18.8%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	14 (1.9%)	$18,766			$1,652			$17,114	42.6	44.6	1320	48
362205003128	1369	Minetto Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	2411 County Rt 8	Minetto	13115	Oswego County	Oswego City School District	No	No	No	No	(315) 341-2600	390	38	10.3	42.1%	376 (96.4%)	2 (0.5%)	6 (1.5%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	$19,014			$3,537			$15,477	42.6	32.2	1681	312
360118306663	1370	Our World Neighborhood Charter School 2	Public, Charter	K-5	135-25 79th St	Howard Beach	11414	Queens County	Our World Neighborhood Charter School 2	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 392-3405	368	26	14.1	79.3%	11 (3.0%)	180 (48.9%)	146 (39.7%)	13 (3.5%)	6 (1.6%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (3.0%)	$18,317			$00			$18,317	42.5	32.8	1662	292

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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.