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, December 14, 2023.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2023 vs 2022)
ID	Rank (of 2439)	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 (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Rank (2022)	Rank Change from 2022	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)
361719004833	521	Intermediate Education Center	Public	3-5	4061 Creek Rd	Youngstown	14174	Niagara County	Lewiston-Porter Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 286-7252	380	31	12.2	28.4%	341 (89.7%)	3 (0.8%)	10 (2.6%)	4 (1.1%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.0%)	$16,799			$1,662			$15,137	76.9	78.6	455	66
360007605615	522	East Village Community School (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	185 1st Ave	New York	10003	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 1	No	No	No	No	(212) 533-5340	471	46	10.2	49.9%	163 (34.6%)	48 (10.2%)	179 (38.0%)	36 (7.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (9.1%)	$26,016			$985			$25,031	76.9	68.4	703	181
360384000138	523	Steele Elementary School	Public	K-5	860 Church St	Baldwin	11510	Nassau County	Baldwin Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 434-6700	310	25	12.1	40.0%	23 (7.4%)	108 (34.8%)	137 (44.2%)	31 (10.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	8 (2.6%)	$17,966			$1,518			$16,448	76.9	74.2	553	30
362088002957	524	Hillside School	Public	K-5	1100 Cornelius Ave	Schenectady	12309	Schenectady County	Niskayuna Central School District	No	No	No	No	(518) 377-1856	389	34	11.5	21.3%	255 (65.6%)	24 (6.2%)	31 (8.0%)	48 (12.3%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (7.2%)	$12,566			$567			$12,000	76.9	85.7	285	239
360010204785	525	Ps 212	Public	PK, KG-5	34-25 82nd St	Jackson Heights	11372	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 898-6973	616	52	11.8	60.6%	62 (10.1%)	6 (1.0%)	392 (63.6%)	134 (21.8%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	18 (2.9%)	$20,038			$1,562			$18,476	76.8	70.9	642	117
362034001872	526	New City Elementary School	Public	K-5	60 Crestwood Dr	New City	10956	Rockland County	Clarkstown Central School District	No	No	No	No	(845) 624-3467	435	39	11		200 (46.0%)	16 (3.7%)	131 (30.1%)	65 (14.9%)	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	17 (3.9%)	$18,668			$832			$17,836	76.8	78.1	463	63
360119606691	527	Dream Charter School Mott Haven	Public, Charter	K-8	20 Bruckner Blvd	Bronx	10454	Bronx County	Dream Charter School Mott Haven	Yes	No	No	Yes	(212) 722-1608	354	31	11.4	87.6%	4 (1.1%)	124 (35.0%)	216 (61.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	6 (1.7%)	$16,626			$00			$16,626	76.8			(n/a)
363171004229	528	Ogden Elementary School	Public	2-5	875 Longview Ave	Valley Stream	11581	Nassau County	Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 792-4700	322	35	9.2	32.3%	166 (51.6%)	41 (12.7%)	66 (20.5%)	41 (12.7%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.9%)	$29,523			$316			$29,207	76.8	79.8	430	98
362667003633	529	Arongen Elementary School	Public	K-5	489 Clifton Pk Ctr Rd	Clifton Park	12065	Saratoga County	Shenendehowa Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 881-0510	601	50	12	23.6%	380 (63.2%)	31 (5.2%)	58 (9.7%)	81 (13.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (8.5%)	$13,102			$579			$12,523	76.8	75.1	531	2
362718003701	530	Somers Intermediate School	Public	3-5	240 Rt 202	Somers	10589	Westchester County	Somers Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 277-4344	524	51	10.2	11.3%	411 (78.4%)	3 (0.6%)	77 (14.7%)	13 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.8%)	$24,597			$615			$23,983	76.7	76.1	514	16

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on NY State Assessments English Language Arts, NY State Assessments Math test scores released by the NY State Education Department.
These rankings were last updated on December 14, 2023, 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.