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)
362475003384	2421	School 9-Dr Martin Luther King Junior	Public	PK, KG-6	485 Clinton Ave N	Rochester	14605	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 325-7828	597	49	12.1	92.8%	12 (2.0%)	144 (24.1%)	427 (71.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.0%)	$12,409			$3,784			$8,625	5.3	3.1	2430	9
360585000318	2422	D'Youville-Porter Campus	Public	PK, KG-8	255 Porter Ave	Buffalo	14201	Erie County	Buffalo City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 816-3120	519	60	8.6	93.3%	18 (3.5%)	56 (10.8%)	413 (79.6%)	21 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.1%)	$14,257			$2,049			$12,208	5.3	4.5	2414	8
362475003379	2423	School 4-George Mather Forbes	Public	PK, KG-6	198 Dr Samuel McCree Way	Rochester	14611	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 235-7848	251	25	10.2	90.0%	15 (6.0%)	177 (70.5%)	49 (19.5%)	4 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.4%)	$19,818			$3,044			$16,774	5.2	4.1	2419	4
360585000317	2424	Ps 17	Public	PK, KG-4	1045 W Delavan Ave	Buffalo	14209	Erie County	Buffalo City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 816-3150	278	32	8.6	88.5%	17 (6.1%)	181 (65.1%)	38 (13.7%)	24 (8.6%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.8%)	$18,689			$3,358			$15,331	5.2	8.2	2355	69
362859003860	2425	Frazer K-8 School	Public	PK, KG-8	741 Park Ave	Syracuse	13204	Onondaga County	Syracuse City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 435-4555	787	72	10.9	93.6%	151 (19.2%)	323 (41.0%)	161 (20.5%)	55 (7.0%)	15 (1.9%)	1 (0.1%)	79 (10.0%)	$15,399			$4,032			$11,366	5	5.4	2395	30
360009102784	2426	Ps 270 Johann Dekalb	Public	PK, KG-5	241 Emerson Pl	Brooklyn	11205	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #13	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 623-5280	122	12	10.1	69.7%	21 (17.2%)	57 (46.7%)	31 (25.4%)	7 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	$37,773			$9,216			$28,557	4.7	4.8	2409	17
362859003846	2427	Bellevue Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	530 Stolp Ave	Syracuse	13207	Onondaga County	Syracuse City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 435-4520	399	43	9.3	93.5%	74 (18.5%)	207 (51.9%)	86 (21.6%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (7.0%)	$17,648			$3,583			$14,066	4.7	3	2431	4
362601003578	2428	Hamilton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1091 Webster St	Schenectady	12303	Schenectady County	Schenectady City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 881-3720	429	39	11.1	77.6%	59 (13.8%)	94 (21.9%)	135 (31.5%)	92 (21.4%)	4 (0.9%)	2 (0.5%)	43 (10.0%)	$13,952			$2,406			$11,545	4.5	4	2422	6
360585000310	2429	Herman Badillo Bilingual Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	315 Carolina St	Buffalo	14201	Erie County	Buffalo City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 816-3848	472	51	9.1	94.7%	16 (3.4%)	49 (10.4%)	391 (82.8%)	6 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.1%)	$14,318			$2,412			$11,906	4.5	4.1	2420	9
362475003404	2430	School 33-John James Audubon	Public	PK, KG-6	500 Webster Ave	Rochester	14609	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 482-9290	889	69	12.8	87.2%	32 (3.6%)	347 (39.0%)	469 (52.8%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (4.3%)	$13,957			$4,411			$9,546	4.4	4.2	2416	14

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About our rankings:

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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

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.