Best Elementary Schools in New York

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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)
361062000831	791	Alden Terrace School	Public	PK, KG-6	1835 Central Ave	Valley Stream	11580	Nassau County	Elmont Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 285-8310	401	41	9.8	46.6%	7 (1.7%)	162 (40.4%)	59 (14.7%)	159 (39.7%)	2 (0.5%)	7 (1.7%)	5 (1.2%)	$20,229			$1,977			$18,252	65	67.3	724	67
362832003816	792	Sloatsburg Elementary School	Public	K-5	11 Second St	Sloatsburg	10974	Rockland County	Suffern Central School District	No	No	No	No	(845) 753-2720	223	23	9.8		93 (41.7%)	23 (10.3%)	79 (35.4%)	10 (4.5%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (6.7%)	$24,815			$1,713			$23,102	65	63.2	836	44
360120806698	793	East Flatbush Ascend Charter School (Efacs)	Public, Charter	K-4	870 Albany Ave	Brooklyn	11203	Kings County	East Flatbush Ascend Charter School (Efacs)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(646) 644-1714	235	17	13.8	88.5%	7 (3.0%)	203 (86.4%)	9 (3.8%)	2 (0.9%)	10 (4.3%)	2 (0.9%)	2 (0.9%)	$19,797			$6,725			$13,072	65			(n/a)
360000204541	794	Sauquoit Valley Elementary School	Public	K-4	2640 Sulphur Springs Rd	Sauquoit	13456	Oneida County	Sauquoit Valley Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 839-6339	347	27	12.9	34.6%	320 (92.2%)	3 (0.9%)	13 (3.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.9%)	$12,287			$2,630			$9,657	65	61.4	885	91
362100002983	795	Latham Ridge School	Public	K-5	6 Mercer Ave	Latham	12110	Albany County	North Colonie Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 785-3211	455	37	12.3	22.9%	272 (59.8%)	24 (5.3%)	21 (4.6%)	104 (22.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (7.3%)	$12,521			$931			$11,590	64.9	68.3	706	89
360094405974	796	Kings Collegiate Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	905 Winthrop St	Brooklyn	11203	Kings County	Kings Collegiate Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(347) 390-0460	1,215	97	12.5	83.1%	12 (1.0%)	1,029 (84.7%)	145 (11.9%)	1 (0.1%)	9 (0.7%)	5 (0.4%)	14 (1.2%)	$17,506			$2,229			$15,277	64.9	51.9	1126	330
363126004185	797	Ridgeway School	Public	K-5	225 Ridgeway	White Plains	10605	Westchester County	White Plains City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 422-2081	588	53	11.1	42.7%	188 (32.0%)	60 (10.2%)	287 (48.8%)	23 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (5.1%)	$23,219			$377			$22,842	64.9	69.3	685	112
360702000496	798	Kaegebein School	Public	2-5	1690 Love Rd	Grand Island	14072	Erie County	Grand Island Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 773-8840	393	32	12.1	30.3%	332 (84.5%)	7 (1.8%)	23 (5.9%)	11 (2.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.6%)	$13,171			$1,622			$11,549	64.8	71.2	637	161
360009102069	799	Ps 9 Sarah Smith Garnet School (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	80 Underhill Ave	Brooklyn	11238	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #13	No	No	No	No	(718) 638-3260	732	53	13.8	38.4%	225 (30.7%)	260 (35.5%)	156 (21.3%)	59 (8.1%)	6 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (3.6%)	$16,617			$1,045			$15,572	64.8	67.1	731	68
362085003395	800	West Street Elementary School	Public	K-5	5700 West St	Sanborn	14132	Niagara County	Niagara-Wheatfield Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 215-3200	362	36	10.1	29.6%	284 (78.5%)	6 (1.7%)	22 (6.1%)	15 (4.1%)	8 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (7.5%)	$16,895			$2,248			$14,647	64.8	69.3	683	117

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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.