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)
360765000547	1281	Guardino Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	600 High St	Clayton	13624	Jefferson County	Thousand Islands Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 686-5594	263	24	11	36.9%	248 (94.3%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.8%)	$11,069			$1,355			$9,714	45.2	44.1	1332	51
361752001569	1282	Morgan Road Elementary School	Public	3-5	7795 Wetzel Rd	Liverpool	13090	Onondaga County	Liverpool Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 453-1268	392	29	13.6	38.3%	283 (72.2%)	46 (11.7%)	26 (6.6%)	13 (3.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	22 (5.6%)	$15,721			$2,267			$13,454	45.2	39.1	1471	189
361965001792	1283	Central Valley Elementary School	Public	2-5	45 Rt 32	Central Valley	10917	Orange County	Monroe-Woodbury Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 460-6700	396	32	12.4	46.0%	116 (29.3%)	64 (16.2%)	166 (41.9%)	30 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	19 (4.8%)	$21,164			$991			$20,173	45.2	45.8	1287	4
362076002920	1284	Newfane Elementary School	Public	K-4	2909 Transit Rd	Newfane	14108	Niagara County	Newfane Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 778-6376	481	41	11.7	43.7%	432 (89.8%)	6 (1.2%)	13 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.8%)	$15,597			$1,234			$14,363	45.2	58.2	970	314
360009802340	1285	Ps 88 Seneca	Public	PK, KG-5	60-85 Catalpa Ave	Ridgewood	11385	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #24	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 821-8121	687	47	14.6	76.7%	197 (28.7%)	7 (1.0%)	413 (60.1%)	55 (8.0%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.5%)	$22,252			$1,918			$20,334	45.1	36.3	1548	263
360327000096	1286	West Road/D'Aquannis Intermediate School	Public	3-5	181 West Rd	Pleasant Valley	12569	Dutchess County	Arlington Central School District	No	No	No	No	(845) 635-4310	327	29	11.1	36.7%	208 (63.6%)	15 (4.6%)	76 (23.2%)	3 (0.9%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	22 (6.7%)	$18,692			$1,450			$17,242	45.1	36.6	1537	251
362895003917	1287	Ps 18	Public	K-5	412 Hoosick St	Troy	12180	Rensselaer County	Troy City School District	No	No	No	No	(518) 328-5501	297	35	8.3	48.1%	177 (59.6%)	37 (12.5%)	46 (15.5%)	11 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (8.8%)								45	44.1	1330	43
361476001228	1288	Hoosick Falls Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	21187 Ny Rt 22	Hoosick Falls	12090	Rensselaer County	Hoosick Falls Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 686-9492	413	23	17.7	59.8%	376 (91.0%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (3.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.1%)	$14,387			$2,103			$12,284	45	34.7	1595	307
360012302369	1289	Ps 97 Forest Park	Public	PK, KG-5	85-52 85th St	Woodhaven	11421	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #27	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 849-4870	570	42	13.5	86.5%	26 (4.6%)	15 (2.6%)	431 (75.6%)	80 (14.0%)	7 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (1.8%)	$18,769			$1,039			$17,730	45	37.4	1512	223
360726000512	1290	Chenango Forks Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6 Patch Rd	Binghamton	13901	Broome County	Chenango Forks Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 648-7580	604	42	14.4	42.9%	550 (91.1%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (4.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.1%)	$13,613			$1,603			$12,010	45	52.7	1091	199

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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.

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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.