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)
362040001885	161	New Hyde Park Road School	Public	PK, KG-6	300 New Hyde Park Rd	New Hyde Park	11040	Nassau County	New Hyde Park-Garden City Park Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 434-2384	488	37	13.1	23.8%	92 (18.9%)	2 (0.4%)	94 (19.3%)	278 (57.0%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.5%)	$15,589			$639			$14,949	92.3	91.7	179	18
360699000487	162	Douglas G Grafflin School	Public	K-4	650 King St	Chappaqua	10514	Westchester County	Chappaqua Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 238-7204	423	34	12.4	5.4%	288 (68.1%)	4 (0.9%)	42 (9.9%)	59 (13.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (7.1%)	$18,922			$440			$18,483	92.3	96.5	51	111
362667003642	163	Tesago Elementary School	Public	K-5	970 Rt 146	Clifton Park	12065	Saratoga County	Shenendehowa Central School District	No	No	No	No	(518) 881-0570	397	27	14.6	11.8%	238 (59.9%)	8 (2.0%)	24 (6.0%)	100 (25.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (6.8%)	$16,764			$607			$16,157	92.3	87	286	123
360843000643	164	Cornwall-On-Hudson Elementary School	Public	K-4	234 Hudson St	Cornwall On Hudson	12520	Orange County	Cornwall Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 534-8009	248	18	13.7	1.2%	180 (72.6%)	8 (3.2%)	36 (14.5%)	9 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (6.0%)	$16,220			$2,905			$13,316	92.2	91.7	178	14
360095506027	165	Icahn Charter School 3	Public, Charter	K-8	1500 Pelham Pkwy S	Bronx	10461	Bronx County	Icahn Charter School 3	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 828-0034	334	29	11.5	70.4%	4 (1.2%)	195 (58.4%)	103 (30.8%)	21 (6.3%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (2.1%)	$19,263			$1,953			$17,310	92.2	95.3	81	84
360009202072	166	Magnet School Of Math Science & Design Technology	Public, Magnet	K-5	511 7th Ave	Brooklyn	11215	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #15	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 965-1190	813	61	13.4	22.4%	404 (49.7%)	54 (6.6%)	178 (21.9%)	84 (10.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	92 (11.3%)	$28,831			$5,356			$23,476	92.1	92.1	173	7
360699000489	167	Roaring Brook School	Public	K-4	530 Quaker Rd	Chappaqua	10514	Westchester County	Chappaqua Central School District	No	No	No	No	(914) 238-7205	432	34	12.6	4.6%	313 (72.5%)	7 (1.6%)	22 (5.1%)	63 (14.6%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.8%)	$17,723			$313			$17,410	92.1	92.9	153	14
360007706158	168	Battery Park City School	Public	PK, KG-8	55 Battery Pl	New York	10280	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 266-5800	803	62	12.9	21.3%	342 (42.6%)	34 (4.2%)	175 (21.8%)	176 (21.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	76 (9.5%)	$18,481			$976			$17,505	91.9	95.9	67	101
361581001367	169	Cantiague Elementary School	Public	K-5	678 Cantiague Rock Rd	Jericho	11753	Nassau County	Jericho Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 203-3650	423	30	14.3	18.9%	64 (15.1%)	11 (2.6%)	16 (3.8%)	321 (75.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.1%)	$29,452			$347			$29,105	91.7	93.1	147	22
360007702177	170	Ps 40 Augustus Saint-Gaudens	Public	PK, KG-5	320 E 20th St	New York	10003	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 475-5500	537	37	14.5	18.4%	297 (55.3%)	15 (2.8%)	92 (17.1%)	62 (11.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	70 (13.0%)	$15,380			$863			$14,516	91.6	95.2	84	86

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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:

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

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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.