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)
360936000714	1021	Duanesburg Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	165 Chadwick Rd	Delanson	12053	Schenectady County	Duanesburg Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 895-2580	332	23	14.5	26.2%	311 (93.7%)	1 (0.3%)	16 (4.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	$11,473			$1,290			$10,182	55.7	66.8	744	277
363192004247	1022	Yonkers Montessori Academy	Public, Magnet, Alternative	PK, KG-12	160 Woodlawn Ave	Yonkers	10704	Westchester County	Yonkers City School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(914) 376-8540	1,261	85	14.8	67.9%	410 (32.5%)	139 (11.0%)	620 (49.2%)	50 (4.0%)	4 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	37 (2.9%)	$20,769			$1,270			$19,500	55.7	58.7	957	65
360100006112	1023	Excellence Girls Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	794 Monroe St-3rd Fl	Brooklyn	11221	Kings County	Excellence Girls Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 638-1875	1,050	91	11.5	77.5%	15 (1.4%)	781 (74.4%)	186 (17.7%)	30 (2.9%)	23 (2.2%)	8 (0.8%)	7 (0.7%)	$20,955			$2,760			$18,195	55.7	36.7	1569	546
360015202619	1024	Ps 177 Marlboro (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	346 Ave P	Brooklyn	11204	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #21	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 375-9506	869	57	15.1	80.1%	329 (37.9%)	14 (1.6%)	262 (30.1%)	255 (29.3%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	6 (0.7%)	$18,643			$1,408			$17,236	55.6	49	1199	175
360009802081	1025	Ps 13 Clement C Moore	Public	PK, KG-5	55-01 94th St	Elmhurst	11373	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #24	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 271-1021	1,026	74	13.8	83.4%	53 (5.2%)	79 (7.7%)	617 (60.1%)	270 (26.3%)	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	$18,812			$1,454			$17,358	55.5	54.2	1069	44
360010302201	1026	Ps 45 John Tyler	Public	PK, KG-5	58 Lawrence Ave	Staten Island	10310	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 442-6123	797	52	15.3	67.0%	189 (23.7%)	141 (17.7%)	347 (43.5%)	74 (9.3%)	8 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (4.8%)	$18,307			$1,176			$17,131	55.5	52.9	1101	75
361308001073	1027	Westmere Elementary School	Public	K-5	6270 Johnston Rd	Albany	12203	Albany County	Guilderland Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 456-3771	539	46	11.6	26.0%	330 (61.2%)	43 (8.0%)	56 (10.4%)	77 (14.3%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.7%)	28 (5.2%)	$12,946			$848			$12,098	55.4	66.7	752	275
362535003512	1028	Waverly Avenue School	Public	K-5	1111 Waverly Ave	Holtsville	11742	Suffolk County	Sachem Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 654-8690	463	39	11.8	26.3%	288 (62.2%)	13 (2.8%)	112 (24.2%)	25 (5.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.2%)	$17,757			$1,337			$16,421	55.4	49.1	1197	169
363036004792	1029	Schlegel Road Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1548 Schlegel Rd	Webster	14580	Monroe County	Webster Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 265-2500	446	34	13.1	26.0%	375 (84.1%)	12 (2.7%)	30 (6.7%)	8 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.7%)	$14,098			$1,507			$12,590	55.4	66.8	745	284
360999000779	1030	Woodland Elementary School	Public	K-5	100 Spartan Way	East Syracuse	13057	Onondaga County	East Syracuse Minoa Central School District	No	No	No	No	(315) 434-3440	291	24	12.2	82.1%	232 (79.7%)	10 (3.4%)	10 (3.4%)	22 (7.6%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (4.8%)	$15,577			$1,855			$13,722	55.4	56.5	1011	19

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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.