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)
360009902129	661	Ps 26 Rufus King	Public	PK, KG-5	195-02 69th Ave	Flushing	11365	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #26	No	No	No	No	(718) 464-4505	581	39	14.9	66.4%	87 (15.0%)	37 (6.4%)	102 (17.6%)	339 (58.3%)	9 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.2%)	$18,052			$675			$17,376	69.4	75.5	554	107
362010001837	662	Lincoln School	Public	K-8	170 E Lincoln Ave	Mount Vernon	10552	Westchester County	Mount Vernon School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 665-5039	498	43	11.5	64.9%	53 (10.6%)	217 (43.6%)	216 (43.4%)	6 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.8%)	$17,461			$1,182			$16,278	69.4	64.3	809	147
361089000865	663	Northside School	Public	3-5	181 Hamilton Rd	Fairport	14450	Monroe County	Fairport Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 421-2140	590	46	12.8	22.4%	506 (85.8%)	13 (2.2%)	38 (6.4%)	9 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.1%)	$12,419			$1,570			$10,849	69.4	69.6	692	29
361155000910	664	Bayview Avenue School	Public, Magnet	K-4	325 W Merrick Rd	Freeport	11520	Nassau County	Freeport Union Free School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(516) 867-5255	516	47	11	68.8%	6 (1.2%)	93 (18.0%)	403 (78.1%)	10 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	$20,648			$489			$20,159	69.4	56	1015	351
360009802423	665	Ps/Is 113 Anthony J Pranzo	Public	PK, KG-8	78-23 87th St	Glendale	11385	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #24	No	No	No	No	(718) 847-0724	803	51	15.7	52.9%	348 (43.3%)	12 (1.5%)	337 (42.0%)	88 (11.0%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	13 (1.6%)	$15,619			$823			$14,796	69.3	72.7	612	53
361062000834	666	Dutch Broadway School	Public	PK, KG-6	1880 Dutch Broadway	Elmont	11003	Nassau County	Elmont Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 326-5550	678	66	10.2	47.6%	10 (1.5%)	353 (52.1%)	152 (22.4%)	135 (19.9%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	23 (3.4%)	$17,823			$1,419			$16,403	69.3	72.5	617	49
360647000427	667	F S Banford Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	99 State St	Canton	13617	St. Lawrence County	Canton Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 386-8561	434	27	16	42.6%	399 (91.9%)	2 (0.5%)	9 (2.1%)	11 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.0%)	$9,641			$00			$9,641	69.3	47.7	1225	558
360288000059	668	Amagansett School	Public	PK, KG-6	320 Main Street	Amagansett	11930	Suffolk County	Amagansett Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(631) 267-3572	125	20	6.3		93 (74.4%)	3 (2.4%)	27 (21.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.6%)	$50,644			$688			$49,956	69.2	75.6	549	119
362988004015	669	Fishkill Plains Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	17 Lake Walton Rd	Wappingers Falls	12590	Dutchess County	Wappingers Central School District	No	No	No	No	(845) 227-1770	562	32	17.4	18.3%	381 (67.8%)	38 (6.8%)	109 (19.4%)	23 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.0%)	$14,412			$1,401			$13,010	69.2	71.9	633	36
360010202548	670	Ps 152 Gwendoline N Alleyne School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	33-52 62nd St	Woodside	11377	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 429-3141	682	48	14.2	79.2%	26 (3.8%)	3 (0.4%)	270 (39.6%)	377 (55.3%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	$18,884			$1,427			$17,457	69.2	75.3	562	108

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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.
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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.