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)
360010202328	521	Ps 84 Steinway	Public	PK, KG-5	22-45 41st St	Astoria	11105	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 278-1915	326	20	16.3	47.2%	157 (48.2%)	5 (1.5%)	128 (39.3%)	21 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	13 (4.0%)	$18,231			$1,620			$16,610	75.7	80.9	421	100
360015102689	522	Ps 204 Vince Lombardi	Public	PK, KG-5	8101 15th Ave	Brooklyn	11228	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 236-2906	1,005	61	16.5	75.1%	217 (21.6%)	1 (0.1%)	200 (19.9%)	573 (57.0%)	11 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	$16,220			$1,173			$15,046	75.6	82.4	388	134
360007802327	523	Ps 84 Lillian Weber	Public	PK, KG-5	32 W 92nd St	New York	10025	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 3	No	No	No	No	(212) 799-2534	587	40	14.5	32.0%	300 (51.1%)	61 (10.4%)	176 (30.0%)	17 (2.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (5.3%)	$19,794			$1,844			$17,950	75.5	85.6	325	198
361308001072	524	Lynnwood Elementary School	Public	K-5	8 Regina Dr	Schenectady	12303	Schenectady County	Guilderland Central School District	No	No	No	No	(518) 355-7930	438	38	11.4	11.9%	341 (77.9%)	11 (2.5%)	24 (5.5%)	47 (10.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (3.0%)	$13,037			$709			$12,328	75.5	77.4	507	17
360009902145	525	Ps 31 Bayside	Public	PK, KG-5	211-45 46th Rd	Bayside	11361	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #26	No	No	No	No	(718) 423-8289	364	31	11.7	65.7%	44 (12.1%)	18 (4.9%)	113 (31.0%)	180 (49.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.5%)	$22,456			$920			$21,536	75.4	85.1	337	188
362127003035	526	Ocean Avenue School	Public	K-4	100 Ocean Ave	Northport	11768	Suffolk County	Northport-East Northport Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(631) 262-6840	352	29	12.2	8.0%	283 (80.4%)	3 (0.9%)	46 (13.1%)	8 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.4%)	$20,883			$570			$20,313	75.4	85.9	317	209
362592003554	527	Cherry Avenue Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	155 Cherry Ave	West Sayville	11796	Suffolk County	Sayville Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(631) 244-6700	354	27	13	8.5%	316 (89.3%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.9%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.0%)	$18,993			$388			$18,606	75.4	71.4	644	117
360384000135	528	Plaza Elementary School	Public	K-5	501 Seaman Ave	Baldwin	11510	Nassau County	Baldwin Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 434-6600	441	38	11.5	47.6%	57 (12.9%)	168 (38.1%)	171 (38.8%)	25 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (4.3%)	$20,737			$1,112			$19,625	75.4	73.5	594	66
362448003344	529	Chancellor Livingston Elementary School	Public	K-5	48 Knollwood Rd	Rhinebeck	12572	Dutchess County	Rhinebeck Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 871-5570	383	36	10.7	14.4%	285 (74.4%)	3 (0.8%)	40 (10.4%)	10 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (11.5%)	$19,139			$1,032			$18,108	75.3	77.3	508	21
360246000026	530	Albany School Of Humanities	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	108 Whitehall Rd	Albany	12209	Albany County	Albany City School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(518) 475-6575	356	30	11.8	62.4%	56 (15.7%)	163 (45.8%)	56 (15.7%)	35 (9.8%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (12.4%)	$18,515			$560			$17,955	75.3	62.1	869	339

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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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