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)
362880003908	1191	Town Of Webb School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	3002 Main St	Old Forge	13420	Herkimer County	Town Of Webb Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 369-3222	245	29	8.4	38.0%	234 (95.5%)	3 (1.2%)	5 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	$21,018			$607			$20,411	49	54.4	1064	127
360098706124	1192	Growing Up Green Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	39-27 28th St	Long Island City	11101	Queens County	Growing Up Green Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(347) 642-4306	723	69	10.4		176 (24.3%)	111 (15.4%)	329 (45.5%)	59 (8.2%)	5 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	41 (5.7%)	$20,598			$1,179			$19,418	49	49.2	1193	1
360012304352	1193	Ps 56 Harry Eichler	Public	2-5	86-10 114th St	Richmond Hill	11418	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #27	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 441-4448	323	25	13	78.9%	42 (13.0%)	17 (5.3%)	176 (54.5%)	69 (21.4%)	13 (4.0%)	2 (0.6%)	4 (1.2%)	$19,709			$1,243			$18,466	49	47.7	1235	42
361738001541	1194	Albany Avenue School	Public	K-5	180 Albany Ave	Lindenhurst	11757	Suffolk County	Lindenhurst Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 867-3150	484	43	11.3	47.3%	210 (43.4%)	11 (2.3%)	228 (47.1%)	30 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	$19,050			$2,009			$17,040	49	54.4	1061	133
362838003821	1195	Brookside Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3849 Saddlemire Rd	Binghamton	13903	Broome County	Susquehanna Valley Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 669-4105	386	27	14.2	45.1%	326 (84.5%)	10 (2.6%)	16 (4.1%)	6 (1.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	26 (6.7%)	$13,803			$2,024			$11,779	48.9	51.7	1132	63
360100206167	1196	Brownsville Ascend Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	1501 Pitkin Ave	Brooklyn	11212	Kings County	Brownsville Ascend Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(347) 294-2600	871	60	14.5	93.5%	9 (1.0%)	726 (83.4%)	108 (12.4%)	10 (1.1%)	5 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	11 (1.3%)	$18,264			$6,277			$11,987	48.9	52.3	1118	78
362979004001	1197	Ostrander Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	137 Viola Ave	Wallkill	12589	Ulster County	Wallkill Central School District	No	No	No	No	(845) 895-7225	439	42	10.4	28.7%	309 (70.4%)	18 (4.1%)	93 (21.2%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.4%)	$18,978			$2,596			$16,382	48.8	60.9	899	298
362907003925	1198	Tuckahoe School	Public	PK, KG-8	468 Magee St	Southampton	11968	Suffolk County	Tuckahoe Common School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 283-3550	250	33	7.5	57.2%	63 (25.2%)	6 (2.4%)	139 (55.6%)	2 (0.8%)	25 (10.0%)	1 (0.4%)	14 (5.6%)	$36,300			$404			$35,896	48.8	37.2	1548	350
361377001127	1199	Harrisville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	14371 Pirate Ln	Harrisville	13648	Lewis County	Harrisville Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 543-2707	172	18	9.5	57.6%	166 (96.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	3 (1.7%)	$12,812			$1,981			$10,831	48.8	48	1225	26
360831000612	1200	Great Neck Road Elementary School	Public	K-5	1400 Great Neck Rd	Copiague	11726	Suffolk County	Copiague Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 842-4013	444	28	15.8	58.3%	30 (6.8%)	100 (22.5%)	290 (65.3%)	13 (2.9%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	7 (1.6%)	$18,196			$2,136			$16,060	48.8	43.1	1369	169

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About our rankings:

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.
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.