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)
360009005807	2311	School Of Science And Applied Learning (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	2050 Prospect Ave	Bronx	10460	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #12	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 584-6310	388	32	12.1	95.4%	2 (0.5%)	139 (35.8%)	242 (62.4%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	$25,529			$3,697			$21,832	11.1	10.5	2316	5
361413001151	2312	David Paterson School	Public	K-6	40 Fulton Ave	Hempstead	11550	Nassau County	Hempstead Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 434-4451	435	26	16.7	62.1%	2 (0.5%)	120 (27.6%)	297 (68.3%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.0%)	$23,972			$2,923			$21,048	11.1	10.7	2312
360585006650	2313	Build Community School	Public	PK, KG-8	340 Fougeron St	Buffalo	14211	Erie County	Buffalo City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 816-4140	326	36	9.1	92.9%	12 (3.7%)	215 (66.0%)	11 (3.4%)	76 (23.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.7%)	$16,104			$2,968			$13,136	11.1	10.7	2311	2
360002504349	2314	Charter School For Applied Technologies	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2303 Kenmore Ave	Buffalo	14207	Erie County	Charter School For Applied Technologies	Yes	No	No	Yes	(716) 876-7505	2,312	196	11.7	82.0%	288 (12.5%)	1,003 (43.4%)	668 (28.9%)	183 (7.9%)	20 (0.9%)	2 (0.1%)	148 (6.4%)	$14,432			$1,578			$12,854	11	17.9	2100	214
360008802092	2315	Ps 16 Wakefield	Public	PK, KG-5	4550 Carpenter Ave	Bronx	10470	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 324-1262	346	21	16.7	94.2%	6 (1.7%)	110 (31.8%)	182 (52.6%)	19 (5.5%)	21 (6.1%)	2 (0.6%)	6 (1.7%)	$22,354			$4,025			$18,329	11	14.7	2191	124
360007902366	2316	Ps 96 Joseph Lanzetta	Public	PK, KG-8	216 E 120th St	New York	10035	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 4	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 860-5851	422	38	11	97.4%	11 (2.6%)	74 (17.5%)	328 (77.7%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	2 (0.5%)	$31,325			$2,442			$28,883	11	15.1	2175	141
360011902255	2317	Ps 59 The Dawn Best School	Public	PK, KG-5	211 Throop Ave	Brooklyn	11206	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #14	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 443-3600	301	26	11.5	93.0%	2 (0.7%)	144 (47.8%)	145 (48.2%)	4 (1.3%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.7%)	$23,138			$3,142			$19,997	11	32.4	1674	643
360011902096	2318	Ps 18 Edward Bush	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	101 Maujer St	Brooklyn	11206	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #14	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 387-3241	165	18	9.1	75.8%	18 (10.9%)	30 (18.2%)	109 (66.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.2%)	$28,307			$2,708			$25,600	10.9	6.6	2379	61
360007602492	2319	Ps 134 Henrietta Szold	Public	PK, KG-5	293 E Broadway	New York	10002	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 1	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 673-4470	201	19	10.7	97.0%	5 (2.5%)	58 (28.9%)	123 (61.2%)	8 (4.0%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.0%)	4 (2.0%)	$33,637			$3,434			$30,203	10.9	6.8	2378	59
360009802521	2320	Ps 143 Louis Armstrong	Public	PK, KG-5	34-74 113th St	Corona	11368	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #24	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 429-5700	1,458	110	13.2	92.8%	11 (0.8%)	21 (1.4%)	1,391 (95.4%)	26 (1.8%)	6 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.2%)	$18,936			$1,290			$17,646	10.8	11.3	2294	26

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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.