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)
362034001870	1141	Link Elementary School	Public	K-5	51 Red Hill Rd	New City	10956	Rockland County	Clarkstown Central School District	No	No	No	No	(845) 624-3494	370	32	11.6	17.0%	190 (51.4%)	12 (3.2%)	101 (27.3%)	60 (16.2%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.4%)	$16,588			$773			$15,815	51.1	58.5	959	182
360100406101	1142	Coney Island Preparatory Public Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	501 West Ave	Brooklyn	11224	Kings County	Coney Island Preparatory Public Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 513-6951	1,253	113	11.1	88.2%	194 (15.5%)	498 (39.7%)	436 (34.8%)	85 (6.8%)	9 (0.7%)	5 (0.4%)	26 (2.1%)	$22,523			$00			$22,523	51.1	46.2	1272	130
361290001057	1143	Greenwich Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	10 Gray Ave	Greenwich	12834	Washington County	Greenwich Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 692-9542	466	38	12.2	36.9%	451 (96.8%)	7 (1.5%)	4 (0.9%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,857			$1,330			$12,527	51	46.7	1257	114
360837002644	1144	Corinth Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-7	356 Center St	Corinth	12822	Saratoga County	Corinth Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 654-2960	410	28	14.6	53.4%	395 (96.3%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.2%)	$13,105			$2,371			$10,734	50.9	49.2	1184	40
361509006451	1145	Jack Abrams Stem Magnet School	Public, Magnet	4-6	155 Lowndes Ave	Huntington Station	11746	Suffolk County	Huntington Union Free School District	No	Yes	No	No	(631) 673-2060	442	45	9.7	48.6%	188 (42.5%)	28 (6.3%)	198 (44.8%)	13 (2.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.2%)	$20,950			$1,111			$19,839	50.8	50.9	1137	8
362010001842	1146	Pennington School	Public	PK, KG-8	20 Fairway Ave	Mount Vernon	10552	Westchester County	Mount Vernon School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 665-5105	426	34	12.4	45.3%	73 (17.1%)	213 (50.0%)	121 (28.4%)	16 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	$17,982			$1,392			$16,590	50.8	51.9	1111	35
360010002236	1147	Ps 54 Hillside	Public	K-5	86-02 127th St	Richmond Hill	11418	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 849-0962	440	34	12.9	81.4%	17 (3.9%)	21 (4.8%)	259 (58.9%)	111 (25.2%)	22 (5.0%)	7 (1.6%)	3 (0.7%)	$19,452			$1,677			$17,775	50.8	52.5	1094	53
360008802282	1148	Ps 68	Public	PK, KG-5	4011 Monticello Ave	Bronx	10466	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 324-2854	469	50	9.3	77.2%	8 (1.7%)	333 (71.0%)	111 (23.7%)	3 (0.6%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.9%)	$28,237			$1,994			$26,243	50.7	59.2	946	202
360112906566	1149	Rosalyn Yalow Charter School	Public, Charter	K-5	650 Grand Concourse	Bronx	10451	Bronx County	Rosalyn Yalow Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(347) 735-5480	464	53	8.7	89.4%	0 (0.0%)	206 (44.4%)	249 (53.7%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)	$18,932			$4,589			$14,343	50.7	55	1039	110
360474000218	1150	Central Boulevard Elementary School	Public	K-5	60 Central Blvd	Bethpage	11714	Nassau County	Bethpage Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 644-4301	533	50	10.7		252 (47.3%)	5 (0.9%)	119 (22.3%)	132 (24.8%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (3.9%)	$24,662			$600			$24,063	50.6	70.5	669	481

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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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Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

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.