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)
360015105877	1771	Ps 506 School Of Journalism And Technology (The)	Public	K-5	330 59th St	Brooklyn	11220	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 492-0087	378	39	9.7	95.2%	16 (4.2%)	3 (0.8%)	239 (63.2%)	118 (31.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$25,567			$2,903			$22,665	29.1	36.9	1529	242
362301003223	1772	Circleville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2000 Rt 302	Circleville	10919	Orange County	Pine Bush Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 744-2031	487	33	14.8	52.4%	253 (52.0%)	63 (12.9%)	141 (29.0%)	17 (3.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (2.3%)	$20,088			$2,826			$17,262	29.1	37.2	1519	253
362178003096	1773	Riverside Elementary School	Public	K-5	39 House St	Oneonta	13820	Otsego County	Oneonta City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 433-8273	239	23	10.4	41.0%	190 (79.5%)	18 (7.5%)	20 (8.4%)	5 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.5%)	$16,003			$1,675			$14,328	29	34.8	1593	180
361623001407	1774	Herbert Hoover Elementary School	Public	K-5	199 Thorncliff Rd	Buffalo	14223	Erie County	Kenmore-Tonawanda Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 874-8414	599	51	11.8	45.1%	425 (71.0%)	47 (7.8%)	49 (8.2%)	33 (5.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (7.2%)	$18,389			$2,573			$15,817	29	29.7	1763	11
362937003948	1775	General Herkimer Elementary School	Public, Magnet	K-6	420 Keyes Rd	Utica	13502	Oneida County	Utica City School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(315) 368-6600	583	49	11.7	75.3%	194 (33.3%)	152 (26.1%)	116 (19.9%)	85 (14.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (6.0%)	$12,439			$3,935			$8,504	29	31.8	1692	83
362082002941	1776	Seventy Ninth Street School	Public	PK, KG-6	551 79th St	Niagara Falls	14304	Niagara County	Niagara Falls City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 278-7900	417	28	15	57.1%	265 (63.5%)	55 (13.2%)	29 (7.0%)	6 (1.4%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (14.1%)	$14,459			$3,219			$11,240	28.9	14	2216	440
362292003218	1777	Michael A Maroun Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	11 Elm St	Phoenix	13135	Oswego County	Phoenix Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 695-1561	631	50	12.7	55.6%	601 (95.2%)	3 (0.5%)	10 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.7%)	$15,759			$2,024			$13,735	28.9	16.3	2143	366
362415003324	1778	Pieter B Coeymans School	Public	PK, KG-5	66 Church St	Coeymans	12045	Albany County	Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 756-5200	445	42	10.5	41.3%	352 (79.1%)	13 (2.9%)	49 (11.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (6.5%)	$16,342			$1,469			$14,873	28.8	22.1	1980	202
361518001276	1779	Violet Avenue School	Public	K-5	191 Violet Ave	Poughkeepsie	12601	Dutchess County	Hyde Park Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 486-4499	306	29	10.6	61.8%	92 (30.1%)	66 (21.6%)	118 (38.6%)	5 (1.6%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.7%)	22 (7.2%)	$18,727			$2,642			$16,085	28.8	27.5	1827	48
360007803550	1780	Stem Institute Of Manhattan	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	240 W 113th St	New York	10026	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 3	No	Yes	No	Yes	(212) 678-2898	133	14	9.5	92.5%	6 (4.5%)	73 (54.9%)	51 (38.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.5%)	$41,803			$7,746			$34,058	28.7	20.5	2023	243

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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.