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)
361722001538	2151	Liberty Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	201 N Main St	Liberty	12754	Sullivan County	Liberty Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 292-5400	683	61	11.1	54.5%	221 (32.4%)	20 (2.9%)	382 (55.9%)	16 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (6.4%)	$18,424			$947			$17,477	17	16.1	2147	4
362859003867	2152	Lemoyne Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1528 Lemoyne Ave	Syracuse	13208	Onondaga County	Syracuse City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 435-4590	323	32	10.1	63.8%	104 (32.2%)	116 (35.9%)	47 (14.6%)	20 (6.2%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	33 (10.2%)	$20,259			$4,002			$16,257	16.9	17.1	2123	29
362070002905	2153	Gidney Avenue Memorial School	Public	PK, KG-5	300 Gidney Ave	Newburgh	12550	Orange County	Newburgh City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 563-8450	802	66	12	65.3%	54 (6.7%)	135 (16.8%)	571 (71.2%)	6 (0.7%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (4.1%)	$16,707			$00			$16,707	16.9	15.3	2166	13
360008300519	2154	Ps 5 Ellen Lurie	Public	PK, KG-5	3703 10th Ave	New York	10034	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 567-8109	385	33	11.5	93.5%	3 (0.8%)	26 (6.8%)	347 (90.1%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	$27,100			$2,778			$24,323	16.8	10.8	2310	156
360585000360	2155	Ps 69 Houghton Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	1725 Clinton St	Buffalo	14206	Erie County	Buffalo City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 816-4794	434	39	11.2	88.0%	106 (24.4%)	149 (34.3%)	66 (15.2%)	81 (18.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (7.4%)	$13,580			$1,997			$11,583	16.7	15.3	2170	15
360121306694	2156	Bridge Preparatory Charter School	Public, Charter	1-5	715 Ocean Terrace-Bldg E	Staten Island	10301	Richmond County	Bridge Preparatory Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 274-3437	242	30	8	74.8%	66 (27.3%)	69 (28.5%)	93 (38.4%)	5 (2.1%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.5%)	$21,270			$1,525			$19,745	16.7	10.7	2314	158
360000800195	2157	Frank P Long Intermediate School	Public	4-5	599 Brookhaven Ave	Bellport	11713	Suffolk County	South Country Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 730-1725	533	50	10.7	57.6%	156 (29.3%)	90 (16.9%)	245 (46.0%)	10 (1.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (5.8%)	$18,802			$2,458			$16,344	16.7	23.9	1920	237
361698001512	2158	North Rose-Wolcott Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	10456 Salter Rd	North Rose	14516	Wayne County	North Rose-Wolcott Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 587-4005	427	34	12.4	60.0%	368 (86.2%)	5 (1.2%)	32 (7.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.9%)	$9,199			$00			$9,199	16.7	15.3	2169	11
363192004242	2159	Enrico Fermi School For The Performing Arts	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	27 Poplar St	Yonkers	10701	Westchester County	Yonkers City School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(914) 376-8460	844	49	17	79.5%	10 (1.2%)	37 (4.4%)	774 (91.7%)	9 (1.1%)	8 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.7%)	$15,588			$690			$14,898	16.7	17.9	2097	62
361794001611	2160	Lyncourt School	Public	PK, KG-8	2707-2709 Court St	Syracuse	13208	Onondaga County	Lyncourt Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 455-7571	434	36	12	63.8%	172 (39.6%)	77 (17.7%)	54 (12.4%)	94 (21.7%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (7.6%)	$17,041			$2,433			$14,608	16.7	15.5	2158	2

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About our rankings:

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.