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)
362271003194	181	Harris Hill Elementary School	Public	K-5	2126 Penfield Rd	Penfield	14526	Monroe County	Penfield Central School District	No	No	No	No	(585) 249-6600	427	36	11.7	15.7%	361 (84.5%)	8 (1.9%)	22 (5.2%)	22 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (3.0%)	$14,479			$2,242			$12,237	91.7	92.6	133	48
360007706523	182	Sixth Avenue Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	590 6th Ave	New York	10011	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(917) 305-1000	319	23	13.7	11.9%	179 (56.1%)	6 (1.9%)	43 (13.5%)	37 (11.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (16.9%)	$18,878			$1,230			$17,648	91.7	89.6	202	20
360007702049	183	Ps 3 Charrette School	Public	PK, KG-5	490 Hudson St	New York	10014	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 691-1183	519	39	13.3	23.1%	341 (65.7%)	23 (4.4%)	83 (16.0%)	50 (9.6%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (3.5%)	$21,900			$981			$20,919	91.7	90.2	187	4
361773001596	184	Lido Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	237 Lido Blvd	Long Beach	11561	Nassau County	Long Beach City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 897-2140	508	40	12.8	18.1%	356 (70.1%)	15 (3.0%)	115 (22.6%)	9 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.4%)	$20,716			$1,193			$19,522	91.6	88.1	238	54
360963000729	185	Bell Top School	Public	K-5	39 Reynolds Rd	Troy	12180	Rensselaer County	East Greenbush Central School District	No	No	No	No	(518) 207-2600	306	24	12.5	13.7%	238 (77.8%)	6 (2.0%)	20 (6.5%)	22 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (6.5%)	$13,442			$596			$12,845	91.6	89.7	201	16
360009402178	186	Ps 40 George W Carver	Public	PK, KG-5	265 Ralph Ave	Brooklyn	11233	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #16	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 574-2353	431	41	10.5	93.0%	10 (2.3%)	289 (67.1%)	102 (23.7%)	5 (1.2%)	2 (0.5%)	14 (3.2%)	9 (2.1%)	$23,357			$3,066			$20,291	91.6	58.4	965	779
360109606390	187	Success Academy Charter School-Bronx 3	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-11	1000 Teller Ave-3rd Fl	Bronx	10469	Bronx County	Success Academy Charter School-Bronx 3	Yes	No	No	Yes	(646) 790-2152	1,316			79.7%	18 (1.4%)	748 (56.8%)	500 (38.0%)	23 (1.7%)	19 (1.4%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (0.5%)	$16,876			$1,043			$15,833	91.5	86.5	271	84
360012202314	188	Ps 79 Francis Lewis	Public	PK, KG-5	147-27 15th Dr	Whitestone	11357	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #25	No	No	No	No	(718) 746-0396	1,057	65	16.3	60.7%	154 (14.6%)	14 (1.3%)	217 (20.5%)	651 (61.6%)	4 (0.4%)	3 (0.3%)	14 (1.3%)	$14,315			$319			$13,997	91.5	91	168	20
362667003634	189	Chango Elementary School	Public	K-5	100 Chango Dr	Ballston Lake	12019	Saratoga County	Shenendehowa Central School District	No	No	No	No	(518) 881-0520	470	36	13	10.4%	372 (79.1%)	14 (3.0%)	26 (5.5%)	31 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.7%)	$12,015			$464			$11,550	91.5	93.8	99	90
361008000786	190	Greenvale School	Public	2-5	1 Gabriel Rescigno Dr	Scarsdale	10583	Westchester County	Eastchester Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(914) 793-6130	508	40	12.5		319 (62.8%)	6 (1.2%)	58 (11.4%)	112 (22.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.4%)	$16,653			$00			$16,653	91.5	92.1	140	50

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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.