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)
363132004191	321	Deerfield Elementary School	Public	K-5	5604 Trenton Rd	Utica	13502	Oneida County	Whitesboro Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 266-3412	330	29	11.4	33.3%	299 (90.6%)	8 (2.4%)	8 (2.4%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.3%)	$16,211			$944			$15,267	84.6	63.6	830	509
363132004192	322	Harts Hill School	Public	K-5	8551 Clark Mills Rd	Whitesboro	13492	Oneida County	Whitesboro Central School District	No	No	No	No	(315) 266-3432	336	28	11.9	19.6%	317 (94.3%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	9 (2.7%)	$15,269			$243			$15,026	84.5	86	316	6
362157003061	323	School 3	Public	1-6	2852 Fortesque Ave	Oceanside	11572	Nassau County	Oceanside Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(516) 678-7564	477	29	16.5	15.5%	321 (67.3%)	19 (4.0%)	102 (21.4%)	19 (4.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (2.9%)	$16,124			$1,189			$14,936	84.5	79.1	459	136
362988004013	324	Brinckerhoff Elementary School	Public	K-6	16 Wedgewood Rd	Fishkill	12524	Dutchess County	Wappingers Central School District	No	No	No	No	(845) 897-6800	559	35	15.8	20.9%	401 (71.7%)	35 (6.3%)	63 (11.3%)	41 (7.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.2%)	$14,827			$1,485			$13,342	84.5	83.8	362	38
360816000601	325	Idle Hour Elementary School	Public	K-5	334 Idle Hour Blvd	Oakdale	11769	Suffolk County	Connetquot Central School District	No	No	No	No	(631) 244-2306	214	17	12.3		189 (88.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (9.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.3%)	$24,645			$768			$23,877	84.4	75.8	547	222
361773001596	326	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	464	49	9.4	22.0%	317 (68.3%)	16 (3.4%)	114 (24.6%)	6 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.4%)	$20,716			$1,193			$19,522	84.4	91.6	184	142
361557001342	327	Northeast School	Public	K-5	425 Winthrop Dr	Ithaca	14850	Tompkins County	Ithaca City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 257-2121	395	40	9.8	29.9%	191 (48.4%)	19 (4.8%)	34 (8.6%)	119 (30.1%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (7.3%)	$16,964			$562			$16,401	84.4	89.2	229	98
362820003808	328	Setauket Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	134 Main St	Setauket	11733	Suffolk County	Three Village Central School District	No	No	No	No	(631) 730-4600	604	47	12.7	8.9%	465 (77.0%)	3 (0.5%)	53 (8.8%)	44 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (6.5%)	$23,322			$296			$23,025	84.3	87.8	259	69
361995004831	329	Bedford Village Elementary School	Public	K-5	45 Court St	Bedford	10506	Westchester County	Bedford Central School District	No	No	No	No	(914) 234-4178	303	23	13.1	6.3%	231 (76.2%)	3 (1.0%)	47 (15.5%)	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.6%)	$28,271			$1,527			$26,745	84.3	91.3	193	136
361398001133	330	Bretton Woods Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1 Club Ln	Hauppauge	11788	Suffolk County	Hauppauge Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 582-6633	513	53	9.6	22.8%	275 (53.6%)	24 (4.7%)	123 (24.0%)	71 (13.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (3.5%)	$24,575			$1,637			$22,939	84.2	87.4	269	61

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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.