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)
361896001715	1801	Clifford Wise Intermediate School	Public	3-6	1016 Gwinn St	Medina	14103	Orleans County	Medina Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 798-2100	395	36	11	54.9%	295 (74.7%)	20 (5.1%)	31 (7.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (12.4%)	$15,342			$00			$15,342	28.1	24.1	1916	115
363192004261	1802	School 17	Public	PK, KG-6	745 Midland Ave	Yonkers	10704	Westchester County	Yonkers City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 376-8345	344	23	15.2	79.7%	38 (11.0%)	51 (14.8%)	231 (67.2%)	11 (3.2%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.2%)	$23,272			$1,703			$21,569	28.1	22.2	1978	176
361557001333	1803	Beverly J Martin Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	302 W Buffalo St	Ithaca	14850	Tompkins County	Ithaca City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 274-2209	274	37	7.4	58.0%	125 (45.6%)	61 (22.3%)	30 (10.9%)	13 (4.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (16.1%)	$20,985			$1,589			$19,396	28.1	12.7	2251	448
360009702829	1804	Ps 377 Alejandrina B De Gautier	Public	PK, KG-5	200 Woodbine St	Brooklyn	11221	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #32	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 574-0325	173	17	10.4	85.0%	1 (0.6%)	22 (12.7%)	147 (85.0%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	$30,419			$2,820			$27,599	28.1	11.7	2286	482
360348000109	1805	William H Seward Elementary School	Public	K-6	52 Metcalf Dr	Auburn	13021	Cayuga County	Auburn City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 255-8600	485	49	9.8	51.8%	355 (73.2%)	25 (5.2%)	26 (5.4%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	75 (15.5%)	$16,446			$4,183			$12,263	28.1	37.4	1510	295
362535003505	1806	Nokomis School	Public	K-5	151 Holbrook Rd	Holbrook	11741	Suffolk County	Sachem Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 471-1840	527	45	11.6	31.1%	298 (56.5%)	18 (3.4%)	156 (29.6%)	32 (6.1%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	20 (3.8%)	$18,265			$1,590			$16,675	28	30.4	1742	64
360010206186	1807	Ps 280 Home Of The Lionhearts	Public	K-5	34-20 94th St	Jackson Heights	11372	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 424-9031	473	37	12.7	91.3%	8 (1.7%)	2 (0.4%)	424 (89.6%)	32 (6.8%)	6 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	$17,476			$1,297			$16,179	28	35.8	1565	242
360011902091	1808	Ps 16 Leonard Dunkly	Public	PK, KG-5	157 Wilson St	Brooklyn	11211	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #14	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 782-5352	161	15	10.9	87.6%	4 (2.5%)	57 (35.4%)	94 (58.4%)	1 (0.6%)	3 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	$32,225			$3,326			$28,898	28	4.9	2406	598
360010306458	1809	Fort Hill Collaborative Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	195 Daniel Low Ter	Staten Island	10301	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 420-5115	188	18	10.4	89.4%	15 (8.0%)	37 (19.7%)	115 (61.2%)	6 (3.2%)	4 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.9%)	$27,590			$2,697			$24,893	27.9	17.3	2117	308
360831000614	1810	Susan E Wiley School	Public	K-5	Scudder Ave	Copiague	11726	Suffolk County	Copiague Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 842-4014	680	40	17	57.6%	40 (5.9%)	62 (9.1%)	563 (82.8%)	9 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.9%)	$16,539			$2,144			$14,395	27.8	24.6	1910	100

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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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