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)
362148003052	291	Upper Nyack School	Public	K-5	336 N Broadway	Nyack	10960	Rockland County	Nyack Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(845) 353-7260	394	35	11.1	24.1%	201 (51.0%)	42 (10.7%)	83 (21.1%)	17 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	49 (12.4%)	$20,605			$653			$19,952	86	90.1	212	79
360759004680	292	Sheridan Hill Elementary School	Public	K-5	4560 Boncrest Dr E	Williamsville	14221	Erie County	Clarence Central School District	No	No	No	No	(716) 407-9250	519	47	10.9	10.2%	428 (82.5%)	6 (1.2%)	22 (4.2%)	33 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (5.8%)	$12,907			$1,749			$11,158	86	90.1	211	81
362358003292	293	John Philip Sousa Elementary School	Public	K-5	101 Sands Point Rd	Port Washington	11050	Nassau County	Port Washington Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(516) 767-5350	540	47	11.5	0.9%	349 (64.6%)	1 (0.2%)	102 (18.9%)	61 (11.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (4.8%)	$21,883			$1,566			$20,317	86	86.2	306	13
360015302752	294	Ps 236 Mill Basin	Public	PK, KG-5	6302 Ave U	Brooklyn	11234	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #22	No	No	No	No	(718) 444-6969	572	36	15.8	39.9%	276 (48.3%)	106 (18.5%)	61 (10.7%)	102 (17.8%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.2%)	$18,149			$1,241			$16,908	85.9	88.2	248	46
361911001727	295	Birch School	Public	PK, KG-6	2400 Central Pkwy	Merrick	11566	Nassau County	Merrick Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(516) 992-7250	582	52	11.1	7.7%	464 (79.7%)	12 (2.1%)	60 (10.3%)	30 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.7%)	$23,269			$877			$22,392	85.9	86.5	302	7
360007704406	296	Ps/Is 217 Roosevelt Island	Public	PK, KG-8	645 Main St	Roosevelt Island	10044	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 980-0294	716	39	18.3	32.5%	233 (32.5%)	82 (11.5%)	115 (16.1%)	215 (30.0%)	1 (0.1%)	25 (3.5%)	45 (6.3%)	$13,732			$713			$13,018	85.8	88.4	243	53
360007706334	297	Peck Slip School (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	1 Peck Slip	New York	10038	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 312-6260	325	25	13	14.8%	150 (46.2%)	28 (8.6%)	54 (16.6%)	39 (12.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	51 (15.7%)	$18,555			$1,050			$17,505	85.7	89	235	62
360015202382	298	Ps 101 Verrazano (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	8696 24th Ave	Brooklyn	11214	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #21	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 372-0221	1,057	69	15.2	67.2%	296 (28.0%)	14 (1.3%)	150 (14.2%)	581 (55.0%)	6 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	9 (0.9%)	$18,369			$1,619			$16,750	85.7	89.4	225	73
360009902642	299	Ps 186 Castlewood	Public	PK, KG-5	252-12 72nd Ave	Bellerose	11426	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #26	No	No	No	No	(718) 831-4021	333	54	6.1	38.1%	81 (24.3%)	35 (10.5%)	65 (19.5%)	138 (41.4%)	6 (1.8%)	2 (0.6%)	6 (1.8%)	$40,325			$314			$40,011	85.7	79.1	458	159
362049001894	300	Daniel Webster Elementary School	Public, Magnet	K-5	95 Glenmore Dr	New Rochelle	10801	Westchester County	New Rochelle City School District	No	Yes	No	No	(914) 576-4460	491	33	14.6	28.3%	180 (36.7%)	123 (25.1%)	147 (29.9%)	14 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	24 (4.9%)	$18,971			$764			$18,208	85.6	78.1	482	182

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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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Educational resources:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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.