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)
361656001467	2101	John T Waugh Elementary School	Public	K-5	100 High St	Angola	14006	Erie County	Evans-Brant Central School District (Lake Shore)	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 926-2371	313	35	8.8	65.5%	167 (53.4%)	5 (1.6%)	22 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	104 (33.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.8%)	$18,832			$2,993			$15,839	18.7	22.4	1971	130
360116306604	2102	Elmwood Village Charter School Hertel	Public, Charter	K-8	665 Hertel Ave	Buffalo	14207	Erie County	Elmwood Village Charter School Hertel	Yes	No	No	Yes	(716) 424-0555	431	46	9.4	65.2%	72 (16.7%)	205 (47.6%)	93 (21.6%)	18 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (9.3%)	$14,673			$2,365			$12,308	18.6	31.3	1708	394
362133003041	2103	Perry Browne Intermediate School	Public	3-5	31 Beebe Ave	Norwich	13815	Chenango County	Norwich City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 334-1600	343	34	10.1	59.2%	326 (95.0%)	9 (2.6%)	3 (0.9%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	$14,471			$00			$14,471	18.6	13.6	2223	120
360009003369	2104	Ps 196	Public	PK, KG-5	1250 Ward Ave	Bronx	10472	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #12	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 328-7187	661	45	14.6	91.4%	3 (0.5%)	86 (13.0%)	538 (81.4%)	18 (2.7%)	11 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.6%)	$19,328			$1,867			$17,461	18.6	23.7	1931	173
360009102772	2105	Ps 256 Benjamin Banneker	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	114 Kosciusko St	Brooklyn	11216	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #13	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 857-9820	199	22	9.2	95.0%	3 (1.5%)	129 (64.8%)	56 (28.1%)	9 (4.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$26,983			$6,667			$20,317	18.5	23.2	1952	153
360015202753	2106	Ps 238 Anne Sullivan	Public	PK, KG-8	1633 E 8th St	Brooklyn	11223	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #21	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 339-4355	549	54	10.1	93.3%	165 (30.1%)	13 (2.4%)	237 (43.2%)	129 (23.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	$21,249			$1,647			$19,602	18.5	25.6	1882	224
360012004351	2107	Ps 7 Abraham Lincoln	Public	PK, KG-5	858 Jamaica Ave	Brooklyn	11208	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #19	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 647-3600	615	43	14.3	95.1%	7 (1.1%)	32 (5.2%)	536 (87.2%)	23 (3.7%)	11 (1.8%)	3 (0.5%)	3 (0.5%)	$19,538			$1,719			$17,818	18.4	27.7	1814	293
361920001738	2108	Hawkins Path School	Public	1-5	485 Hawkins Rd	Selden	11784	Suffolk County	Middle Country Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 285-8530	383	28	13.7	48.3%	153 (39.9%)	29 (7.6%)	134 (35.0%)	41 (10.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (6.8%)	$20,269			$1,058			$19,210	18.4	27.1	1838	270
360009702434	2109	Ps 116 Elizabeth L Farrell	Public	PK, KG-5	515 Knickerbocker Ave	Brooklyn	11237	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #32	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 821-4623	334	27	12.3	85.9%	3 (0.9%)	12 (3.6%)	313 (93.7%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	$22,871			$2,483			$20,388	18.4	13.3	2232	123
360008602133	2110	Ps 28 Mount Hope	Public	PK, KG-5	1861 Anthony Ave	Bronx	10457	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 9	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 583-6444	593	47	12.5	95.1%	3 (0.5%)	94 (15.9%)	484 (81.6%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.3%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	$24,819			$2,735			$22,084	18.4	31.2	1714	396

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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.