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)
362034001871	251	Little Tor Elementary School	Public	K-5	56 Gregory St	New City	10956	Rockland County	Clarkstown Central School District	No	No	No	No	(845) 624-3471	273	22	12.2	13.6%	129 (47.3%)	10 (3.7%)	68 (24.9%)	49 (17.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.2%)	$17,254			$777			$16,477	87.9	87.8	257	6
360015304067	252	Ps 134	Public	K-5	4001 18th Ave	Brooklyn	11218	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #22	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 436-7200	519	41	12.7	90.0%	222 (42.8%)	20 (3.9%)	38 (7.3%)	221 (42.6%)	9 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.5%)	$18,831			$2,129			$16,703	87.9	93.5	137	115
360110506385	253	South Bronx Classical Charter School II	Public, Charter	K-8	333 E 135th St	Bronx	10454	Bronx County	South Bronx Classical Charter School II	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 292-9526	294			88.8%	4 (1.4%)	152 (51.7%)	128 (43.5%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	$22,403			$5,285			$17,118	87.9	97.5	21	232
361995001826	254	West Patent Elementary School	Public	K-5	80 W Patent Rd	Bedford Hills	10507	Westchester County	Bedford Central School District	No	No	No	No	(914) 666-2190	241	23	10.5	12.0%	127 (52.7%)	13 (5.4%)	78 (32.4%)	16 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.9%)	$35,700			$1,187			$34,513	87.8	84.5	349	95
360912000703	255	Springhurst Elementary School	Public	K-5	175 Walgrove Ave	Dobbs Ferry	10522	Westchester County	Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(914) 693-1503	709	70	10	9.3%	448 (63.2%)	26 (3.7%)	135 (19.0%)	40 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (8.5%)	$21,536			$00			$21,536	87.7	85.8	319	64
362316003240	256	Park Road School	Public	K-5	50 Park Rd	Pittsford	14534	Monroe County	Pittsford Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 267-1502	432	28	15.1		330 (76.4%)	11 (2.5%)	26 (6.0%)	36 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (6.7%)	$14,181			$1,481			$12,700	87.7	86.1	309	53
360007702675	257	Ps 198 Isador E Ida Straus	Public	PK, KG-5	1700 3rd Ave	New York	10128	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 289-3702	515	36	14.3	40.6%	218 (42.3%)	34 (6.6%)	153 (29.7%)	74 (14.4%)	7 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.6%)	$16,951			$757			$16,195	87.7	86.8	293	36
360008806562	258	Steam Bridge School (The)	Public	K-5	1684 White Plains Rd	Bronx	10462	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 239-5660	276	22	12.5	87.0%	61 (22.1%)	35 (12.7%)	125 (45.3%)	49 (17.8%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	$16,671			$2,154			$14,518	87.7	85.9	318	60
362256003174	259	Evans Park School	Public	K-4	40 Marion Pl	Pearl River	10965	Rockland County	Pearl River Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 620-3950	316	27	11.7	14.2%	235 (74.4%)	5 (1.6%)	58 (18.4%)	8 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.2%)	$18,430			$00			$18,430	87.7	88.6	240	19
361545001312	260	Main Street School School (4-5)	Public	4-5	101 Main St	Irvington	10533	Westchester County	Irvington Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(914) 591-1961	269	18	14.9	8.6%	181 (67.3%)	5 (1.9%)	40 (14.9%)	26 (9.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.3%)	$25,401			$101			$25,300	87.5	90	216	44

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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.