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, December 14, 2023.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2023 vs 2022)
ID	Rank (of 2439)	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 (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Rank (2022)	Rank Change from 2022	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)
360699000487	51	Douglas G Grafflin School	Public	K-4	650 King St	Chappaqua	10514	Westchester County	Chappaqua Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 238-7204	438	33	13.4	4.1%	300 (68.5%)	3 (0.7%)	42 (9.6%)	69 (15.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.5%)	$18,922			$440			$18,483	96.5	95.3	60	9
360007701219	52	Ps 290 Manhattan New School	Public	PK, KG-5	311 E 82nd St	New York	10028	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 734-7127	437	27	16.3	16.2%	273 (62.5%)	8 (1.8%)	51 (11.7%)	55 (12.6%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	45 (10.3%)	$17,739			$1,109			$16,631	96.5	94.4	82	30
362595003560	53	Edgewood School	Public	K-5	1 Roosevelt Pl	Scarsdale	10583	Westchester County	Scarsdale Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(914) 721-2700	380	33	11.5		182 (47.9%)	2 (0.5%)	34 (8.9%)	119 (31.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (11.1%)	$23,975			$00			$23,975	96.4	95.4	59	6
361020004551	54	Greenville School	Public	K-6	100 Glendale Rd	Scarsdale	10583	Westchester County	Edgemont Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 472-7760	551	48	11.5		187 (33.9%)	19 (3.4%)	63 (11.4%)	236 (42.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (8.2%)	$21,716			$36			$21,680	96.4	94.7	73	19
360007702458	55	Ps 124 Yung Wing	Public	PK, KG-5	40 Division St	New York	10002	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 966-7237	520	40	13	51.9%	12 (2.3%)	2 (0.4%)	13 (2.5%)	465 (89.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.4%)	$19,613			$1,362			$18,251	96.3	96.6	27	28
361827001652	56	Shelter Rock Elementary School	Public	K-6	27a Shelter Rock Rd	Manhasset	11030	Nassau County	Manhasset Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 267-7450	651	43	15.2		311 (47.8%)	18 (2.8%)	65 (10.0%)	233 (35.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.7%)	$22,563			$431			$22,132	96.1	94.1	93	37
362268003189	57	Prospect Hill School	Public	K-8	1000 Washington Ave	Pelham	10803	Westchester County	Pelham Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(914) 738-6690	325	26	12.7	2.5%	221 (68.0%)	13 (4.0%)	34 (10.5%)	22 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (10.8%)	$16,712			$14			$16,698	96.1	90.9	170	113
360009202139	58	Ps 29 John M Harrigan	Public	PK, KG-5	425 Henry St	Brooklyn	11201	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #15	No	No	No	No	(718) 330-9277	721	45	15.8	13.5%	508 (70.5%)	11 (1.5%)	79 (11.0%)	50 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	73 (10.1%)	$15,614			$763			$14,851	96.1	95.7	54	4
360564000290	59	Bronxville Elementary School	Public	K-5	177 Pondfield Rd	Bronxville	10708	Westchester County	Bronxville Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 395-0500	655	55	11.9		499 (76.2%)	1 (0.2%)	56 (8.5%)	45 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (8.2%)								96.1	96.5	28	31
360008702121	60	Ps 24 Spuyten Duyvil	Public	K-5	660 W 236th St	Bronx	10463	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #10	No	No	No	No	(718) 796-8845	731	49	14.9	31.7%	258 (35.3%)	60 (8.2%)	318 (43.5%)	51 (7.0%)	3 (0.4%)	6 (0.8%)	35 (4.8%)	$17,496			$1,189			$16,307	96	95	64	4

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on NY State Assessments English Language Arts, NY State Assessments Math test scores released by the NY State Education Department.
These rankings were last updated on December 14, 2023, 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.