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)
361335001096	971	Boston Valley Elementary School	Public	K-5	7476 Back Creek Rd	Hamburg	14075	Erie County	Hamburg Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 646-3240	224	22	10.3	29.9%	210 (93.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.7%)	$18,104			$1,090			$17,014	57.2	44.3	1322	351
361110000884	972	Fishers Island School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	78 Greenwood Rd #600	Fishers Island	06390	Suffolk County	Fishers Island Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(631) 788-7444	56	8	7		42 (75.0%)	2 (3.6%)	6 (10.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (10.7%)	$46,446			$505			$45,941	57.2			(n/a)
360453000199	973	Bemus Point Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	41 Liberty St	Bemus Point	14712	Chautauqua County	Bemus Point Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 386-3795	293	31	9.4	37.5%	285 (97.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$13,686			$3,017			$10,669	57.1	49.2	1185	212
360012202105	974	Ps 20 John Bowne	Public	PK, KG-5	142-30 Barclay Ave	Flushing	11355	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #25	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 359-0321	1,016	65	15.6	89.0%	28 (2.8%)	38 (3.7%)	258 (25.4%)	671 (66.0%)	5 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	15 (1.5%)	$17,515			$1,614			$15,901	56.9	68.9	708	266
360015102212	975	Ps 48 Mapleton	Public	PK, KG-5	6015 18th Ave	Brooklyn	11204	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 232-3873	496	46	10.7	87.1%	104 (21.0%)	3 (0.6%)	203 (40.9%)	179 (36.1%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	$20,853			$2,359			$18,494	56.9	56.8	1000	25
360009602750	976	Ps 235 Janice Marie Knight School	Public	PK, KG-5	525 Lenox Rd	Brooklyn	11203	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #18	No	No	No	No	(718) 773-4869	642	42	15.1	79.9%	9 (1.4%)	562 (87.5%)	34 (5.3%)	19 (3.0%)	7 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.7%)	$15,923			$1,177			$14,747	56.9	70.2	675	301
362319003246	977	John H West School	Public	K-5	499 Boundary Ave	Bethpage	11714	Nassau County	Plainedge Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 992-7500	505	42	12.1	15.8%	290 (57.4%)	9 (1.8%)	103 (20.4%)	81 (16.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.4%)	$20,739			$797			$19,942	56.9	79.2	454	523
362535003513	978	Wenonah School	Public	K-5	251 Hudson Ave	Lake Grove	11755	Suffolk County	Sachem Central School District	No	No	No	No	(631) 471-1880	473	44	10.6	26.4%	301 (63.6%)	19 (4.0%)	110 (23.3%)	24 (5.1%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (3.0%)	$18,483			$1,590			$16,893	56.8	72.1	626	352
363159004225	979	Windham Ashland Central School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	5411 State Rt 23	Windham	12496	Greene County	Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 734-3400	295	39	7.6	50.2%	243 (82.4%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (8.8%)	8 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	17 (5.8%)	$24,633			$1,681			$22,952	56.8	57.6	981	2
361557001329	980	Belle Sherman School	Public	PK, KG-5	501 Mitchell St	Ithaca	14850	Tompkins County	Ithaca City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 274-2206	319	34	9.3	31.7%	150 (47.0%)	33 (10.3%)	39 (12.2%)	59 (18.5%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (11.3%)	$17,581			$366			$17,215	56.8	58.4	966	14

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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.