Best Elementary Schools in New York

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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)
362724003715	2051	Harrison Avenue Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	76 Harrison Ave	South Glens Falls	12803	Saratoga County	South Glens Falls Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 793-9048	264	20	13.4	52.7%	235 (89.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.3%)	$19,914			$3,320			$16,595	19.5	45.1	1301	750
362475003419	2052	School 52-Frank Fowler Dow	Public	PK, KG-6	100 Farmington Rd	Rochester	14609	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 482-9614	315	26	12.2	83.5%	59 (18.7%)	145 (46.0%)	94 (29.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.1%)	$14,490			$1,923			$12,567	19.5	15.2	2188	136
362937000262	2053	Watson Williams Elementary School	Public, Magnet	K-6	107 Elmwood Pl	Utica	13501	Oneida County	Utica City School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(315) 368-6780	630	46	13.6	88.3%	54 (8.6%)	218 (34.6%)	99 (15.7%)	207 (32.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	51 (8.1%)	$12,455			$3,772			$8,683	19.5	20.1	2043	10
360010102493	2054	Ps 134 Hollis	Public	PK, KG-5	203-02 109th Ave	Hollis	11423	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #29	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 464-5544	290	28	10.5	82.4%	3 (1.0%)	167 (57.6%)	52 (17.9%)	36 (12.4%)	18 (6.2%)	12 (4.1%)	2 (0.7%)	$23,196			$1,128			$22,069	19.4	19.4	2059	5
362328003260	2055	Arthur P Momot Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	60 Monty St	Plattsburgh	12901	Clinton County	Plattsburgh City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 563-1140	369	39	9.5	59.1%	291 (78.9%)	35 (9.5%)	23 (6.2%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.6%)	$17,556			$2,480			$15,076	19.4	25.9	1880	175
360008602188	2056	Ps 42 Claremont	Public	PK, KG-5	1537 Washington Ave	Bronx	10457	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 9	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 583-7366	316	36	8.8	99.1%	4 (1.3%)	112 (35.4%)	200 (63.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$28,629			$2,078			$26,551	19.3	19.5	2056
360303000077	2057	Andover Elementary School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	31-35 Elm St	Andover	14806	Allegany County	Andover Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 478-8491	249	19	13.1	47.8%	240 (96.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.4%)	$25,782			$4,537			$21,245	19.3	25.2	1900	157
360110703106	2058	Oppenheim-Ephratah-St Johnsville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	6486 State Hwy 29	St Johnsville	13452	Montgomery County	Oppenheim-Ephratah-St. Johnsville Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 568-2014	391	38	10.2	54.2%	376 (96.2%)	7 (1.8%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	$16,482			$4,367			$12,115	19.3	32	1712	346
360840000639	2059	Winfield Street Elementary School	Public	K-5	193 Winfield St	Corning	14830	Steuben County	Corning City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 962-6706	234	15	15.4	66.2%	199 (85.0%)	8 (3.4%)	12 (5.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (6.0%)	$13,117			$1,231			$11,886	19.2	33.2	1684	375
360687000474	2060	Charles A Mulligan Elementary School	Public	K-6	1 Broadway	Central Islip	11722	Suffolk County	Central Islip Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 348-5041	981	66	14.9	80.5%	21 (2.1%)	119 (12.1%)	796 (81.1%)	20 (2.0%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	21 (2.1%)	$18,588			$2,158			$16,430	19.2	15.5	2176	116

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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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Educational resources:

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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.