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)
361791001610	181	West End School	Public	1-5	30 Clark Ave	Lynbrook	11563	Nassau County	Lynbrook Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 887-0288	394	33	11.8	15.0%	214 (54.3%)	29 (7.4%)	104 (26.4%)	34 (8.6%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.8%)	$18,771			$963			$17,807	90.8	87.5	267	86
360009902571	182	Ps 159	Public	PK, KG-5	205-01 33rd Ave	Bayside	11361	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #26	No	No	No	No	(718) 423-8553	542	39	13.8	56.5%	101 (18.6%)	3 (0.6%)	107 (19.7%)	318 (58.7%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.8%)	$17,998			$590			$17,408	90.8	91.7	180	2
363147004209	183	Country Parkway Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	35 Hollybrook Dr	Williamsville	14221	Erie County	Williamsville Central School District	No	No	No	No	(716) 626-9860	580	50	11.6	14.5%	325 (56.0%)	15 (2.6%)	22 (3.8%)	172 (29.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	44 (7.6%)	$14,153			$990			$13,163	90.7	92.4	166	17
361251001023	184	Saddle Rock School	Public	K-5	10 Hawthorne Ln	Great Neck	11023	Nassau County	Great Neck Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(516) 441-4400	547	47	11.7	14.8%	240 (43.9%)	5 (0.9%)	45 (8.2%)	235 (43.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.8%)	$24,261			$558			$23,703	90.7	90.6	203	19
362331003264	185	Bedford Road School	Public	K-4	289 Bedford Rd	Pleasantville	10570	Westchester County	Pleasantville Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 741-1441	573	46	12.3	11.2%	379 (66.1%)	7 (1.2%)	132 (23.0%)	26 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.1%)	$18,114			$581			$17,533	90.6	87.4	276	91
362820003804	186	Nassakeag Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	490 Pond Path	East Setauket	11733	Suffolk County	Three Village Central School District	No	No	No	No	(631) 730-4400	537	41	12.9	10.2%	311 (57.9%)	13 (2.4%)	61 (11.4%)	131 (24.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.9%)	$21,850			$239			$21,611	90.6	90.7	202	16
362505003467	187	East Hills Elementary School	Public	2-5	315 Locust Ln	Roslyn Heights	11577	Nassau County	Roslyn Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 801-5301	543	47	11.6	19.5%	273 (50.3%)	19 (3.5%)	61 (11.2%)	164 (30.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (4.8%)	$18,676			$329			$18,347	90.6	92.3	167	20
362478003427	188	Hewitt School	Public	K-5	446 Hempstead Ave	Rockville Centre	11570	Nassau County	Rockville Centre Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(516) 255-8913	462	42	10.9	4.3%	367 (79.4%)	24 (5.2%)	48 (10.4%)	11 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.6%)	$21,401			$384			$21,017	90.6	84.2	354	166
360471000213	189	Elsmere Elementary School	Public	K-5	247 Delaware Ave	Delmar	12054	Albany County	Bethlehem Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 439-4996	230	20	11.6	11.3%	192 (83.5%)	10 (4.3%)	5 (2.2%)	6 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (7.4%)	$19,524			$761			$18,763	90.5	93.8	131	58
360010302233	190	Barbara Esselborn School (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	330 Durant Ave	Staten Island	10308	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	No	(718) 987-8020	803	47	16.9	54.0%	417 (51.9%)	12 (1.5%)	124 (15.4%)	231 (28.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	18 (2.2%)	$19,048			$728			$18,320	90.5	92.7	156	34

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About our rankings:

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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.