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)
360015102618	351	Ps 176 Ovington	Public	K-5	1225 69th St	Brooklyn	11219	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 236-7755	1,110	74	14.9	86.2%	117 (10.5%)	8 (0.7%)	263 (23.7%)	706 (63.6%)	8 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (0.7%)	$15,465			$1,366			$14,099	83.6	85.8	320	31
360009502815	352	Ps 316 Elijah Stroud	Public	PK, KG-5	750 Classon Ave	Brooklyn	11238	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #17	No	No	No	No	(718) 638-4043	561	51	11	52.2%	111 (19.8%)	287 (51.2%)	95 (16.9%)	15 (2.7%)	5 (0.9%)	4 (0.7%)	44 (7.8%)	$20,687			$838			$19,849	83.6	87.6	263	89
362577003537	353	Division Street Elementary School	Public	K-5	220 Division St	Saratoga Springs	12866	Saratoga County	Saratoga Springs City School District	No	No	No	No	(518) 583-4794	391	35	11.1	27.4%	308 (78.8%)	10 (2.6%)	44 (11.3%)	10 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	17 (4.3%)	$12,638			$1,049			$11,589	83.4	77.9	491	138
360654000437	354	Rushmore Avenue School	Public	3-6	251 Rushmore Ave	Carle Place	11514	Nassau County	Carle Place Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 622-6410	404	45	9	20.5%	223 (55.2%)	9 (2.2%)	106 (26.2%)	52 (12.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (3.2%)	$25,985			$491			$25,495	83.3	85.2	335	19
361308001069	355	Altamont Elementary School	Public	K-5	117 Grand St	Altamont	12009	Albany County	Guilderland Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 861-8528	306	32	9.4	24.8%	240 (78.4%)	4 (1.3%)	15 (4.9%)	35 (11.4%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.9%)	$16,660			$1,047			$15,614	83.3	60.8	899	544
360008802364	356	Ps 96 Richard Rodgers	Public	PK, KG-5	2385 Olinville Ave	Bronx	10467	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 652-4959	881	66	13.3	86.9%	139 (15.8%)	159 (18.0%)	536 (60.8%)	22 (2.5%)	5 (0.6%)	9 (1.0%)	11 (1.2%)	$19,058			$2,707			$16,351	83.2	87.4	275	81
362478003434	357	William S Covert School	Public	K-5	379 Willow St	South Hempstead	11550	Nassau County	Rockville Centre Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 255-8916	283	30	9.3	23.0%	168 (59.4%)	18 (6.4%)	72 (25.4%)	7 (2.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.0%)	$24,735			$430			$24,306	83.2	86.2	308	49
360007702468	358	Ps 126 Jacob August Riis	Public	PK, KG-8	80 Catherine St	New York	10038	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 962-2188	566	48	11.7	73.3%	39 (6.9%)	74 (13.1%)	119 (21.0%)	309 (54.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (4.1%)	$22,168			$2,688			$19,479	83.1	86.4	304	54
360010306546	359	Kathleen Grimm School For Leadership	Public	PK, KG-5	644 Bloomingdale Rd	Staten Island	10309	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	No	(718) 668-8640	463	29	16.1	35.4%	349 (75.4%)	7 (1.5%)	56 (12.1%)	46 (9.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	$18,254			$871			$17,383	83.1	85	341	18
360009801406	360	Ps 7 Louis F Simeone	Public	PK, KG-5	80-55 Cornish Ave	Elmhurst	11373	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #24	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 446-2726	1,198	78	15.3	85.5%	30 (2.5%)	10 (0.8%)	434 (36.2%)	691 (57.7%)	19 (1.6%)	2 (0.2%)	12 (1.0%)	$17,823			$1,204			$16,619	83	72	631	271

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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.