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)
362721003711	1031	Shaker Road Elementary School	Public	K-4	512 Albany Shaker Rd	Albany	12211	Albany County	South Colonie Central School District	No	No	No	No	(518) 458-1440	348	19	18.1		198 (56.9%)	16 (4.6%)	42 (12.1%)	61 (17.5%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (8.3%)	$16,839			$889			$15,951	55.4	67.1	730	301
360010102162	1032	Ps 35 Nathaniel Woodhull	Public	PK, KG-5	191-02 90th Ave	Hollis	11423	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #29	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 465-6820	571	37	15.4	76.5%	23 (4.0%)	162 (28.4%)	130 (22.8%)	196 (34.3%)	40 (7.0%)	10 (1.8%)	10 (1.8%)	$17,897			$1,475			$16,421	55.4	52.7	1108	76
360012306606	1033	S.T.A.R. Leadership Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	150-15 Raleigh St	Richmond Hill	11418	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #27	No	No	No	Yes	(929) 395-3215	495	26	18.8	66.7%	56 (11.3%)	27 (5.5%)	262 (52.9%)	110 (22.2%)	15 (3.0%)	14 (2.8%)	11 (2.2%)	$15,391			$713			$14,677	55.3	54.4	1060	27
361506001258	1034	Hunter Elementary School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-9	7794 Main St	Hunter	12442	Greene County	Hunter-Tannersville Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 263-4256	186	25	7.4	44.6%	157 (84.4%)	1 (0.5%)	17 (9.1%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.8%)	$26,308			$5,226			$21,082	55.3	56.3	1019	15
360104806255	1035	Ember Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	616 Quincy St-3rd Fl	Brooklyn	11221	Kings County	Ember Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 285-3787	423	33	12.6	74.7%	4 (0.9%)	351 (83.0%)	58 (13.7%)	3 (0.7%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	$29,536			$4,368			$25,168	55.2	47.3	1245	210
362478003429	1036	Riverside School	Public	K-5	110 Riverside Dr	Rockville Centre	11570	Nassau County	Rockville Centre Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 255-8902	150	22	6.8	24.0%	89 (59.3%)	10 (6.7%)	40 (26.7%)	5 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.0%)	$29,738			$977			$28,761	55.2	69.3	684	352
360002904376	1037	Genesee Community Charter School	Public, Charter	K-6	657 East Ave	Rochester	14607	Monroe County	Genesee Community Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(585) 697-1960	214	15	14.2	48.1%	86 (40.2%)	70 (32.7%)	29 (13.6%)	3 (1.4%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (11.7%)	$16,023			$1,820			$14,203	55.2	60.9	898	139
360010302171	1038	Ps 38 George Cromwell	Public	PK, KG-5	421 Lincoln Ave	Staten Island	10306	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 351-1225	348	31	11.4	75.6%	122 (35.1%)	12 (3.4%)	90 (25.9%)	108 (31.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (4.0%)	$24,317			$1,589			$22,727	55.1	47.6	1239	201
360112906566	1039	Rosalyn Yalow Charter School	Public, Charter	K-5	650 Grand Concourse	Bronx	10451	Bronx County	Rosalyn Yalow Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(347) 735-5480	464	53	8.7	89.4%	0 (0.0%)	206 (44.4%)	249 (53.7%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)	$18,932			$4,589			$14,343	55	46.1	1278	239
360103406224	1040	Rochdale Early Advantage Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	122-05 Smith St	Jamaica	11434	Queens County	Rochdale Early Advantage Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 978-9975	418	27	15.4	73.9%	2 (0.5%)	372 (89.0%)	30 (7.2%)	3 (0.7%)	7 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	$19,082			$913			$18,170	55	48.4	1219	179

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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.