Best Elementary Schools in New York

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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)
361344004511	1781	Hammond Central School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	51 S Main St	Hammond	13646	St. Lawrence County	Hammond Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 324-5931	228	26	8.6	56.6%	223 (97.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.2%)	$23,680			$2,980			$20,701	28.7	28.9	1787	6
363192000452	1782	Robert C Dodson School	Public	PK, KG-8	105 Avondale Rd	Yonkers	10710	Westchester County	Yonkers City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 376-8159	724	47	15.2	78.0%	34 (4.7%)	35 (4.8%)	631 (87.2%)	20 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	$18,826			$1,110			$17,716	28.7	29.7	1762	20
360687000476	1783	Francis J O'Neill School	Public	K-6	44 E Cherry St	Central Islip	11722	Suffolk County	Central Islip Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 348-5060	592	44	13.6	78.4%	12 (2.0%)	121 (20.4%)	444 (75.0%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.9%)	$26,828			$3,668			$23,160	28.7	41.8	1393	390
360405005411	1784	Dana L Lyon Middle School	Public	4-8	25 Ellas Ave	Bath	14810	Steuben County	Bath Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 776-4110	513	51	9.9	50.7%	495 (96.5%)	6 (1.2%)	7 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	$17,953			$2,230			$15,722	28.7	26.7	1853	69
360001301160	1785	North Broad Street School	Public	K-5	230 N Broad St	Oneida	13421	Madison County	Oneida City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 363-3650	151	10	14.9	57.0%	115 (76.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.6%)	1 (0.7%)	11 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (13.2%)	$14,486			$2,876			$11,610	28.6	23.6	1934	149
362982004005	1786	Townsend Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	42-66 North St	Walton	13856	Delaware County	Walton Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 865-4116	367	31	11.8	48.2%	355 (96.7%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$17,762			$3,008			$14,754	28.6	14.9	2185	399
362091004736	1787	Belmont Elementary School	Public	K-5	108 Barnum St	North Babylon	11704	Suffolk County	North Babylon Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 620-7505	372	35	10.6	57.0%	93 (25.0%)	70 (18.8%)	161 (43.3%)	21 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	25 (6.7%)	$11,426			$947			$10,479	28.6	40.3	1428	359
360015302443	1788	Ps 119 Amersfort	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	3829 Ave K	Brooklyn	11210	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #22	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 377-7696	398	26	15.2	81.9%	21 (5.3%)	198 (49.7%)	60 (15.1%)	93 (23.4%)	6 (1.5%)	9 (2.3%)	11 (2.8%)	$19,348			$1,677			$17,671	28.5	34	1618	170
360015202731	1789	Ps 225 Eileen E Zaglin (The)	Public	PK, KG-8	1075 Oceanview Ave	Brooklyn	11235	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #21	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 743-9793	1,002	91	10.9	89.2%	525 (52.4%)	16 (1.6%)	266 (26.5%)	175 (17.5%)	12 (1.2%)	2 (0.2%)	6 (0.6%)	$19,631			$1,718			$17,913	28.5	34.5	1602	187
362721004750	1790	Roessleville School	Public	PK, KG-4	100 California Ave	Albany	12205	Albany County	South Colonie Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 459-2157	369	22	16.6	55.0%	165 (44.7%)	48 (13.0%)	65 (17.6%)	66 (17.9%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	23 (6.2%)	$15,315			$2,141			$13,174	28.5	49.6	1171	619

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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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Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

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.