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)
363054004100	1931	Forest Avenue School	Public	PK, KG-5	200 Forest Ave	West Babylon	11704	Suffolk County	West Babylon Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 376-7301	273	26	10.4	49.5%	122 (44.7%)	29 (10.6%)	105 (38.5%)	8 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.3%)	$18,866			$17			$18,850	24.3	31.3	1712	219
362730003722	1932	Birchwood Intermediate School	Public	3-5	121 Wolf Hill Rd	Melville	11746	Suffolk County	South Huntington Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 812-3200	636	59	10.8	50.9%	201 (31.6%)	35 (5.5%)	349 (54.9%)	30 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (3.1%)	$20,771			$1,345			$19,426	24.2	27.2	1835	97
361956004822	1933	Minisink Valley Intermediate School	Public	3-5	2320 Rt 6	Middletown	10940	Orange County	Minisink Valley Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 355-5256	470	38	12.5	31.7%	333 (70.9%)	22 (4.7%)	100 (21.3%)	14 (3.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$15,488			$1,089			$14,399	24.2	33.4	1637	296
362493004369	1934	Romulus Central School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	5705 Rt 96	Romulus	14541	Seneca County	Romulus Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(866) 810-0345	438	42	10.4	54.6%	397 (90.6%)	2 (0.5%)	22 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (3.7%)	$14,579			$14			$14,565	24.2	24.9	1902	32
360009805564	1935	Ps 239	Public	PK, KG-5	17-15 Weirfield St	Ridgewood	11385	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #24	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 417-2840	410	32	12.9	87.6%	33 (8.0%)	14 (3.4%)	329 (80.2%)	30 (7.3%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	$21,838			$2,034			$19,804	24.1	28.4	1801	134
360104206252	1936	East Harlem Scholars Academy Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	2050 2nd Ave	New York	10029	New York County	East Harlem Scholars Academy Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(212) 348-2518	897	61	14.7	87.4%	28 (3.1%)	212 (23.6%)	613 (68.3%)	15 (1.7%)	11 (1.2%)	3 (0.3%)	15 (1.7%)	$26,802			$3,097			$23,705	24.1	36.7	1534	402
361071000846	1937	Charles F Johnson Junior Elementary School	Public	K-5	715 Paden St	Endicott	13760	Broome County	Union-Endicott Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 757-2137	369	28	13	67.5%	168 (45.5%)	54 (14.6%)	72 (19.5%)	27 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	45 (12.2%)	$13,687			$2,620			$11,067	24.1	11.1	2299	362
361808001616	1938	Madison Central School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	7303 Rt 20	Madison	13402	Madison County	Madison Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 893-1878	432	40	10.8	52.8%	420 (97.2%)	4 (0.9%)	7 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	$15,580			$1,821			$13,759	24.1	30.1	1747	191
360015202645	1939	Ps 188 Michael E Berdy	Public	PK, KG-5	3314 Neptune Ave	Brooklyn	11224	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #21	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 265-7580	247	31	8	94.3%	20 (8.1%)	131 (53.0%)	77 (31.2%)	10 (4.0%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.4%)	$29,510			$3,411			$26,099	24.1	12.8	2247	308
360010202420	1940	Ps 112 Dutch Kills	Public	PK, KG-5	25-05 37th Ave	Long Island City	11101	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 784-5250	541	30	18.2	90.8%	38 (7.0%)	91 (16.8%)	303 (56.0%)	98 (18.1%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.1%)	$21,812			$2,246			$19,566	24	28.2	1806	134

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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.
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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.