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)
360008702939	1371	Ps 315 Lab School	Public	K-8	2865 Claflin Ave	Bronx	10468	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #10	No	No	No	Yes	(929) 237-7750	188	16	11.5	94.1%	3 (1.6%)	15 (8.0%)	166 (88.3%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	$24,710			$2,995			$21,715	42.5	41.5	1402	31
360008802389	1372	Ps 103 Hector Fontanez	Public	PK, KG-5	4125 Carpenter Ave	Bronx	10466	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 655-0261	801	57	14.1	94.0%	32 (4.0%)	253 (31.6%)	476 (59.4%)	6 (0.7%)	23 (2.9%)	3 (0.4%)	8 (1.0%)	$23,585			$3,462			$20,124	42.4	45.2	1304	68
361530005044	1373	Indian River Intermediate School	Public	4-5	32430 Us Rt 11	Philadelphia	13673	Jefferson County	Indian River Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 642-0405	539	45	12.1	54.7%	325 (60.3%)	46 (8.5%)	101 (18.7%)	4 (0.7%)	3 (0.6%)	5 (0.9%)	55 (10.2%)	$12,845			$1,336			$11,509	42.3	39	1475	102
362838003821	1374	Brookside Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3849 Saddlemire Rd	Binghamton	13903	Broome County	Susquehanna Valley Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 669-4105	391	26	14.8	41.9%	331 (84.7%)	9 (2.3%)	17 (4.3%)	9 (2.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	23 (5.9%)	$13,803			$2,024			$11,779	42.3	48.9	1195	179
360098806137	1375	Evergreen Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	605 Peninsula Blvd	Hempstead	11550	Nassau County	Evergreen Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(516) 292-2060	1,088	68	16	80.3%	2 (0.2%)	103 (9.5%)	923 (84.8%)	5 (0.5%)	55 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$17,433			$1,896			$15,537	42.3	45.5	1295	80
360012002810	1376	Ps 306 Ethan Allen	Public	PK, KG-5	970 Vermont St	Brooklyn	11207	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #19	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 649-3155	256	21	11.9	98.0%	0 (0.0%)	178 (69.5%)	76 (29.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$30,268			$3,858			$26,410	42.2	18.7	2076	700
360903000688	1377	Cayuga Heights Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1780 Como Park Blvd	Depew	14043	Erie County	Depew Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 686-5006	872	75	11.6	42.1%	693 (79.5%)	20 (2.3%)	61 (7.0%)	39 (4.5%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (6.3%)	$11,041			$00			$11,041	42.1	34.7	1597	220
362790003787	1378	Springs School	Public	PK, KG-8	48 School St	East Hampton	11937	Suffolk County	Springs Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 324-0144	691	32	21.5		258 (37.3%)	1 (0.1%)	415 (60.1%)	7 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	9 (1.3%)	$22,344			$820			$21,524	42.1	41.5	1403	25
360015202346	1379	Ps 90 Edna Cohen School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	2840 W 12th St	Brooklyn	11224	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #21	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 787-3333	468	36	13.1	93.6%	70 (15.0%)	98 (20.9%)	219 (46.8%)	71 (15.2%)	6 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	$19,597			$2,395			$17,202	42.1	41	1413	34
360008102489	1380	Ps 133 Fred R Moore	Public	PK, KG-5	2121 5th Ave	New York	10037	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 5	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 690-5936	187	25	7.4	95.2%	7 (3.7%)	103 (55.1%)	69 (36.9%)	3 (1.6%)	4 (2.1%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	$39,897			$1,834			$38,063	42.1	50.9	1138	242

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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.
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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.