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)
360008606393	2381	Lucero Elementary School	Public	K-5	1425 Walton Ave	Bronx	10452	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 9	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 681-8701	284	25	11.3	96.5%	1 (0.4%)	23 (8.1%)	257 (90.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	$23,593			$3,134			$20,459	7.2	23.3	1946	435
360008702357	2382	Ps 94 Kings College School	Public	K-5	3530 Kings College Pl	Bronx	10467	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #10	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 405-6345	806	80	10	92.4%	19 (2.4%)	91 (11.3%)	595 (73.8%)	81 (10.0%)	14 (1.7%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.6%)	$23,889			$2,958			$20,931	7.2	14.2	2205	177
362082005954	2383	Cataract Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	6431 Girard Ave	Niagara Falls	14304	Niagara County	Niagara Falls City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 278-9120	534	38	13.9	72.3%	249 (46.6%)	139 (26.0%)	40 (7.5%)	11 (2.1%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	91 (17.0%)	$16,887			$2,748			$14,140	7.2	8.6	2347	36
361974001809	2384	Kenneth L Rutherford School	Public	3-5	26 Patricia Pl	Monticello	12701	Sullivan County	Monticello Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 794-4240	468	46	10.1	78.0%	141 (30.1%)	55 (11.8%)	217 (46.4%)	11 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (9.4%)	$17,598			$2,154			$15,444	7.1	5	2405	21
360010202416	2385	Ps 111 Jacob Blackwell	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	37-15 13th St	Long Island City	11101	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 786-2073	493	40	12.2	96.3%	14 (2.8%)	155 (31.4%)	304 (61.7%)	13 (2.6%)	5 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	$22,614			$1,660			$20,954	7	11.8	2284	101
362859003863	2386	Hurlbut W Smith K-8 School	Public	PK, KG-8	1130 Salt Springs Rd	Syracuse	13224	Onondaga County	Syracuse City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 435-4490	767	62	12.2	86.3%	101 (13.2%)	473 (61.7%)	85 (11.1%)	57 (7.4%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	46 (6.0%)	$15,685			$2,798			$12,887	7	5.8	2389	3
362475004423	2387	School 22-Lincoln School	Public	PK, KG-6	595 Upper Falls Blvd	Rochester	14605	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 467-7160	466	35	13.5	91.6%	5 (1.1%)	123 (26.4%)	312 (67.0%)	11 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (3.0%)	$13,466			$3,539			$9,927	6.9	7.9	2362	25
362859003881	2388	Van Duyn Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	401 Loomis Ave	Syracuse	13207	Onondaga County	Syracuse City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 435-4660	334	31	10.9	88.3%	20 (6.0%)	244 (73.1%)	26 (7.8%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (10.5%)	$16,192			$3,796			$12,397	6.8	4.2	2417	29
362475003406	2389	School 35-Pinnacle	Public	K-6	194 Field St	Rochester	14620	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 271-4583	382	35	11	91.9%	24 (6.3%)	150 (39.3%)	189 (49.5%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (3.7%)	$12,614			$2,230			$10,384	6.7	5	2404	15
360246000016	2390	Giffen Memorial Elementary School	Public	K-5	274 S Pearl St	Albany	12202	Albany County	Albany City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 475-6650	406	32	12.5	82.8%	30 (7.4%)	228 (56.2%)	92 (22.7%)	28 (6.9%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (6.2%)	$20,260			$2,931			$17,329	6.7	5.3	2396	6

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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.