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)
362094004866	641	Martin Avenue Elementary School	Public	K-6	2616 Martin Ave	Bellmore	11710	Nassau County	North Bellmore Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 992-3115	311	28	11.2	16.7%	200 (64.3%)	4 (1.3%)	66 (21.2%)	27 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.5%)	$21,301			$1,511			$19,790	69.9	75.2	567	74
362949003979	642	Shaw Avenue School	Public	PK, KG-6	99 Shaw Ave	Valley Stream	11580	Nassau County	Valley Stream 30 Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 434-3803	736	61	12.1	47.6%	56 (7.6%)	219 (29.8%)	220 (29.9%)	213 (28.9%)	4 (0.5%)	7 (1.0%)	17 (2.3%)	$16,924			$2,038			$14,886	69.9	80.1	435	207
360007704407	643	Ps 212 Midtown West	Public	PK, KG-5	328 W 48th St	New York	10036	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 247-0208	275	20	13.7	33.8%	99 (36.0%)	20 (7.3%)	86 (31.3%)	42 (15.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (10.2%)	$18,689			$2,124			$16,565	69.9	87	289	354
362517006599	644	Mary K Vollmer Elementary School	Public	4-6	150 Telephone Rd	West Henrietta	14586	Monroe County	Rush-Henrietta Central School District	No	No	No	No	(585) 359-5550	681	60	11.4	43.2%	342 (50.2%)	78 (11.5%)	61 (9.0%)	146 (21.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (7.8%)	$12,120			$194			$11,926	69.9	66.9	749	105
360010002241	645	Ps 55 Maure	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	131-10 97th Ave	Richmond Hill	11418	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 849-3845	485	28	17.3	79.0%	9 (1.9%)	49 (10.1%)	121 (24.9%)	128 (26.4%)	137 (28.2%)	32 (6.6%)	9 (1.9%)	$19,899			$2,594			$17,305	69.8	58.7	955	310
362925003935	646	Andrew J Smith Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	26 Homer St	Union Springs	13160	Cayuga County	Union Springs Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 889-4170	339	25	13.4	40.7%	306 (90.3%)	2 (0.6%)	18 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	12 (3.5%)	$10,891			$1,479			$9,412	69.8	56.4	1006	360
360009005509	647	Ps 66 School Of Higher Expectations	Public	PK, KG-5	1001 Jennings St	Bronx	10460	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #12	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 319-2820	478	38	12.7	93.5%	4 (0.8%)	128 (26.8%)	338 (70.7%)	5 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	$23,257			$2,653			$20,604	69.7	35.3	1581	934
363192004270	648	Kahlil Gibran School	Public	PK, KG-8	18 Rosedale Rd	Yonkers	10710	Westchester County	Yonkers City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 376-8580	506	24	20.9	56.9%	164 (32.4%)	68 (13.4%)	197 (38.9%)	44 (8.7%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	30 (5.9%)	$13,422			$1,257			$12,165	69.7	62.9	845	197
360012302699	649	Ps 207 Rockwood Park	Public	PK, KG-8	159-15 88th St	Howard Beach	11414	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #27	No	No	No	No	(718) 848-2700	642	60	10.6	32.9%	412 (64.2%)	17 (2.6%)	142 (22.1%)	48 (7.5%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.6%)	18 (2.8%)	$22,768			$356			$22,412	69.7	79.8	443	206
362241003155	650	Panama K-6 School	Public	PK, KG-6	41 North St	Panama	14767	Chautauqua County	Panama Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 782-4166	242	29	8.4	43.0%	225 (93.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.0%)	$18,266			$3,485			$14,781	69.7	62.6	854	204

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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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Educational resources:

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Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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.