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)
360702000495	791	Huth Road School	Public	2-5	1773 Huth Rd	Grand Island	14072	Erie County	Grand Island Central School District	No	No	No	No	(716) 773-8850	427	34	12.4	23.7%	369 (86.4%)	8 (1.9%)	19 (4.4%)	13 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.2%)	$13,737			$1,391			$12,346	64.6	64.3	811	20
360107706308	792	Neighborhood Charter School Of Harlem	Public, Charter	K-8	691 St Nicholas Ave	New York	10031	New York County	Neighborhood Charter School Of Harlem	Yes	No	No	Yes	(646) 701-7117	624	30	20.8	97.8%	6 (1.0%)	243 (38.9%)	338 (54.2%)	13 (2.1%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	19 (3.0%)	$27,100			$2,974			$24,126	64.5	86	313	479
361098000880	793	Northside Elementary School	Public	K-5	55 Powell Pl	Farmingdale	11735	Nassau County	Farmingdale Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 434-5610	381	34	11.3	21.8%	237 (62.2%)	13 (3.4%)	90 (23.6%)	20 (5.2%)	5 (1.3%)	2 (0.5%)	14 (3.7%)	$27,204			$1,599			$25,606	64.5	79.2	455	338
363126004185	794	Ridgeway School	Public	K-5	225 Ridgeway	White Plains	10605	Westchester County	White Plains City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 422-2081	588	53	11.1	42.7%	188 (32.0%)	60 (10.2%)	287 (48.8%)	23 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (5.1%)	$23,219			$377			$22,842	64.3	64.9	797	3
363054004103	795	South Bay School	Public	K-5	160 Great E Neck Rd	West Babylon	11704	Suffolk County	West Babylon Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 376-7501	300	32	9.4	33.7%	162 (54.0%)	18 (6.0%)	103 (34.3%)	10 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (2.0%)	$18,692			$318			$18,374	64.1	57.1	994	199
360777000555	796	Clinton Elementary School	Public	K-5	75 Chenango Ave	Clinton	13323	Oneida County	Clinton Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 557-2255	546	41	13.2	26.7%	470 (86.1%)	9 (1.6%)	30 (5.5%)	7 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (5.1%)	$11,283			$1,303			$9,980	64.1	70.6	667	129
361863001685	797	Fairfield Elementary School	Public	K-5	330 Massapequa Ave	Massapequa	11758	Nassau County	Massapequa Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(516) 308-5301	530	49	10.8	11.5%	425 (80.2%)	1 (0.2%)	77 (14.5%)	16 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.1%)	$18,023			$106			$17,917	64.1	65.9	771	26
360009102793	798	Ps 282 Park Slope	Public	PK, KG-5	180 6th Ave	Brooklyn	11217	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #13	No	No	No	No	(718) 622-1626	496	36	13.6	31.7%	189 (38.1%)	161 (32.5%)	93 (18.8%)	28 (5.6%)	5 (1.0%)	3 (0.6%)	17 (3.4%)	$20,693			$1,125			$19,568	64.1	66.8	753	45
360009202359	799	Ps 94 Henry Longfellow (The)	Public	K-5	5010 6th Ave	Brooklyn	11220	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #15	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 435-6034	970	85	11.3	98.0%	15 (1.5%)	2 (0.2%)	296 (30.5%)	650 (67.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.6%)	$19,843			$2,405			$17,438	64	71.1	649	150
363054004102	800	Santapogue School	Public	PK, KG-5	1130 Herzel Blvd	West Babylon	11704	Suffolk County	West Babylon Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(631) 376-7401	348	33	10.4	35.3%	137 (39.4%)	29 (8.3%)	153 (44.0%)	22 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	5 (1.4%)	$17,016			$149			$16,867	64	61.7	877	77

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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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