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)
363192004263	1411	Eugenio Maria De Hostos Microsociety School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	75 Morris St	Yonkers	10705	Westchester County	Yonkers City School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(914) 376-8430	568	31	18.5	90.1%	29 (5.1%)	40 (7.0%)	465 (81.9%)	20 (3.5%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	8 (1.4%)	$15,570			$1,038			$14,532	41.1	39.8	1449	38
360008302485	1412	Ps 132 Juan Pablo Duarte	Public	K-5	185 Wadsworth Ave	New York	10033	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 927-7857	151	17	8.8	88.1%	1 (0.7%)	8 (5.3%)	141 (93.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	$36,831			$3,185			$33,647	41.1	15.4	2164	752
360010102438	1413	Ps 118 Lorraine Hansberry	Public	PK, KG-5	190-20 109th Rd	Saint Albans	11412	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #29	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 465-5538	373	26	14	71.8%	2 (0.5%)	226 (60.6%)	85 (22.8%)	46 (12.3%)	9 (2.4%)	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.8%)	$20,245			$1,863			$18,382	41.1	39.7	1454	41
361920001744	1414	Oxhead Road School	Public	1-5	144 Oxhead Rd	Centereach	11720	Suffolk County	Middle Country Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 285-8700	371	25	14.6	38.5%	162 (43.7%)	20 (5.4%)	143 (38.5%)	30 (8.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	15 (4.0%)	$18,649			$927			$17,722	41	50.6	1146	268
360993000765	1415	East Rochester Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	400 Woodbine Ave	East Rochester	14445	Monroe County	East Rochester Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 248-6311	458	43	10.5	48.0%	330 (72.1%)	24 (5.2%)	53 (11.6%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (10.0%)	$13,962			$2,017			$11,944	41	42.3	1382	33
362943003972	1416	Willow Road School	Public	K-6	880 Catalpa Dr	Franklin Square	11010	Nassau County	Valley Stream 13 Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(516) 568-6640	486	46	10.4		146 (30.0%)	44 (9.1%)	142 (29.2%)	135 (27.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.5%)	$19,046			$761			$18,285	40.9	49.3	1182	234
363069004125	1417	Bayview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	165 Snedecor Ave	West Islip	11795	Suffolk County	West Islip Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(631) 504-5600	410	35	11.7	7.8%	348 (84.9%)	2 (0.5%)	37 (9.0%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.9%)	$20,653			$151			$20,502	40.9	39.7	1452	35
360008806400	1418	Young Voices Academy Of The Bronx	Public	PK, KG-5	800 Lydig Ave	Bronx	10462	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 794-4080	369	25	14.5	87.0%	46 (12.5%)	20 (5.4%)	257 (69.6%)	39 (10.6%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)	$17,343			$1,634			$15,709	40.8	54	1061	357
360009605506	1419	Ps 66	Public	PK, KG-8	845 E 96th St	Brooklyn	11236	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #18	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 922-3505	568	49	11.6	76.8%	19 (3.3%)	442 (77.8%)	81 (14.3%)	6 (1.1%)	7 (1.2%)	5 (0.9%)	8 (1.4%)	$19,298			$2,443			$16,855	40.8	51	1133	286
361890001712	1420	Mechanicville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	25 Kniskern Ave	Mechanicville	12118	Saratoga County	Mechanicville City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 664-7336	600	37	16.3	51.5%	559 (93.2%)	10 (1.7%)	18 (3.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.8%)	$11,257			$1,400			$9,857	40.8	36.4	1544	124

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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.