Best Elementary Schools in New York for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in New York!

Every year, the NY State Education Department shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

JUST IN! New York NY State Assessments test scores and updated rankings for the 2023-24 school year were posted to SchoolDigger this week!

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish New York test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 2110)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
360010302159	1	Ps 35 Clove Valley School (The)	Public	K-5	60 Foote Ave	Staten Island	10301	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	No	(718) 442-3037	377	23	16.1	36.6%	188 (49.9%)	23 (6.1%)	77 (20.4%)	64 (17.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (6.1%)	$19,483			$1,653			$17,830	100.0%	99.6%	0.36%
360099506103	2	Icahn Charter School 4	Public, Charter	K-8	1500 Pelham Pkwy South	Bronx	10461	Bronx County	Icahn Charter School 4	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 828-0034	348	24	14.5	63.5%	3 (0.9%)	194 (55.7%)	115 (33.0%)	30 (8.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.1%)	$20,823			$1,608			$19,215	99.9%	99.7%	0.19%
360114606580	3	Success Academy Charter School-Bushwick	Public, Charter	K-4	139 Menahan St	Brooklyn	11221	Kings County	Success Academy Charter School-Bushwick	Yes	No	No	Yes	(646) 790-2173	478			75.3%	18 (3.8%)	93 (19.5%)	347 (72.6%)	9 (1.9%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.5%)	$14,604			$501			$14,103	99.9%	99.4%	0.43%
360007703548	4	Ps 77 Lower Lab School	Public, Magnet	K-5	1700 3rd Ave	New York	10128	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	Yes	No	No	(212) 427-2798	373	18	20.7	8.6%	140 (37.5%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.1%)	164 (44.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	47 (12.6%)	$11,531			$135			$11,396	99.8%	99.8%	0.03%
360095406017	5	Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 2	Public, Charter	K-4	144 E 128th St-3rd Fl	New York	10035	New York County	Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 2	Yes	No	No	Yes	(646) 442-6600	337			84.9%	3 (0.9%)	209 (62.0%)	104 (30.9%)	4 (1.2%)	3 (0.9%)	2 (0.6%)	11 (3.3%)	$18,511			$373			$18,138	99.8%	99.3%	0.42%
360009202607	6	Ps 172 Beacon School Of Excellence	Public	PK, KG-5	825 4th Ave	Brooklyn	11232	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #15	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 965-4200	460	43	10.6	80.4%	81 (17.6%)	22 (4.8%)	301 (65.4%)	47 (10.2%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.3%)	$24,034			$2,357			$21,677	99.7%	96.4%	3.27%
362637003611	7	Glen Head Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	7 School St	Glen Head	11545	Nassau County	North Shore Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 277-7701	371	33	11.4		246 (66.3%)	4 (1.1%)	49 (13.2%)	61 (16.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (2.7%)	$29,670			$187			$29,484	99.7%	97.2%	2.45%
360016105893	8	South Bronx Classical Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	977 Fox St	Bronx	10459	Bronx County	South Bronx Classical Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 860-4340	498			87.8%	10 (2.0%)	180 (36.1%)	288 (57.8%)	14 (2.8%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	$19,155			$4,079			$15,076	99.6%	98.6%	1.05%
360009902358	9	Ps 94 David D Porter	Public	PK, KG-5	41-77 Little Neck Pkwy	Little Neck	11363	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #26	No	No	No	No	(718) 423-8491	333	26	12.8	48.0%	22 (6.6%)	5 (1.5%)	36 (10.8%)	250 (75.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	19 (5.7%)	$18,936			$1,031			$17,905	99.6%	99.1%	0.47%
360010002667	10	Ps 196 Grand Central Parkway	Public	PK, KG-5	71-25 113th St	Forest Hills	11375	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	No	No	No	(718) 263-9770	787	50	15.8	20.1%	264 (33.5%)	18 (2.3%)	115 (14.6%)	324 (41.2%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	61 (7.8%)	$14,943			$754			$14,189	99.5%	99.5%	0.06%

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

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Virtual Schools: The Future of Online Education

State-Administered Standardized Tests: A Comprehensive Guide

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.