Best Elementary Schools in New York

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					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 (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
921	Fishkill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	20 Church St	Fishkill	12524	Dutchess County	Wappingers Central School District	No	No	No	No	(845) 897-6780	334	22	15.2	38.3%	199 (59.6%)	23 (6.9%)	85 (25.4%)	15 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.6%)	$31,985			$252			$31,732	60.6	70.1	638	283		362988004014
922	Coney Island Preparatory Public Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	501 West Ave	Brooklyn	11224	Kings County	Coney Island Preparatory Public Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 513-6951	1,336	112	11.9	90.2%	192 (14.4%)	557 (41.7%)	470 (35.2%)	78 (5.8%)	13 (1.0%)	5 (0.4%)	21 (1.6%)	$26,794			$26,794			$00	60.5	51.1	1142	220		360100406101
923	Poestenkill Elementary School	Public	K-5	1 School Rd	Poestenkill	12140	Rensselaer County	Averill Park Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 674-7125	334	21	15.5	24.9%	316 (94.6%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.4%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.1%)	$22,846			$1,572			$21,274	60.5	60.3	898	25		360001600113
924	Robert R Graves School	Public	K-4	345 Mountain View Ave	Port Ewen	12466	Ulster County	Kingston City School District	No	No	No	No	(845) 943-3915	325	31	10.4	39.7%	226 (69.5%)	15 (4.6%)	42 (12.9%)	11 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (9.5%)	$36,822			$857			$35,966	60.4	57.4	965	41		361629001441
925	Ps 49 Willis Avenue	Public	PK, KG-5	383 E 139th St	Bronx	10454	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 7	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 292-4623	447	45	9.8	98.4%	7 (1.6%)	111 (24.8%)	321 (71.8%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	$41,815			$4,065			$37,751	60.4	55.2	1023	98		360008402218
926	Brighter Choice Charter School For Girls	Public, Charter	K-5	250 Central Ave	Albany	12206	Albany County	Brighter Choice Charter School For Girls	Yes	No	No	Yes	(518) 694-4100	316	28	11.3	81.0%	22 (7.0%)	182 (57.6%)	48 (15.2%)	33 (10.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	29 (9.2%)	$15,521			$1,801			$13,720	60.4	51.2	1139	213		360003304311
927	Bilingual Bicultural School (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	219 E 109th St	New York	10029	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 4	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 860-6031	291	25	11.7	93.1%	6 (2.1%)	9 (3.1%)	273 (93.8%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$39,440			$3,574			$35,866	60.3	45.6	1270	343		360007902324
928	Ps 279 Herman Schreiber	Public	PK, KG-5	1070 E 104th St	Brooklyn	11236	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #18	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 444-4316	276	20	13.8	85.1%	9 (3.3%)	232 (84.1%)	30 (10.9%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	$35,787			$3,662			$32,125	60.3	49.3	1188	260		360009602791
929	Somers Intermediate School	Public	3-5	240 Rt 202	Somers	10589	Westchester County	Somers Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 277-4344	560	54	10.2	16.4%	407 (72.7%)	6 (1.1%)	106 (18.9%)	14 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (4.8%)	$36,361			$106			$36,254	60.3	67.1	726	203		362718003701
930	Ps 212 Lady Deborah Moody	Public	PK, KG-5	87 Bay 49th St	Brooklyn	11214	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #21	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 266-4841	560	51	10.9	85.4%	125 (22.3%)	52 (9.3%)	228 (40.7%)	144 (25.7%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.3%)	$37,863			$2,545			$35,318	60.3	39.7	1466	536		360015202708

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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 December 4, 2025, 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.