Best Elementary Schools in New York

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2022 vs 2021)
ID	Rank (of 2433)	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 (2022)	Average Standard Score (2021)	Rank (2021)	Rank Change from 2021	SchoolDigger Rating (2022)
361251001021	21	Lakeville Elementary School	Public	1-5	47-27 Jayson Ave	Great Neck	11020	Nassau County	Great Neck Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(516) 441-4300	696	57	12.2	17.2%	74 (10.6%)	6 (0.9%)	66 (9.5%)	517 (74.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (4.6%)	$21,101			$498			$20,603	97	94.9	18	3
360009902646	22	Ps 188 Kingsbury	Public	PK, KG-5	218-12 Hartland Ave	Flushing	11364	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #26	No	No	No	No	(929) 600-5683	674	42	16	31.6%	148 (22.0%)	7 (1.0%)	40 (5.9%)	455 (67.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	22 (3.3%)	$14,871			$1,771			$13,101	96.9	93.7	37	15
360016105893	23	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	508	8	63.5		9 (1.8%)	192 (37.8%)	291 (57.3%)	10 (2.0%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	$17,216			$2,009			$15,207	96.9	92.2	65	42
360010102362	24	Ps 95 Eastwood	Public	K-5	179-01 90th Ave	Jamaica	11432	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #29	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 739-0007	1,223	78	15.7	74.5%	16 (1.3%)	119 (9.7%)	494 (40.4%)	504 (41.2%)	73 (6.0%)	9 (0.7%)	8 (0.7%)	$16,268			$2,546			$13,722	96.8	93.9	34	10
360011902144	25	Ps 31 Samuel F Dupont	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	75 Meserole Ave	Brooklyn	11222	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #14	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 383-8998	544	36	15.1	64.9%	238 (43.8%)	37 (6.8%)	211 (38.8%)	38 (7.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.5%)	$17,504			$2,239			$15,266	96.7	95.7	13	12
361581002040	26	Jeffrey Ratner-Robert Seaman Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	137 Leahy St	Jericho	11753	Nassau County	Jericho Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(516) 203-3630	279	24	11.7	8.2%	107 (38.4%)	5 (1.8%)	11 (3.9%)	141 (50.5%)	3 (1.1%)	5 (1.8%)	7 (2.5%)	$30,916			$218			$30,698	96.6	96	9	17
360007702458	27	Ps 124 Yung Wing	Public	PK, KG-5	40 Division St	New York	10002	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 966-7237	596	43	13.7	47.0%	13 (2.2%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.0%)	540 (90.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (5.0%)	$17,924			$2,166			$15,758	96.6	86.6	205	178
360564000290	28	Bronxville Elementary School	Public	K-8	177 Pondfield Rd	Bronxville	10708	Westchester County	Bronxville Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 395-0500	639	46	14		506 (79.2%)	1 (0.2%)	46 (7.2%)	40 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	45 (7.0%)	$19,031			$00			$19,031	96.5	93.5	49	21
360009902687	29	Ps 203 Oakland Gardens	Public	PK, KG-5	53-11 Sprngfld Blvd	Bayside	11364	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #26	No	No	No	No	(718) 423-8652	763	45	16.9	42.2%	63 (8.3%)	12 (1.6%)	74 (9.7%)	589 (77.2%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	22 (2.9%)	$15,579			$917			$14,662	96.5	94.3	27	2
362595003564	30	Quaker Ridge School	Public	K-5	125 Weaver St	Scarsdale	10583	Westchester County	Scarsdale Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(914) 721-2780	513	49	10.5		308 (60.0%)	5 (1.0%)	43 (8.4%)	120 (23.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (7.2%)	$23,533			$00			$23,533	96.5	94.1	30

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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 October 24, 2022, 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. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.