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
1041	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	527	47	11.2	80.5%	17 (3.2%)	405 (76.9%)	76 (14.4%)	10 (1.9%)	10 (1.9%)	2 (0.4%)	7 (1.3%)	$34,212			$2,678			$31,534	55.9	40.8	1419	378		360009605506
1042	La Cima Charter School	Public, Charter	K-5	800 Gates Ave	Brooklyn	11221	Kings County	La Cima Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 443-2136	174	24	7.2	87.9%	2 (1.1%)	74 (42.5%)	90 (51.7%)	2 (1.1%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.9%)	$24,718			$829			$23,889	55.8	37.7	1518	476		360096106071
1043	Ps 70	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	30-45 42nd St	Long Island City	11103	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 728-4646	770	59	12.9	74.9%	307 (39.9%)	22 (2.9%)	334 (43.4%)	71 (9.2%)	6 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	28 (3.6%)	$32,476			$2,534			$29,943	55.7	57.9	949	94		360010202289
1044	John F Kennedy School	Public	PK, KG-5	175 Brookvale Ave	West Babylon	11704	Suffolk County	West Babylon Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(631) 376-7801	348	30	11.7	11.8%	227 (65.2%)	22 (6.3%)	70 (20.1%)	11 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.2%)	$35,870			$302			$35,568	55.7	66	757	287		363054004101
1045	KIPP Freedom Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	2246 Jerome Ave	Bronx	10453	Bronx County	KIPP Freedom Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 841-6165	615	29	21.2	90.2%	6 (1.0%)	217 (35.3%)	375 (61.0%)	7 (1.1%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.1%)	$19,073			$19,073			$00	55.7			(n/a)		360117606647
1046	Clinton Elementary School	Public	K-5	4100 Clinton St	West Seneca	14224	Erie County	West Seneca Central School District	No	No	No	No	(716) 677-3620	629	44	14.3	28.3%	533 (84.7%)	14 (2.2%)	43 (6.8%)	7 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.1%)	$20,979			$564			$20,415	55.6	64.9	784	262		363078004142
1047	Woodland Elementary School	Public	K-5	100 Spartan Way	East Syracuse	13057	Onondaga County	East Syracuse Minoa Central School District	No	No	No	No	(315) 434-3440	310	27	11.4	47.1%	223 (71.9%)	21 (6.8%)	14 (4.5%)	26 (8.4%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (7.7%)	$30,266			$1,452			$28,814	55.6	58.6	935	112		360999000779
1048	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	819	80	10.1	98.2%	16 (2.0%)	1 (0.1%)	292 (35.7%)	510 (62.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$33,393			$3,595			$29,798	55.6	64	799	249		360009202359
1049	Ps 71 Rose E Scala	Public	K-8	3040 Roberts Ave	Bronx	10461	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 8	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 822-5351	1,079	89	12	80.6%	194 (18.0%)	62 (5.7%)	659 (61.1%)	139 (12.9%)	5 (0.5%)	6 (0.6%)	14 (1.3%)	$31,132			$3,173			$27,960	55.5	54.3	1045	4		360008502293
1050	Rouses Point Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	80 Maple St	Rouses Point	12979	Clinton County	Northeastern Clinton Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 297-7211	259	18	14.5	49.0%	242 (93.4%)	5 (1.9%)	6 (2.3%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.5%)	$28,661			$1,493			$27,168	55.4	72.1	595	455		362125003021

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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.