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
841	Ps 583	Public	PK, KG-5	1028 White Plains Rd	Bronx	10472	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 8	No	No	No	Yes	(929) 348-4960	436	30	14.6	87.8%	17 (3.9%)	29 (6.7%)	182 (41.7%)	192 (44.0%)	13 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	$29,754			$2,806			$26,947	64.4	44.8	1296	455		360008506614
842	Ps 2 Alfred Zimberg	Public	PK, KG-5	75-10 21st Ave	East Elmhurst	11370	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 728-1459	583	44	13.3	70.3%	204 (35.0%)	30 (5.1%)	240 (41.2%)	98 (16.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.5%)	$31,917			$2,377			$29,540	64.3	59.3	919	77		360010202045
843	Maud S Sherwood Elementary School	Public	2-5	301 Smith Ave	Islip	11751	Suffolk County	Islip Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(631) 650-8650	366	35	10.4	33.1%	206 (56.3%)	17 (4.6%)	109 (29.8%)	12 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	20 (5.5%)	$28,667			$401			$28,266	64.3	39.3	1477	634		361554001326
844	Copenhagen Central School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	3020 Mechanic St	Copenhagen	13626	Lewis County	Copenhagen Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 688-4411	473	41	11.4	28.1%	435 (92.0%)	3 (0.6%)	23 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (2.3%)	$24,450			$2,473			$21,977	64.3	72.3	589	255		360828000608
845	Neighborhood Charter School Of Harlem	Public, Charter	K-8	691 St Nicholas Ave	New York	10031	New York County	Neighborhood Charter School Of Harlem	Yes	No	No	Yes	(646) 701-7117	623			92.9%	11 (1.8%)	239 (38.4%)	342 (54.9%)	10 (1.6%)	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	15 (2.4%)	$32,328			$2,252			$30,075	64.3	64.5	792	53		360107706308
846	Ps 175 City Island	Public	PK, KG-8	200 City Island Ave	Bronx	10464	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	No	No	No	(718) 885-1093	259	24	10.7	57.9%	90 (34.7%)	24 (9.3%)	110 (42.5%)	20 (7.7%)	7 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.1%)	$34,600			$1,532			$33,068	64.2	58.8	931	85		360008802613
847	Big Tree Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	S 4460 Bay View Rd	Hamburg	14075	Erie County	Frontier Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 926-1740	535	51	10.4	37.9%	464 (86.7%)	15 (2.8%)	28 (5.2%)	7 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.7%)	$22,531			$1,251			$21,280	64.2	72.7	583	264		361167000468
848	East Broadway School	Public	K-5	751 Seaman Neck Rd	Seaford	11783	Nassau County	Levittown Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(516) 434-7426	662	55	12	15.4%	487 (73.6%)	8 (1.2%)	100 (15.1%)	55 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.8%)	$32,201			$595			$31,606	64.2	56	1005	157		361716002839
849	Kensico School	Public	3-5	320 Columbus Ave	Valhalla	10595	Westchester County	Valhalla Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 683-5030	352	31	11.2	19.3%	183 (52.0%)	18 (5.1%)	105 (29.8%)	27 (7.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.8%)	$31,157			$607			$30,551	64	62.4	843	6		362940004572
850	Highland Elementary School	Public	K-5	6745 Erie Rd	Derby	14047	Erie County	Evans-Brant Central School District (Lake Shore)	No	No	No	No	(716) 926-2461	344	33	10.3	36.3%	274 (79.7%)	3 (0.9%)	28 (8.1%)	6 (1.7%)	14 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.5%)	$30,934			$5,298			$25,636	63.9	58.8	933	83		361656001465

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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 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.