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
2331	Carthage Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	900 Beaver Ln	Carthage	13619	Jefferson County	Carthage Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 493-1570	394	41	9.5	58.6%	300 (76.1%)	12 (3.0%)	55 (14.0%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.8%)	$20,420			$1,293			$19,127	8.5	14.3	2234	97		360663000444
2332	Pleasant Valley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1097 Forest Rd	Schenectady	12303	Schenectady County	Schenectady City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 377-0201	351	37	9.5	86.0%	37 (10.5%)	82 (23.4%)	94 (26.8%)	97 (27.6%)	7 (2.0%)	3 (0.9%)	31 (8.8%)	$32,465			$5,015			$27,450	8.3	7.4	2377	45		362601003588
2333	Ps 288 Shirley Tanyhill (The)	Public	PK, KG-8	2950 W 25th St	Brooklyn	11224	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #21	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 382-2100	514	42	12.2	95.1%	23 (4.5%)	287 (55.8%)	194 (37.7%)	3 (0.6%)	4 (0.8%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	$33,600			$3,058			$30,542	8.2	8.2	2363	30		360015202797
2334	Meachem Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	171 Spaulding Ave	Syracuse	13205	Onondaga County	Syracuse City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 435-4610	343	30	11.5	78.1%	50 (14.6%)	212 (61.8%)	46 (13.4%)	2 (0.6%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (8.5%)	$35,144			$3,850			$31,295	8.1	10.5	2324	10		362859003870
2335	Harvey Austin School #97	Public	PK, KG-8	1405 Sycamore St	Buffalo	14211	Erie County	Buffalo City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 816-4460	487	56	8.6	95.3%	12 (2.5%)	255 (52.4%)	45 (9.2%)	154 (31.6%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.7%)	$33,032			$3,310			$29,722	8.1	6.5	2393	58		360585005600
2336	Ida B Wells-Barnett Elementary School 34	Public	PK, KG-6	530 Lexington Ave	Rochester	14613	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 458-3210	465	38	12.3	87.5%	24 (5.2%)	244 (52.5%)	131 (28.2%)	15 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (10.8%)	$30,351			$3,906			$26,445	8.1	13.7	2252	84		362475003405
2337	McConnellsville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	8564 State Rt 13	Blossvale	13308	Oneida County	Camden Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 245-3412	322	17	18.9	40.4%	304 (94.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.1%)	$20,215			$1,307			$18,908	8.1	24.4	1927	410		360624000406
2338	Enterprise Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	275 Oak St	Buffalo	14203	Erie County	Enterprise Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(716) 855-2114	402	22	18.4	98.8%	11 (2.7%)	257 (63.9%)	101 (25.1%)	17 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.0%)	$15,211			$717			$14,494	8.1	6.3	2398	60		360007305551
2339	Ps 23 New Children's School (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	2151 Washington Ave	Bronx	10457	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #10	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 584-3992	332	30	11.2	92.8%	2 (0.6%)	80 (24.1%)	241 (72.6%)	2 (0.6%)	5 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	$52,922			$4,219			$48,703	8.1	15	2218	121		360008700130
2340	Ps 202 Ernest S Jenkyns	Public	PK, KG-5	982 Hegeman Ave	Brooklyn	11208	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #19	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 649-7880	249	17	14.6	92.8%	1 (0.4%)	129 (51.8%)	109 (43.8%)	7 (2.8%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$37,918			$5,053			$32,865	8	30.6	1728	612		360012002684

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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.