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
851	Gardner-Dickinson School	Public	PK, KG-8	25 East Ave	Troy	12180	Rensselaer County	Wynantskill Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 283-4600	306	23	13.3	21.6%	280 (91.5%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	17 (5.6%)	$43,975			$00			$43,975	63.9	58	945	94		363183004238
852	Ps 63 Old South	Public	PK, KG-5	90-15 Sutter Ave	Ozone Park	11417	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #27	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 845-7560	957	68	14	78.5%	53 (5.5%)	36 (3.8%)	361 (37.7%)	451 (47.1%)	40 (4.2%)	6 (0.6%)	10 (1.0%)	$32,442			$2,157			$30,286	63.9	66	755	97		360012302268
853	Charter School Of Educational Excellence	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	260 Warburton Ave	Yonkers	10701	Westchester County	Charter School Of Educational Excellence	Yes	No	No	Yes	(914) 476-5070	1,127	69	16.4	82.3%	14 (1.2%)	444 (39.4%)	620 (55.0%)	21 (1.9%)	3 (0.3%)	3 (0.3%)	22 (2.0%)	$18,523			$1,723			$16,800	63.8	60	907	54		360015505844
854	Professor Juan Bosch Public School	Public	K-5	12-18 Ellwood St	New York	10040	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 569-0327	254	36	7	81.1%	28 (11.0%)	8 (3.1%)	201 (79.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (6.3%)	$51,916			$3,367			$48,549	63.8	60	906	52		360008304872
855	Kinry Road Elementary School	Public	2-6	58 Kinry Rd	Poughkeepsie	12603	Dutchess County	Wappingers Central School District	No	No	No	No	(845) 463-7322	368	28	13	34.0%	223 (60.6%)	30 (8.2%)	89 (24.2%)	13 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.5%)	$33,154			$252			$32,902	63.7	74.7	545	310		362988001118
856	Ace Academy For Scholars At The Geraldine Ferraro Campus	Public	PK, KG-5	55-20 Metropolitan Ave	Ridgewood	11385	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #24	No	No	No	No	(718) 571-6900	573	39	14.7	66.7%	186 (32.5%)	5 (0.9%)	305 (53.2%)	46 (8.0%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (4.7%)	$28,195			$1,965			$26,230	63.6	67.6	713	143		360009806223
857	Alden Terrace School	Public	PK, KG-6	1835 Central Ave	Valley Stream	11580	Nassau County	Elmont Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 285-8310	405	37	11	54.6%	1 (0.2%)	159 (39.3%)	51 (12.6%)	183 (45.2%)	4 (1.0%)	5 (1.2%)	2 (0.5%)	$30,741			$541			$30,200	63.6	71.8	600	257		361062000831
858	Ps 114 Ryder Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1077 Remsen Ave	Brooklyn	11236	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #18	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 257-4428	397	30	13.2	85.6%	9 (2.3%)	299 (75.3%)	60 (15.1%)	23 (5.8%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	$39,045			$2,864			$36,181	63.4	43	1353	495		360009602427
859	Tooker Avenue School	Public	PK, KG-5	855 Tooker Ave	West Babylon	11704	Suffolk County	West Babylon Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 376-7601	282	25	11.3	28.4%	104 (36.9%)	24 (8.5%)	140 (49.6%)	9 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	3 (1.1%)	$38,547			$320			$38,227	63.3	61.9	859			363054004104
860	Ps 268 Emma Lazarus	Public	PK, KG-5	133 E 53rd St	Brooklyn	11203	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #18	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 773-5332	286	23	12.6	88.8%	10 (3.5%)	209 (73.1%)	65 (22.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$36,975			$2,991			$33,984	63.3	79.5	438	422		360009602782

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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.