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
1561	Roosevelt Children's Academy Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	105 Pleasant Ave	Roosevelt	11575	Nassau County	Roosevelt Children's Academy Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(516) 867-6202	676	47	14.3	67.8%	2 (0.3%)	330 (48.8%)	335 (49.6%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.7%)	$25,947			$00			$25,947	36.7	32.8	1658	97		360003004379
1562	Oxhead Road School	Public	1-5	144 Oxhead Rd	Centereach	11720	Suffolk County	Middle Country Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 285-8700	383	22	17.8	45.7%	170 (44.4%)	13 (3.4%)	153 (39.9%)	30 (7.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.4%)	$29,604			$1,398			$28,207	36.7	41	1414	148		361920001744
1563	Broadalbin-Perth Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1870 County Hwy 107	Amsterdam	12010	Fulton County	Broadalbin-Perth Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 954-2700	879	76	11.5	40.7%	822 (93.5%)	3 (0.3%)	37 (4.2%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (1.7%)	$23,347			$596			$22,751	36.6	34.6	1603	40		360000504421
1564	Lynwood Avenue School	Public	K-5	50 Lynwood Ave	Farmingville	11738	Suffolk County	Sachem Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 696-8650	561	39	14.5	35.3%	291 (51.9%)	38 (6.8%)	179 (31.9%)	34 (6.1%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.4%)	14 (2.5%)	$29,950			$929			$29,020	36.6	30.2	1739	175		362535003503
1565	Ps 171 Peter G Van Alst	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	14-14 29th Ave	Long Island City	11102	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 932-0909	410	45	9.2	90.5%	57 (13.9%)	80 (19.5%)	213 (52.0%)	50 (12.2%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.5%)	$45,871			$2,555			$43,317	36.6	22.5	1987	422		360010202606
1566	Sinclairville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	43 Sinclair Dr	Sinclairville	14782	Chautauqua County	Cassadaga Valley Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 962-5195	413	43	9.6	48.2%	377 (91.3%)	4 (1.0%)	12 (2.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (4.1%)	$24,554			$1,396			$23,158	36.5	44.6	1299	267		360666000453
1567	Grand Avenue Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	711 School Dr	North Baldwin	11510	Nassau County	Uniondale Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 918-2101	306	29	10.4	61.4%	0 (0.0%)	134 (43.8%)	158 (51.6%)	5 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.9%)	$39,381			$1,805			$37,576	36.5	54.4	1043	524		362928003939
1568	Lorraine Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	71 Lorraine Ave	Buffalo	14220	Erie County	Buffalo City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 816-4809	638	61	10.3	86.2%	249 (39.0%)	151 (23.7%)	118 (18.5%)	44 (6.9%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	71 (11.1%)	$33,417			$3,639			$29,779	36.5	33.1	1649	81		360585000363
1569	Armor Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5301 Abbott Rd	Hamburg	14075	Erie County	Hamburg Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 646-3350	332	23	14.2	24.7%	301 (90.7%)	3 (0.9%)	19 (5.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	6 (1.8%)	$20,135			$616			$19,519	36.5	46.5	1244	325		361335001095
1570	Millard Hawk Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	74 School Dr	Central Square	13036	Oswego County	Central Square Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 668-4310	446	32	13.8	47.8%	419 (93.9%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.4%)	$27,183			$1,161			$26,022	36.4	29.4	1761	191		360690000484

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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.