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
331	Moses Dewitt Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	201 Jamesville Rd	De Witt	13214	Onondaga County	Jamesville-Dewitt Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 445-8370	265	14	19.4	33.2%	183 (69.1%)	23 (8.7%)	20 (7.5%)	15 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	23 (8.7%)	$29,946			$1,851			$28,095	84.1	86.4	285	46		360909000699
332	Washington Heights Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	202 Sherman Ave	New York	10034	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 304-3320	463	31	14.7	90.7%	11 (2.4%)	12 (2.6%)	434 (93.7%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	$32,796			$2,994			$29,802	84.1	88.6	236	96		360008305990
333	Ps 247	Public	K-5	7000 21st Ave	Brooklyn	11204	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 236-4205	744	63	11.8	78.0%	172 (23.1%)	1 (0.1%)	119 (16.0%)	442 (59.4%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	6 (0.8%)	$32,839			$2,606			$30,233	84	85.5	304	29		360015102761
334	Ps 32 Samuel Mills Sprole	Public	PK, KG-5	317 Hoyt St	Brooklyn	11231	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #15	No	No	No	No	(718) 222-6400	481	56	8.5	34.9%	216 (44.9%)	76 (15.8%)	110 (22.9%)	41 (8.5%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	35 (7.3%)	$46,128			$2,045			$44,083	84	78.6	461	127		360009202151
335	Hunters Point Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1-35 57th Ave	Long Island City	11101	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	No	No	No	(718) 391-4667	497	34	14.7	28.0%	173 (34.8%)	55 (11.1%)	109 (21.9%)	115 (23.1%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	42 (8.5%)	$26,997			$1,297			$25,700	84	90.4	193	142		360010206660
336	Dorothy Nolan Elementary School	Public	K-5	221 Jones Rd	Saratoga Springs	12866	Saratoga County	Saratoga Springs City School District	No	No	No	No	(518) 584-7383	616	50	12.2	24.2%	545 (88.5%)	5 (0.8%)	20 (3.2%)	13 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (5.4%)	$21,786			$607			$21,180	83.9	82	386	50		362577003538
337	Ps/Is 217 Roosevelt Island	Public	PK, KG-8	645 Main St	Roosevelt Island	10044	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 980-0294	689	42	16.4	29.5%	217 (31.5%)	78 (11.3%)	118 (17.1%)	220 (31.9%)	4 (0.6%)	18 (2.6%)	34 (4.9%)	$24,921			$1,323			$23,598	83.9	85.8	296	41		360007704406
338	Ps 193 Alfred J Kennedy	Public	PK, KG-5	152-20 11th Ave	Whitestone	11357	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #25	No	No	No	No	(718) 767-8810	559	35	16	43.5%	240 (42.9%)	5 (0.9%)	128 (22.9%)	170 (30.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (2.5%)	$27,754			$1,649			$26,105	83.9	86.1	290	48		360012202661
339	Ps 55 Maure	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	131-10 97th Ave	Richmond Hill	11418	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 849-3845	466	34	13.5	82.6%	6 (1.3%)	49 (10.5%)	125 (26.8%)	111 (23.8%)	145 (31.1%)	27 (5.8%)	3 (0.6%)	$32,547			$2,486			$30,061	83.7	69.8	645	306		360010002241
340	Casimir Pulaski School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	150 Kings Cross	Scarsdale	10583	Westchester County	Yonkers City School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(914) 376-8575	579	26	22.1	43.4%	211 (36.4%)	37 (6.4%)	245 (42.3%)	62 (10.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.1%)	$24,647			$1,904			$22,743	83.6	76.6	501	161		363192004268

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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.