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
2171	Watervliet Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2557 10th Ave	Watervliet	12189	Albany County	Watervliet City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 629-3400	670	46	14.5	72.1%	277 (41.3%)	99 (14.8%)	157 (23.4%)	64 (9.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	72 (10.7%)	$27,700			$3,901			$23,800	15.8	19.9	2063	108		363021004060
2172	Ps 1 Courtlandt School	Public	PK, KG-5	335 E 152nd St	Bronx	10451	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 7	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 299-3700	413	35	11.8	97.6%	12 (2.9%)	85 (20.6%)	312 (75.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	$38,648			$3,705			$34,943	15.8	10.5	2323	151		360008402043
2173	Candor Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	2 Academy St	Candor	13743	Tioga County	Candor Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 659-3935	401	33	12.1	61.1%	380 (94.8%)	3 (0.7%)	7 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.2%)	$27,610			$1,310			$26,299	15.8	24	1944	229		360642000423
2174	Ps 47 John Randolph	Public	K-5	1794 E 172nd St	Bronx	10472	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #12	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 824-0950	789	63	12.5	95.7%	10 (1.3%)	139 (17.6%)	493 (62.5%)	118 (15.0%)	19 (2.4%)	5 (0.6%)	5 (0.6%)	$33,088			$3,693			$29,395	15.8	17.9	2125	49		360009002209
2175	Ps/Is 54	Public	PK, KG-5	2703 Webster Ave	Bronx	10458	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #10	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 584-4203	329	26	12.6	96.0%	4 (1.2%)	61 (18.5%)	254 (77.2%)	3 (0.9%)	3 (0.9%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	$37,398			$4,778			$32,620	15.7	12.1	2293	118		360008703783
2176	Anna Merritt Elementary School	Public	K-4	389 Green St	Lockport	14094	Niagara County	Lockport City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 478-4726	326	30	11	67.8%	203 (62.3%)	35 (10.7%)	24 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	63 (19.3%)	$26,954			$2,314			$24,640	15.7	9.3	2344	168		361767001579
2177	Balmville School	Public	PK, KG-5	5144 Rt 9w	Newburgh	12550	Orange County	Newburgh City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 563-8550	376	38	9.9	58.8%	47 (12.5%)	78 (20.7%)	212 (56.4%)	8 (2.1%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (7.2%)	$35,335			$2,581			$32,754	15.7	17.2	2142	35		362070002901
2178	Access Bronx Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	388 Willis Ave	Bronx	10454	Bronx County	Access Bronx Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 402-3300	462			95.2%	4 (0.9%)	119 (25.8%)	328 (71.0%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)	$24,677			$2,732			$21,946	15.6	46.5	1243	935		360011005651
2179	Reach Academy Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	115 Ash St	Buffalo	14204	Erie County	Reach Academy Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(716) 248-1485	805	80	10	95.0%	17 (2.1%)	618 (76.8%)	91 (11.3%)	25 (3.1%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (6.3%)	$18,587			$1,112			$17,475	15.6	11.1	2310	131		360117306635
2180	Frank P Long Intermediate School	Public	4-5	599 Brookhaven Ave	Bellport	11713	Suffolk County	South Country Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 730-1725	542	56	9.6	56.6%	145 (26.8%)	87 (16.1%)	272 (50.2%)	11 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.0%)	$33,846			$1,091			$32,755	15.5	16.7	2157	23		360000800195

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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.