Best Elementary Schools in New York

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the NY State Assessments test scores by the NY State Education Department. The most recent update was on Thursday, December 4, 2025.

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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
1791	Warsaw Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	153 W Buffalo St	Warsaw	14569	Wyoming County	Warsaw Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 786-8000	365	42	8.7	43.8%	329 (90.1%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (6.8%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.2%)	$26,368			$3,905			$22,463	29.5	37.5	1522	269		362994004029
1792	South Buffalo Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	154 S Ogden St	Buffalo	14210	Erie County	South Buffalo Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(716) 826-7213	912	68	13.4	65.9%	401 (44.0%)	285 (31.3%)	185 (20.3%)	26 (2.9%)	14 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,418			$549			$12,868	29.5	30.5	1733	59		360003604337
1793	Craig Hill Elementary School	Public	3-5	320 W Craig Hill Dr	Rochester	14626	Monroe County	Greece Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 966-4500	287	27	10.6	54.7%	135 (47.0%)	46 (16.0%)	65 (22.6%)	19 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (7.7%)	$32,330			$1,006			$31,324	29.4	40.1	1445	348		361263001029
1794	Robert C Dodson School	Public	PK, KG-8	105 Avondale Rd	Yonkers	10710	Westchester County	Yonkers City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 376-8159	720	45	16.1	75.6%	31 (4.3%)	26 (3.6%)	638 (88.6%)	18 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.0%)	$29,096			$1,528			$27,568	29.4	28.7	1782	12		363192000452
1795	Aquebogue Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	499 Main Rd	Aquebogue	11931	Suffolk County	Riverhead Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 369-6780	458	42	10.8	41.9%	133 (29.0%)	30 (6.6%)	287 (62.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.5%)	$37,192			$1,657			$35,536	29.4	55	1028	767		362469003354
1796	Ps 213 New Lots	Public	PK, KG-5	580 Hegeman Ave	Brooklyn	11207	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #19	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 257-4034	199	21	9.4	93.5%	20 (10.1%)	113 (56.8%)	40 (20.1%)	20 (10.1%)	4 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	$45,464			$4,239			$41,225	29.3	12.4	2281	485		360012002710
1797	Ps/Middle School 31 William Lloyd Garrison (The)	Public	PK, KG-8	250 E 156th St	Bronx	10451	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 7	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 292-4397	538	52	10.4	92.4%	13 (2.4%)	164 (30.5%)	337 (62.6%)	17 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.3%)	$42,232			$4,069			$38,164	29.3	26.3	1865	68		360008402147
1798	Buffalo Academy Of Science Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	24 Agassiz Circle	Buffalo	14214	Erie County	Buffalo Academy Of Science Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(716) 854-2490	899	78	11.6	96.0%	66 (7.3%)	451 (50.2%)	108 (12.0%)	239 (26.6%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	32 (3.6%)	$18,700			$639			$18,061	29.2	33.1	1651	147		360010505602
1799	Ps 65 Roosevelt Ecc	Public	PK, KG-4	249 Skillen St	Buffalo	14207	Erie County	Buffalo City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 816-3430	250	24	10.3	94.4%	35 (14.0%)	113 (45.2%)	53 (21.2%)	27 (10.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (8.4%)	$35,983			$4,775			$31,209	29.2	14.7	2225	426		360585000356
1800	Brushton Grade School	Public	PK, KG-6	758 County Rt 7	Brushton	12916	Franklin County	Brushton-Moira Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 529-7324	465	38	12.1	54.2%	437 (94.0%)	3 (0.6%)	10 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.6%)	$23,037			$2,600			$20,437	29.1	36.2	1558	242		360582000293

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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.