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
261	Wilson School	Public	K-5	25 Buckingham Rd	Rockville Centre	11570	Nassau County	Rockville Centre Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(516) 255-8910	387	36	10.8	5.9%	295 (76.2%)	7 (1.8%)	52 (13.4%)	10 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.9%)	$36,182			$467			$35,715	86.8	83.6	349	88		362478003433
262	Central Queens Academy Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	88-14 Justice Ave	Elmhurst	11373	Queens County	Central Queens Academy Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 271-6200	935	61	15.3	78.2%	56 (6.0%)	43 (4.6%)	520 (55.6%)	293 (31.3%)	6 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	15 (1.6%)	$23,810			$392			$23,418	86.8	88.6	237	25		360105606317
263	Muscota	Public	K-5	4862 Broadway	New York	10034	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	No	No	No	(212) 544-0614	290	21	14	34.5%	131 (45.2%)	10 (3.4%)	116 (40.0%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (10.0%)	$31,937			$1,982			$29,955	86.7	87.4	262	1		360008305644
264	James J Ambrose School (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	80-51 261st St	Floral Park	11004	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #26	No	No	No	No	(718) 831-4010	659	52	12.7	50.7%	41 (6.2%)	32 (4.9%)	88 (13.4%)	465 (70.6%)	10 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (3.3%)	$29,018			$1,530			$27,489	86.7	89.9	203	61		360009902428
265	Concord Road Elementary School	Public	K-4	Concord Rd	Ardsley	10502	Westchester County	Ardsley Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(914) 231-0800	780	66	11.8	9.1%	388 (49.7%)	21 (2.7%)	114 (14.6%)	174 (22.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	82 (10.5%)	$31,837			$143			$31,694	86.7	89.3	220	45		360318000082
266	Ledgeview Elementary School	Public	K-5	5150 Old Goodrich Rd	Clarence	14031	Erie County	Clarence Central School District	No	No	No	No	(716) 407-9275	486	39	12.5	9.1%	428 (88.1%)	8 (1.6%)	15 (3.1%)	17 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.7%)	$18,884			$591			$18,293	86.7	88.1	247	19		360759000545
267	Ps 130 Hernando De Soto	Public	PK, KG-5	143 Baxter St	New York	10013	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 226-8072	526	41	12.9	62.2%	19 (3.6%)	9 (1.7%)	58 (11.0%)	403 (76.6%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	34 (6.5%)	$30,871			$1,647			$29,224	86.6	89	230	37		360007702480
268	Ps 155	Public	PK, KG-5	130-02 115th Ave	South Ozone Park	11420	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #27	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 558-1310	497	31	15.9	79.7%	8 (1.6%)	81 (16.3%)	86 (17.3%)	254 (51.1%)	53 (10.7%)	9 (1.8%)	6 (1.2%)	$28,727			$2,090			$26,637	86.5	78.9	454	186		360012302558
269	Ps 105 Blythebourne (The)	Public	K-5	1031 59th St	Brooklyn	11219	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 438-3230	1,119	71	15.7	94.5%	35 (3.1%)	2 (0.2%)	53 (4.7%)	1,028 (91.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$28,740			$2,812			$25,928	86.5	89.2	222	47		360015102396
270	Pharos Academy Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1001 Intervale Ave	Bronx	10459	Bronx County	Pharos Academy Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(646) 915-0025	695	54	12.8	90.8%	5 (0.7%)	202 (29.1%)	468 (67.3%)	6 (0.9%)	6 (0.9%)	3 (0.4%)	5 (0.7%)	$23,808			$1,392			$22,416	86.4	78.1	472	202		360011105662

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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.