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
241	Nassakeag Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	490 Pond Path	East Setauket	11733	Suffolk County	Three Village Central School District	No	No	No	No	(631) 730-4400	551	44	12.6	8.5%	323 (58.6%)	10 (1.8%)	52 (9.4%)	143 (26.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.2%)	$34,438			$392			$34,046	87.9	90.6	186	55		362820003804
242	Wave Preparatory Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	535 Briar Pl	Far Rockaway	11691	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #27	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 327-7091	484	28	17.2	89.0%	4 (0.8%)	155 (32.0%)	309 (63.8%)	6 (1.2%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.2%)	$28,245			$2,181			$26,064	87.8	59.6	915	673		360012306360
243	Academy Charter School-Uniondale	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	100 Charles Lindbergh Blvd	Uniondale	11553	Nassau County	Academy Charter School-Uniondale	Yes	No	No	Yes	(516) 591-3030	1,607	104	15.5	68.3%	6 (0.4%)	901 (56.1%)	630 (39.2%)	10 (0.6%)	15 (0.9%)	3 (0.2%)	42 (2.6%)	$21,382			$1,466			$19,916	87.8	81.1	410	167		360116906639
244	Ps 108 Philip J Abinanti	Public	PK, KG-6	1166 Neill Ave	Bronx	10461	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 863-9829	664	50	13.1	85.1%	284 (42.8%)	28 (4.2%)	241 (36.3%)	101 (15.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.4%)	$29,664			$2,973			$26,690	87.8	82.4	373	129		360008802404
245	Robbins Lane Elementary School	Public	K-5	157 Robbins Ln	Syosset	11791	Nassau County	Syosset Central School District	No	No	No	No	(516) 364-5804	460	50	9.2	23.3%	106 (23.0%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (3.9%)	319 (69.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (3.3%)	$37,428			$733			$36,696	87.7	94.1	113	132		362856003839
246	Ps 185 Walter Kassenbrock	Public	K-5	8601 Ridge Blvd	Brooklyn	11209	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	No	(718) 745-6610	577	41	14	42.3%	360 (62.4%)	10 (1.7%)	115 (19.9%)	68 (11.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.2%)	$28,873			$1,566			$27,307	87.6	84.2	332	86		360015102638
247	F E Bellows Elementary School	Public	3-5	200 Carroll Ave	Mamaroneck	10543	Westchester County	Rye Neck Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 777-4600	318	30	10.7	14.8%	193 (60.7%)	5 (1.6%)	58 (18.2%)	35 (11.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (8.5%)	$29,767			$271			$29,496	87.5	91.1	177	70		362529003494
248	Kathleen Grimm School For Leadership	Public	PK, KG-5	644 Bloomingdale Rd	Staten Island	10309	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	No	(718) 668-8640	452	29	15.6	39.6%	338 (74.8%)	6 (1.3%)	48 (10.6%)	52 (11.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.3%)	$33,063			$1,417			$31,647	87.4	83.1	359	111		360010306546
249	Steam Bridge School (The)	Public	K-5	1684 White Plains Rd	Bronx	10462	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 239-5660	271	21	12.9	80.4%	52 (19.2%)	42 (15.5%)	119 (43.9%)	50 (18.5%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.7%)	5 (1.8%)	$29,762			$2,938			$26,824	87.3	87.7	258	9		360008806562
250	East Flatbush Ascend Charter School (Efacs)	Public, Charter	K-4	870 Albany Ave	Brooklyn	11203	Kings County	East Flatbush Ascend Charter School (Efacs)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(646) 644-1714	222	19	12	88.3%	7 (3.2%)	193 (86.9%)	19 (8.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	$20,514			$1,125			$19,389	87.3	65.2	777	527		360120806698

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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.