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
2301	Boulevard School	Public	3-5	56 East Blvd	Gloversville	12078	Fulton County	Gloversville City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 775-5740	548	53	10.2	78.3%	416 (75.9%)	11 (2.0%)	73 (13.3%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (8.0%)	$26,836			$3,404			$23,432	9.8	12.4	2283	18		361227000985
2302	Arbor Hill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1 Arbor Dr	Albany	12207	Albany County	Albany City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 475-6625	301	28	10.7	86.0%	18 (6.0%)	183 (60.8%)	59 (19.6%)	22 (7.3%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.6%)	$36,947			$5,262			$31,685	9.7	13.1	2268	34		360246000015
2303	Anna Murray-Douglass Academy	Public	PK, KG-6	999 South Ave	Rochester	14620	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 461-3280	741	58	12.8	77.2%	78 (10.5%)	284 (38.3%)	291 (39.3%)	16 (2.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	70 (9.4%)	$29,684			$2,968			$26,716	9.7	8.9	2351	48		362475003386
2304	Kakiat Elementary School	Public	4-8	465 Viola Rd	Spring Valley	10977	Rockland County	East Ramapo Central School District (Spring Valley)	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 577-6100	822	63	12.9	92.6%	26 (3.2%)	152 (18.5%)	623 (75.8%)	14 (1.7%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	4 (0.5%)	$30,914			$4,456			$26,458	9.5	13.4	2261	43		362781003773
2305	Tuscarora Elementary School	Public	K-5	7 Cleveland Dr	Addison	14801	Steuben County	Addison Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 359-2261	429	37	11.4	57.1%	418 (97.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	$28,642			$3,411			$25,230	9.5	11.3	2306	1		360237000008
2306	Ps 109 Sedgwick	Public	PK, KG-5	1771 Popham Ave	Bronx	10453	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District # 9	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 583-8878	430	34	12.6	95.3%	7 (1.6%)	94 (21.9%)	325 (75.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	$34,895			$3,123			$31,771	9.5	8.3	2361	55		360008602410
2307	William E Deluca Junior Elementary School	Public	K-5	223 Phelps Ln	North Babylon	11703	Suffolk County	North Babylon Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 620-7705	401	39	10.1	51.6%	87 (21.7%)	99 (24.7%)	176 (43.9%)	28 (7.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.2%)	$32,776			$1,078			$31,698	9.4	7.4	2375	68		362091004742
2308	Ps 270 Johann Dekalb	Public	PK, KG-5	241 Emerson Pl	Brooklyn	11205	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #13	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 623-5280	133	13	10.2	57.1%	38 (28.6%)	40 (30.1%)	41 (30.8%)	8 (6.0%)	1 (0.8%)	4 (3.0%)	1 (0.8%)	$42,476			$3,970			$38,506	9.3	4.7	2426	118		360009102784
2309	Salem Hyde Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	450 Durston Ave	Syracuse	13203	Onondaga County	Syracuse City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 435-4570	466	39	11.8	70.4%	111 (23.8%)	192 (41.2%)	67 (14.4%)	40 (8.6%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (11.2%)	$30,279			$3,971			$26,308	9.3	14	2241	68		362859003877
2310	William C Keane Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1252 Albany Ave	Schenectady	12304	Schenectady County	Schenectady City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 388-3818	279	32	8.8	79.6%	21 (7.5%)	52 (18.6%)	63 (22.6%)	100 (35.8%)	5 (1.8%)	5 (1.8%)	33 (11.8%)	$36,464			$5,604			$30,860	9.3	8.3	2360	50		362601006063

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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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