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
1081	Ps 178 Dr Selman Waksman	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	850 Baychester Ave	Bronx	10475	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 904-5570	334	28	11.9	75.7%	13 (3.9%)	194 (58.1%)	102 (30.5%)	3 (0.9%)	4 (1.2%)	15 (4.5%)	3 (0.9%)	$41,272			$3,845			$37,427	54.1	31.6	1698	617		360008800158
1082	Morse School	Public	K-6	70 Harry Wells Rd	Saugerties	12477	Ulster County	Saugerties Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 247-6960	307	27	11.2	47.6%	243 (79.2%)	3 (1.0%)	38 (12.4%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (6.2%)	$34,367			$620			$33,747	54.1	40.4	1433	351		362580003545
1083	Brooklyn Gardens Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	574 Dumont Ave	Brooklyn	11207	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #19	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 495-7012	355	23	15.1	96.6%	6 (1.7%)	198 (55.8%)	135 (38.0%)	4 (1.1%)	4 (1.1%)	2 (0.6%)	6 (1.7%)	$33,396			$3,450			$29,946	54.1	20	2061	978		360012006416
1084	Golden Hill Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	478 Round Hill Rd	Florida	10921	Orange County	Florida Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 651-3095	335	29	11.7	33.4%	196 (58.5%)	20 (6.0%)	98 (29.3%)	6 (1.8%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (3.3%)	$27,538			$1,009			$26,530	54.1	59	924	160		362532004329
1085	New Scotland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	385 New Scotland Ave	Albany	12208	Albany County	Albany City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 475-6775	451	30	15.2	46.1%	165 (36.6%)	114 (25.3%)	70 (15.5%)	51 (11.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	47 (10.4%)	$29,415			$1,967			$27,448	54	50.3	1162	77		360246000023
1086	East Street School	Public	K-5	50 East St	Hicksville	11801	Nassau County	Hicksville Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(516) 733-2321	389	28	13.6	54.5%	45 (11.6%)	5 (1.3%)	192 (49.4%)	135 (34.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.1%)	$30,410			$3,356			$27,054	54	52.2	1106	20		361434003309
1087	Brilla Pax Charter School	Public, Charter	K-4	2336 Andrews Ave	Bronx	10468	Bronx County	Brilla Pax Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(347) 273-8439	325	8	40.6	88.0%	2 (0.6%)	37 (11.4%)	275 (84.6%)	5 (1.5%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.2%)	$28,332			$853			$27,480	54			(n/a)		360122206720
1088	Ps 58 School Of Heroes (The)	Public	PK, KG-6	72-24 Grand Ave	Maspeth	11378	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #24	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 533-6712	750	50	15	82.9%	101 (13.5%)	7 (0.9%)	355 (47.3%)	270 (36.0%)	7 (0.9%)	2 (0.3%)	8 (1.1%)	$31,140			$2,205			$28,935	54	60	909	179		360009805245
1089	J V Forrestal Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	125 Liberty St	Beacon	12508	Dutchess County	Beacon City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 838-6900	234	25	9.1	32.1%	117 (50.0%)	14 (6.0%)	66 (28.2%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (14.1%)	$29,479			$706			$28,772	54	52.4	1102	13		360414000179
1090	Fairfield Elementary School	Public	K-5	330 Massapequa Ave	Massapequa	11758	Nassau County	Massapequa Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(516) 308-5301	513	44	11.7	9.2%	411 (80.1%)	3 (0.6%)	69 (13.5%)	14 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.1%)	$32,195			$193			$32,002	53.9	64.1	797	293		361863001685

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About our rankings:

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.