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
2271	Liberty Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	201 N Main St	Liberty	12754	Sullivan County	Liberty Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 292-5400	664	62	10.6	66.9%	196 (29.5%)	20 (3.0%)	391 (58.9%)	15 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (6.3%)	$32,162			$1,622			$30,541	11.7	17	2151	120		361722001538
2272	Ps 399 Stanley Eugene Clarke	Public	K-5	2707 Albermarle Rd	Brooklyn	11226	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #17	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 693-3023	157	18	8.9	100.0%	3 (1.9%)	101 (64.3%)	48 (30.6%)	2 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.9%)	$46,131			$3,980			$42,151	11.7	13.7	2251	21		360009504359
2273	Ps 106 Edward Everett Hale	Public	PK, KG-5	1328 Putnam Ave	Brooklyn	11221	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #32	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 574-0261	327	40	8.1	90.5%	5 (1.5%)	23 (7.0%)	294 (89.9%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$42,363			$3,817			$38,546	11.4	11.8	2301	28		360009702400
2274	Ps 143 Louis Armstrong	Public	PK, KG-5	34-55 112th St	Corona	11368	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #24	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 429-5700	1,344	106	12.6	92.7%	13 (1.0%)	20 (1.5%)	1,275 (94.9%)	28 (2.1%)	7 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$35,262			$2,842			$32,420	11.4	10.8	2320	46		360009802521
2275	Huntington K-8 School	Public	PK, KG-8	400 Sunnycrest Rd	Syracuse	13206	Onondaga County	Syracuse City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 435-4565	934	70	13.3	73.4%	238 (25.5%)	392 (42.0%)	91 (9.7%)	97 (10.4%)	23 (2.5%)	2 (0.2%)	91 (9.7%)	$26,636			$3,822			$22,814	11.4	12.1	2291	16		362859003865
2276	Palermo Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	1638 County Rt 45	Fulton	13069	Oswego County	Mexico Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 963-8400	216	18	11.7	38.0%	204 (94.4%)	1 (0.5%)	4 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.2%)	$28,596			$1,500			$27,097	11.3	18.9	2097	179		361917001734
2277	KIPP Albany Community Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	65 Krank St	Albany	12202	Albany County	KIPP Albany Community Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(518) 433-1500	688	32	21.5	88.1%	12 (1.7%)	487 (70.8%)	153 (22.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	32 (4.7%)	$19,002			$630			$18,372	11.2	9.4	2343	66		360016205855
2278	Genesee Street Elementary School	Public	K-6	244 Genesee St	Auburn	13021	Cayuga County	Auburn City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 255-8640	369	37	10	85.1%	207 (56.1%)	68 (18.4%)	31 (8.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	60 (16.3%)	$27,546			$2,019			$25,527	11.2	19.6	2072	206		360348000104
2279	Benjamin Cosor Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	15 Old Falls Rd	Fallsburg	12733	Sullivan County	Fallsburg Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 434-6800	841	81	10.4	76.2%	188 (22.4%)	62 (7.4%)	534 (63.5%)	10 (1.2%)	16 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (3.7%)	$40,181			$4,962			$35,219	11.1	11.9	2300	21		361095000873
2280	Maple Hill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	491 County Rt 78	Middletown	10940	Orange County	Middletown City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 326-1740	1,064	119	8.9	82.0%	78 (7.3%)	220 (20.7%)	703 (66.1%)	26 (2.4%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	33 (3.1%)	$36,307			$3,019			$33,288	11.1	16.2	2178	102		361932003199

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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.