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
2391	Lime Kiln Elementary School	Public	3-6	35 Lime Kiln Rd	Suffern	10901	Rockland County	East Ramapo Central School District (Spring Valley)	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 577-6280	584	38	15.5	90.8%	22 (3.8%)	97 (16.6%)	454 (77.7%)	8 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	$33,018			$5,106			$27,912	5.7	8.9	2350	41		362781003775
2392	Eldorado Elementary School	Public	3-6	5 Eldorado Dr	Chestnut Ridge	10977	Rockland County	East Ramapo Central School District (Spring Valley)	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 577-6150	598	39	15.5	89.1%	14 (2.3%)	69 (11.5%)	504 (84.3%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	$32,919			$5,021			$27,898	5.6	7.8	2369	23		362781003768
2393	School 7-Virgil Grissom	Public	PK, KG-6	31 Bryan St	Rochester	14613	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 254-3110	486	43	11.2	81.1%	43 (8.8%)	232 (47.7%)	127 (26.1%)	35 (7.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (9.9%)	$31,444			$2,579			$28,865	5.6	5.4	2420	27		362475003382
2394	Ps 44 Thomas C Brown	Public	PK, KG-5	80 Maple Pkwy	Staten Island	10303	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 442-0433	521	45	11.6	92.9%	28 (5.4%)	195 (37.4%)	265 (50.9%)	15 (2.9%)	4 (0.8%)	2 (0.4%)	12 (2.3%)	$45,488			$3,333			$42,155	5.6	8.6	2356	38		360010302196
2395	Ps 17	Public	PK, KG-4	1045 W Delavan Ave	Buffalo	14209	Erie County	Buffalo City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 816-3150	284	31	9	93.0%	22 (7.7%)	187 (65.8%)	32 (11.3%)	25 (8.8%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.6%)	$36,875			$4,455			$32,420	5.5	5.2	2424	29		360585000317
2396	Dr Weeks Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	710 Hawley Ave	Syracuse	13203	Onondaga County	Syracuse City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 435-4097	711	49	14.4	81.2%	107 (15.0%)	406 (57.1%)	93 (13.1%)	52 (7.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	51 (7.2%)	$26,914			$3,528			$23,385	5.3	8.6	2357	39		362859003853
2397	School 22-Lincoln School	Public	PK, KG-6	595 Upper Falls Blvd	Rochester	14605	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 467-7160	522	42	12.5	85.8%	17 (3.3%)	145 (27.8%)	325 (62.3%)	12 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.4%)	$29,601			$2,455			$27,146	5.3	6.9	2387	10		362475004423
2398	Highgate Heights	Public	PK, KG-8	600 Highgate Ave	Buffalo	14215	Erie County	Buffalo City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 816-4050	407	35	11.5	92.9%	11 (2.7%)	266 (65.4%)	20 (4.9%)	96 (23.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.2%)	$30,305			$4,571			$25,734	5.2	5.8	2415	17		360585000368
2399	Ps 111 Jacob Blackwell	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	37-15 13th St	Long Island City	11101	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 786-2073	554	42	13.2	97.3%	5 (0.9%)	165 (29.8%)	366 (66.1%)	13 (2.3%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	$31,564			$1,872			$29,692	5.2	7	2385	14		360010202416
2400	Ps 59 Community School Of Technology (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	2185 Bathgate Ave	Bronx	10457	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #10	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 584-4730	352	33	10.7	98.3%	5 (1.4%)	104 (29.5%)	238 (67.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	$44,708			$4,181			$40,527	5.2	11.2	2307	93		360008705138

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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.