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
191	Saddle Rock School	Public	K-5	10 Hawthorne Ln	Great Neck	11023	Nassau County	Great Neck Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(516) 441-4400	519	49	10.6	21.2%	212 (40.8%)	2 (0.4%)	44 (8.5%)	241 (46.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.7%)	$40,048			$723			$39,326	90.1	90.7	184	7		361251001023
192	Vanderbilt Elementary School	Public	K-5	350 Deer Park Ave	Dix Hills	11746	Suffolk County	Half Hollow Hills Central School District	No	No	No	No	(631) 592-3800	708	51	13.9	24.9%	326 (46.0%)	75 (10.6%)	113 (16.0%)	153 (21.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (5.8%)	$34,027			$739			$33,288	90.1	86.6	282	90		361329001093
193	Ps 59 Beekman Hill International	Public	PK, KG-5	231-249 E 56th St	New York	10022	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 888-7870	531	35	15.1	13.0%	313 (58.9%)	19 (3.6%)	44 (8.3%)	125 (23.5%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.1%)	$26,603			$1,724			$24,879	90.1	93.9	121	72		360007702253
194	South Grove Elementary School	Public	K-5	60 Colony Ln	Syosset	11791	Nassau County	Syosset Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 364-5810	433	41	10.6	19.6%	66 (15.2%)	3 (0.7%)	24 (5.5%)	328 (75.8%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (2.1%)	$38,344			$834			$37,510	90	97	42	152		362856003840
195	Ps 163 Bath Beach	Public	K-8	109 Bay 14th St	Brooklyn	11214	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 236-9003	621	55	11.1	84.7%	150 (24.2%)	12 (1.9%)	243 (39.1%)	214 (34.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	$32,090			$2,711			$29,379	90	92.7	153	42		360015102585
196	Ps 50 Frank Hankinson	Public	PK, KG-5	200 Adelaide Ave	Staten Island	10306	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	No	(718) 987-0396	750	48	15.4	55.7%	343 (45.7%)	15 (2.0%)	128 (17.1%)	243 (32.4%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	18 (2.4%)	$33,652			$1,542			$32,110	90	95.6	74	122		360010302220
197	Douglas G Grafflin School	Public	PK, KG-4	650 King St	Chappaqua	10514	Westchester County	Chappaqua Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 238-7204	415	33	12.5	5.5%	295 (71.1%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (8.9%)	51 (12.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (7.5%)	$33,441			$887			$32,553	90	92.3	162	35		360699000487
198	Battery Park City School	Public	PK, KG-8	55 Battery Pl	New York	10011	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	No	(212) 266-5800	797	54	14.6	22.6%	314 (39.4%)	32 (4.0%)	195 (24.5%)	186 (23.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	70 (8.8%)	$29,952			$1,852			$28,100	89.9	91.9	168	30		360007706158
199	Strawtown Elementary School	Public	K-5	413 Strawtown Rd	West Nyack	10994	Rockland County	Clarkstown Central School District	No	No	No	No	(845) 624-3473	314	23	13.4	13.4%	155 (49.4%)	10 (3.2%)	84 (26.8%)	50 (15.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.8%)	$14,291			$366			$13,925	89.9	79	451	252		362034001873
200	Old Bethpage School	Public	K-4	1159 Round Swamp Rd	Old Bethpage	11804	Nassau County	Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District	No	No	No	No	(516) 434-3419	407	30	13.7	7.6%	234 (57.5%)	2 (0.5%)	28 (6.9%)	121 (29.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.4%)	$29,198			$441			$28,757	89.8	88.5	238	38		362322003253

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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.