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
2211	Manhattan Charter School II	Public, Charter	2-6	220 Henry St	New York	10002	New York County	Manhattan Charter School II	Yes	No	No	Yes	(212) 964-3792	73	15	4.8	95.9%	1 (1.4%)	28 (38.4%)	44 (60.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$41,158			$1,261			$39,897	14.3	9.6	2338	127		360107906341
2212	Ps 16 Wakefield	Public	PK, KG-5	4550 Carpenter Ave	Bronx	10470	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 324-1262	343	23	14.7	93.6%	7 (2.0%)	105 (30.6%)	196 (57.1%)	17 (5.0%)	14 (4.1%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.9%)	$35,158			$4,019			$31,140	14.3	11	2315	103		360008802092
2213	Eugene Auer Memorial School	Public	K-5	17 Wing St	Lake Grove	11755	Suffolk County	Middle Country Central School District	No	No	No	No	(631) 285-8500	308	22	13.9	42.2%	178 (57.8%)	15 (4.9%)	79 (25.6%)	26 (8.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.2%)	$36,645			$923			$35,722	14.3	17.9	2123	90		361920001749
2214	Ps 33 Timothy Dwight	Public	PK, KG-5	2424 Jerome Ave	Bronx	10468	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #10	No	No	No	Yes	(929) 458-3868	789	67	11.7	99.1%	11 (1.4%)	84 (10.6%)	667 (84.5%)	9 (1.1%)	14 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.5%)	$33,210			$3,600			$29,610	14.2	19	2090	124		360008702155
2215	Granby Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	400 W 7th St N	Fulton	13069	Oswego County	Fulton City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 593-5480	463	34	13.8	61.3%	362 (78.2%)	6 (1.3%)	81 (17.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.8%)	$31,503			$794			$30,709	14.2	16.3	2173	42		361170000934
2216	Franklin Central School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	26 Institute St	Franklin	13775	Delaware County	Franklin Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 829-3025	209	28	7.4	42.1%	191 (91.4%)	5 (2.4%)	6 (2.9%)	2 (1.0%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.4%)	$37,672			$745			$36,927	14.2	20.3	2052	164		361143000900
2217	Fe Smith Intermediate School	Public	3-4	33 Wheeler Ave	Cortland	13045	Cortland County	Cortland City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 758-4180	291	25	11.4	61.5%	261 (89.7%)	7 (2.4%)	7 (2.4%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.1%)	$26,468			$1,712			$24,756	14.1	15.1	2217			360846000647
2218	Ps 32 Belmont	Public	PK, KG-5	690 E 183rd St	Bronx	10458	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #10	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 584-3645	527	53	9.9	96.4%	14 (2.7%)	96 (18.2%)	404 (76.7%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.3%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	$39,101			$3,642			$35,459	14.1	12.6	2279	61		360008702150
2219	Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	511 W 182nd St	New York	10033	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 6	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 781-0524	908	78	11.6	88.0%	22 (2.4%)	26 (2.9%)	833 (91.7%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	19 (2.1%)	$32,370			$3,046			$29,324	14	21.4	2024	195		360008305909
2220	John T Waugh Elementary School	Public	K-5	100 High St	Angola	14006	Erie County	Evans-Brant Central School District (Lake Shore)	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 926-2371	295	35	8.4	50.2%	158 (53.6%)	5 (1.7%)	20 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	101 (34.2%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.7%)	$30,988			$5,385			$25,603	13.9	18.7	2101	119		361656001467

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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.