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
291	Kensington Road School	Public	PK, KG-4	43 Kensington Rd	Glens Falls	12801	Warren County	Glens Falls City School District	No	No	No	No	(518) 793-5151	263	24	11	27.0%	246 (93.5%)	3 (1.1%)	6 (2.3%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.9%)	$23,635			$1,335			$22,300	85.7	82.7	367	76		361224000983
292	Ps 30 Westerleigh	Public	PK, KG-5	200 Wardwell Ave	Staten Island	10314	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	No	(718) 442-0462	689	54	12.7	41.1%	354 (51.4%)	31 (4.5%)	161 (23.4%)	114 (16.5%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	27 (3.9%)	$34,149			$1,696			$32,453	85.6	89.7	207	85		360010302142
293	Ps 184 Flushing Manor	Public	PK, KG-5	163-15 21st Rd	Whitestone	11357	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #25	No	No	No	No	(718) 352-7800	462	32	14.6	58.9%	96 (20.8%)	2 (0.4%)	74 (16.0%)	279 (60.4%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.7%)	$29,708			$1,518			$28,190	85.6	78	476	183		360012202637
294	Ps 55 Henry M Boehm	Public	PK, KG-5	54 Osborne St	Staten Island	10312	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	No	(718) 697-5200	512	41	12.3	43.9%	367 (71.7%)	1 (0.2%)	73 (14.3%)	59 (11.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.0%)	$37,227			$1,882			$35,344	85.6	84	337	43		360010302239
295	Harris Hill Elementary School	Public	K-5	2126 Penfield Rd	Penfield	14526	Monroe County	Penfield Central School District	No	No	No	No	(585) 249-6600	479	44	10.8	14.6%	406 (84.8%)	10 (2.1%)	17 (3.5%)	29 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.5%)	$23,662			$1,117			$22,545	85.5	87.3	266	29		362271003194
296	Pinehurst Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6050 Fairway Ct	Lake View	14085	Erie County	Frontier Central School District	No	No	No	No	(716) 926-1770	573	51	11.2	18.2%	543 (94.8%)	4 (0.7%)	16 (2.8%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.2%)	$21,601			$1,045			$20,557	85.3	80.1	424	128		361167000926
297	Ps 236 Mill Basin	Public	PK, KG-5	6302 Ave U	Brooklyn	11234	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #22	No	No	No	No	(718) 444-6969	599	36	16.6	45.1%	288 (48.1%)	107 (17.9%)	78 (13.0%)	108 (18.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.0%)	$30,274			$1,772			$28,502	85.2	85.9	294	3		360015302752
298	Ps 42 Benjamin Altman	Public	PK, KG-5	71 Hester St	New York	10002	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 226-8410	476	45	10.5	66.8%	47 (9.9%)	18 (3.8%)	77 (16.2%)	314 (66.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.8%)	$39,811			$2,113			$37,698	85.2	84.9	316	18		360007702187
299	Bedford Road School	Public	K-4	289 Bedford Rd	Pleasantville	10570	Westchester County	Pleasantville Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 741-1441	549	45	12.1	13.1%	356 (64.8%)	6 (1.1%)	133 (24.2%)	25 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.3%)	$29,484			$366			$29,118	85.2	90.6	185	114		362331003264
300	East Village Community School (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	185 1st Ave	New York	10003	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 1	No	No	No	No	(212) 533-5340	477	48	9.9	45.1%	184 (38.6%)	40 (8.4%)	164 (34.4%)	38 (8.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (10.3%)	$39,986			$1,589			$38,398	85.1	79.8	429	129		360007605615

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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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Educational resources:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

Alternative Schools vs Public Schools: A Comparison

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.