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
361	Sylvan Avenue Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	600 Sylvan Ave	Bayport	11705	Suffolk County	Bayport-Blue Point Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 472-7840	318	27	11.8	13.8%	250 (78.6%)	2 (0.6%)	50 (15.7%)	6 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.1%)	$31,308			$487			$30,820	82.6	82.1	384	23		360411000176
362	Ps 452	Public	PK, KG-5	210 W 61st St	New York	10023	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 3	No	No	No	No	(212) 259-6222	404	24	16.8	34.9%	150 (37.1%)	39 (9.7%)	112 (27.7%)	77 (19.1%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.7%)	$28,744			$1,531			$27,213	82.6	87.2	272	90		360007806187
363	Little Tor Elementary School	Public	K-5	56 Gregory St	New City	10956	Rockland County	Clarkstown Central School District	No	No	No	No	(845) 624-3471	264	23	11.6	9.8%	125 (47.3%)	10 (3.8%)	76 (28.8%)	41 (15.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.5%)	$14,647			$375			$14,272	82.5	87.9	251	112		362034001871
364	Ps 163 Flushing Heights	Public	PK, KG-5	159-01 59th Ave	Flushing	11365	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #25	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 353-2514	757	53	14.2	84.8%	10 (1.3%)	6 (0.8%)	120 (15.9%)	602 (79.5%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.1%)	$28,429			$1,945			$26,484	82.5	83.9	339	25		360012202586
365	Ps 133 The Bellerose School Of Excellence	Public	PK, KG-5	248-05 86th Ave	Bellerose	11426	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #26	No	No	No	No	(718) 831-4016	596	48	12.5	63.9%	54 (9.1%)	16 (2.7%)	108 (18.1%)	389 (65.3%)	8 (1.3%)	2 (0.3%)	19 (3.2%)	$28,888			$1,524			$27,364	82.4	86.3	286	79		360009902488
366	Haldane Elementary School	Public	K-5	15 Craigside Dr	Cold Spring	10516	Putnam County	Haldane Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 265-9254	293	32	9	12.3%	223 (76.1%)	3 (1.0%)	41 (14.0%)	7 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.1%)	$33,357			$557			$32,799	82.3	87	274	92		361323001078
367	Lincoln Avenue School	Public	K-4	115 Lincoln Ave	Pearl River	10965	Rockland County	Pearl River Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 620-3850	190	12	16.1	15.8%	131 (68.9%)	4 (2.1%)	45 (23.7%)	3 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.7%)	$38,101			$659			$37,442	82.2	87	273	94		362256004824
368	Queens Explorers Elementary School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	90-07 101st St	Ozone Park	11416	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #27	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 558-7088	376	30	12.5	81.9%	20 (5.3%)	18 (4.8%)	197 (52.4%)	117 (31.1%)	16 (4.3%)	4 (1.1%)	4 (1.1%)	$32,705			$1,975			$30,730	82.1	79.8	431	63		360012306525
369	Laurel Plains Elementary School	Public	K-5	14 Teakwood Ln	New City	10956	Rockland County	Clarkstown Central School District	No	No	No	No	(845) 639-6350	369	35	10.4	21.4%	160 (43.4%)	23 (6.2%)	123 (33.3%)	45 (12.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.9%)	$14,546			$372			$14,173	82.1	83.9	341	28		362034001869
370	Central School	Public	PK, KG-5	1100 Palmer Ave	Larchmont	10538	Westchester County	Mamaroneck Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(914) 220-3400	520	44	11.7	17.1%	333 (64.0%)	5 (1.0%)	100 (19.2%)	30 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (9.8%)	$27,938			$480			$27,459	82.1	87	275	95		361824001644

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

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.