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
2421	School 50-Helen Barrett Montgomery	Public	PK, KG-6	301 Seneca Ave	Rochester	14621	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 266-0331	590	49	12	81.2%	80 (13.6%)	213 (36.1%)	188 (31.9%)	64 (10.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	42 (7.1%)	$31,475			$2,470			$29,005	4	6.2	2400	21		362475003418
2422	Steam At Dr King Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	416 E Raynor Ave	Syracuse	13202	Onondaga County	Syracuse City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 435-4580	439	37	11.8	79.7%	23 (5.2%)	332 (75.6%)	63 (14.4%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.1%)	$32,737			$4,193			$28,544	4	6.2	2401	21		362859006674
2423	Giffen Memorial Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	274 S Pearl St	Albany	12202	Albany County	Albany City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 475-6650	387	31	12.4	82.2%	23 (5.9%)	208 (53.7%)	98 (25.3%)	31 (8.0%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	23 (5.9%)	$33,791			$4,699			$29,092	3.9	6.7	2390	33		360246000016
2424	Primary Hall Preparatory Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-4	2408 Main St	Buffalo	14214	Erie County	Primary Hall Preparatory Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(716) 597-4373	220	15	14.6	56.4%	2 (0.9%)	181 (82.3%)	19 (8.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (8.2%)	$15,482			$486			$14,996	3.9			(n/a)		360122606731
2425	School 33-John James Audubon	Public	PK, KG-6	500 Webster Ave	Rochester	14609	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 482-9290	980	75	13	80.6%	29 (3.0%)	367 (37.4%)	520 (53.1%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (6.0%)	$28,605			$2,562			$26,043	3.8	4.4	2430	5		362475003404
2426	Gansevoort Elementary School	Public	K-6	758 W Liberty St	Rome	13440	Oneida County	Rome City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 334-5181	397	34	11.8	79.6%	255 (64.2%)	23 (5.8%)	72 (18.1%)	6 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (10.3%)	$29,886			$2,941			$26,945	3.3	4.1	2435	9		362490003442
2427	Milton J Fletcher Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	301 Cole Ave	Jamestown	14701	Chautauqua County	Jamestown City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 483-4404	509	48	10.5	77.6%	304 (59.7%)	12 (2.4%)	120 (23.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	72 (14.1%)	$20,509			$2,304			$18,205	3.3	8.2	2362	65		361563001353
2428	Bilingual Center	Public	PK, KG-8	157 Elk St	Buffalo	14210	Erie County	Buffalo City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 816-4783	358	45	7.9	93.3%	9 (2.5%)	3 (0.8%)	345 (96.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$36,309			$5,044			$31,265	3.2	3.6	2439	11		360585000333
2429	Roberts K-8 School	Public	PK, KG-8	715 Glenwood Ave	Syracuse	13207	Onondaga County	Syracuse City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 435-4635	641	60	10.7	78.9%	121 (18.9%)	357 (55.7%)	74 (11.5%)	28 (4.4%)	7 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	52 (8.1%)	$31,362			$4,731			$26,631	3.1	6.6	2392	37		362859003875
2430	School 4-George Mather Forbes	Public	PK, KG-6	198 Dr Samuel McCree Way	Rochester	14611	Monroe County	Rochester City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 235-7848	265	28	9.6	87.2%	15 (5.7%)	178 (67.2%)	52 (19.6%)	5 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.7%)	$39,110			$3,005			$36,104	3.1	5.2	2423	7		362475003379

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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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