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
1421	Ps 61 Francisco Oller	Public	PK, KG-5	1550 Crotona Park E	Bronx	10460	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #12	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 542-7230	185	18	10.2	96.2%	3 (1.6%)	31 (16.8%)	150 (81.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$45,116			$5,742			$39,374	41.9	42.8	1358	63		360009002260
1422	Bloomingdale School	Public	K-5	79 Canaras Ave	Saranac Lake	12983	Essex County	Saranac Lake Central School District	No	No	No	No	(518) 891-3198	103	8	12.8	44.7%	100 (97.1%)	1 (1.0%)	1 (1.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$27,898			$3,259			$24,640	41.8	50.3	1164	258		362574004620
1423	Edward J Arthur Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	51 3rd St	Athens	12015	Greene County	Coxsackie-Athens Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 731-1750	177	15	11.6	27.1%	152 (85.9%)	3 (1.7%)	18 (10.2%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.7%)	$34,641			$1,704			$32,937	41.8	32.6	1671	248		360849000655
1424	Bloomfield Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	Rt 444	Bloomfield	14469	Ontario County	East Bloomfield Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 657-6121	316	36	8.8	44.6%	289 (91.5%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.7%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.5%)	$29,551			$2,187			$27,363	41.7	53.2	1072	352		360492000236
1425	Ps 92 Harry T Stewart Senior	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	99-01 34th Ave	Corona	11368	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	Yes	No	Yes	(718) 533-1013	867	60	14.3	87.0%	5 (0.6%)	7 (0.8%)	825 (95.2%)	21 (2.4%)	7 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	$29,489			$2,047			$27,442	41.7	29.4	1764	339		360010202352
1426	Ps 76 Bennington School (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	900 Adee Ave	Bronx	10469	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #11	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 882-8865	583	53	11	87.0%	53 (9.1%)	172 (29.5%)	314 (53.9%)	27 (4.6%)	4 (0.7%)	4 (0.7%)	9 (1.5%)	$35,393			$3,031			$32,361	41.6	42	1384	42		360008802306
1427	Jefferson Central School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1332 St Rt 10	Jefferson	12093	Schoharie County	Jefferson Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 652-7821	148	20	7.2	55.4%	132 (89.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.1%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (6.1%)	$45,721			$2,814			$42,906	41.6	32	1687	260		361572001359
1428	Terry Taylor Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	399 Ogden Parma Town Line Rd	Spencerport	14559	Monroe County	Spencerport Central School District	No	No	No	No	(585) 349-5602	451	42	10.6	28.8%	357 (79.2%)	15 (3.3%)	40 (8.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (8.2%)	$25,317			$1,045			$24,272	41.6	41.8	1390	38		362778003765
1429	Locke School Of Arts And Engineering (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	20 W 112th St	New York	10026	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 3	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 534-7490	327	25	13.2	59.9%	62 (19.0%)	93 (28.4%)	124 (37.9%)	7 (2.1%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	38 (11.6%)	$36,221			$2,830			$33,392	41.6	30.2	1741	312		360007802640
1430	Geraldine J Mann School	Public	PK, KG-6	1330 95th St	Niagara Falls	14304	Niagara County	Niagara Falls City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 278-7940	400	26	15.4	56.3%	235 (58.8%)	29 (7.3%)	46 (11.5%)	50 (12.5%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	35 (8.8%)	$23,630			$1,973			$21,657	41.6	35.9	1570	140		362082002937

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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.