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
651	Shatekon Elementary School	Public	K-5	35 Maxwell Rd	Clifton Park	12065	Saratoga County	Shenendehowa Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 881-0580	560	42	13.1	32.5%	371 (66.3%)	29 (5.2%)	57 (10.2%)	54 (9.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (8.8%)	$19,384			$794			$18,590	71.3	63.3	818	167		362667005972
652	Fishkill Plains Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	17 Lake Walton Rd	Wappingers Falls	12590	Dutchess County	Wappingers Central School District	No	No	No	No	(845) 227-1770	602	38	15.9	24.4%	407 (67.6%)	32 (5.3%)	127 (21.1%)	21 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.3%)	$25,567			$252			$25,315	71.3	69.2	669	17		362988004015
653	Harriet Tubman Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	3565 3rd Ave	Bronx	10456	Bronx County	Harriet Tubman Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 537-9912	494			89.5%	6 (1.2%)	285 (57.7%)	190 (38.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.6%)	$25,655			$1,551			$24,105	71.3	63.8	806	153		360004804457
654	Samuel J Preston School	Public	K-5	50 Taylor Ave	West Harrison	10604	Westchester County	Harrison Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 630-3152	331	31	10.5	28.1%	191 (57.7%)	6 (1.8%)	114 (34.4%)	11 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.7%)	$37,051			$1,616			$35,435	71.2	79.2	446	208		361374001126
655	Lake Pleasant School	Public	PK, KG-8	120 Elm Lake Rd	Speculator	12164	Hamilton County	Lake Pleasant Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 548-7571	67	16	4.2	41.8%	66 (98.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.5%)	$65,271			$2,566			$62,705	71.2	78.8	456	199		361653001461
656	Ps 146 Howard Beach	Public	PK, KG-8	98-01 159th Ave	Howard Beach	11414	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #27	No	No	No	No	(718) 659-3140	542	44	12.3	63.3%	190 (35.1%)	12 (2.2%)	246 (45.4%)	75 (13.8%)	5 (0.9%)	6 (1.1%)	8 (1.5%)	$33,191			$1,566			$31,626	71.2	68.1	704	48		360012302531
657	Shaw Avenue School	Public	PK, KG-6	99 Shaw Ave	Valley Stream	11580	Nassau County	Valley Stream 30 Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 434-3803	740	58	12.7	56.2%	48 (6.5%)	219 (29.6%)	220 (29.7%)	234 (31.6%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.5%)	13 (1.8%)	$26,780			$935			$25,845	71.1	69.9	642	15		362949003979
658	Ps 95 Eastwood	Public	K-5	179-01 90th Ave	Jamaica	11432	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #29	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 739-0007	1,103	65	17	81.1%	8 (0.7%)	91 (8.3%)	455 (41.3%)	465 (42.2%)	68 (6.2%)	2 (0.2%)	14 (1.3%)	$28,494			$2,564			$25,930	71.1	82	387	271		360010102362
659	Seeall Academy (The)	Public	PK, KG-8	5601 16th Ave	Brooklyn	11204	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #20	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 851-8070	851	66	12.8	90.4%	177 (20.8%)	6 (0.7%)	301 (35.4%)	352 (41.4%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.2%)	$32,782			$2,600			$30,182	71.1	60	910	251		360015102626
660	Leo F Giblyn School	Public, Magnet	K-4	450 S Ocean Ave	Freeport	11520	Nassau County	Freeport Union Free School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(516) 867-5260	519	49	10.5	66.5%	29 (5.6%)	109 (21.0%)	351 (67.6%)	11 (2.1%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.9%)	$35,005			$1,910			$33,095	71	57.4	966	306		361155000916

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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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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.