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
231	West Patent Elementary School	Public	K-5	80 W Patent Rd	Bedford Hills	10507	Westchester County	Bedford Central School District	No	No	No	No	(914) 666-2190	250	21	11.7	20.0%	129 (51.6%)	15 (6.0%)	80 (32.0%)	17 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.6%)	$51,656			$895			$50,761	88.3	87.8	254	23		361995001826
232	Watson School	Public	K-5	277 N Centre Ave	Rockville Centre	11570	Nassau County	Rockville Centre Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 255-8904	224	25	9.1	15.2%	136 (60.7%)	10 (4.5%)	46 (20.5%)	10 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	21 (9.4%)	$39,829			$491			$39,338	88.1	87.3	265	33		362478003432
233	Brooklyn Brownstone School	Public	PK, KG-5	272 MacDonough St	Brooklyn	11233	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #16	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 573-2307	352	22	16	81.5%	91 (25.9%)	183 (52.0%)	40 (11.4%)	13 (3.7%)	4 (1.1%)	3 (0.9%)	18 (5.1%)	$27,613			$2,253			$25,360	88.1	78.5	462	229		360009406050
234	Anne Hutchinson School	Public	2-5	60 Mill Rd	Eastchester	10709	Westchester County	Eastchester Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(914) 793-6130	419	45	9.2	2.4%	256 (61.1%)	13 (3.1%)	56 (13.4%)	88 (21.0%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	$33,690			$420			$33,270	88.1	89	227	7		361008000783
235	Maurice Sendak Community School (The)	Public	K-5	211 8th St	Brooklyn	11215	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #15	No	No	No	No	(718) 840-5660	202	18	11.2	19.3%	115 (56.9%)	7 (3.5%)	41 (20.3%)	15 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	23 (11.4%)	$31,965			$2,338			$29,627	88.1	86.5	284	49		360009206406
236	Purchase School	Public	K-5	2995 Purchase St	Purchase	10577	Westchester County	Harrison Central School District	No	No	No	No	(914) 630-3172	385	35	11.1	6.8%	271 (70.4%)	6 (1.6%)	50 (13.0%)	21 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (9.6%)	$33,344			$603			$32,742	88.1	93.1	144	92		361374001125
237	John Lewis Childs School	Public	PK, KG-6	10 Elizabeth St	Floral Park	11001	Nassau County	Floral Park-Bellerose Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 434-2781	674	45	14.8	24.9%	286 (42.4%)	18 (2.7%)	144 (21.4%)	183 (27.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (6.1%)	$23,085			$1,172			$21,914	88	86.3	287	50		361116000886
238	Ps 7 Louis F Simeone	Public	PK, KG-5	80-55 Cornish Ave	Elmhurst	11373	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #24	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 446-2726	1,187	79	15	84.3%	34 (2.9%)	12 (1.0%)	414 (34.9%)	692 (58.3%)	24 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (0.9%)	$30,915			$2,246			$28,669	87.9	83	360	122		360009801406
239	Norman J Levy Lakeside School	Public	PK, KG-6	21 Babylon Rd	Merrick	11566	Nassau County	Merrick Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(516) 992-7231	644	60	10.7	6.4%	539 (83.7%)	9 (1.4%)	57 (8.9%)	33 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.9%)	$32,658			$300			$32,358	87.9	89	229	10		361911001729
240	Skano Elementary School	Public	K-5	970 Rt 146	Clifton Park	12065	Saratoga County	Shenendehowa Central School District	No	No	No	No	(518) 881-0560	524	37	14.1	18.7%	331 (63.2%)	8 (1.5%)	38 (7.3%)	118 (22.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.3%)	$19,919			$816			$19,103	87.9	88.8	232	8		362667003641

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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.