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
661	Ps 261 Zipporiah Mills	Public	PK, KG-5	314 Pacific St	Brooklyn	11201	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #15	No	No	No	No	(718) 330-9275	564	45	12.5	29.3%	283 (50.2%)	77 (13.7%)	102 (18.1%)	39 (6.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (10.6%)	$29,875			$1,959			$27,916	71	67.6	716	55		360009202778
662	Caroline Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2439 Slaterville Rd	Slaterville Springs	14881	Tompkins County	Ithaca City School District	No	No	No	No	(607) 539-7155	273	29	9.4	27.5%	201 (73.6%)	10 (3.7%)	24 (8.8%)	13 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (8.8%)	$27,531			$1,351			$26,180	71	63.7	808	146		361557001331
663	Hamagrael Elementary School	Public	K-5	1 McGuffey Ln	Delmar	12054	Albany County	Bethlehem Central School District	No	No	No	No	(518) 439-4905	319	28	11.3	12.9%	263 (82.4%)	7 (2.2%)	15 (4.7%)	10 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (7.5%)	$26,328			$163			$26,165	71	72.6	585	78		360471000215
664	Lindell Boulevard School	Public	PK, KG-5	601 Lindell Blvd	Long Beach	11561	Nassau County	Long Beach City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 897-2209	462	45	10.3	17.1%	319 (69.0%)	26 (5.6%)	96 (20.8%)	6 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	12 (2.6%)	$36,293			$648			$35,646	71	67.6	715	51		361773001597
665	School Of Creativity And Innovation (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	4513 8th Ave	Brooklyn	11220	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #15	No	No	No	Yes	(929) 419-6049	315	34	9.2	86.7%	23 (7.3%)	3 (1.0%)	148 (47.0%)	133 (42.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.2%)	$37,070			$2,319			$34,751	70.9	62.3	845	180		360009206659
666	Hagan School	Public	3-5	42 Hagan Dr	Poughkeepsie	12603	Dutchess County	Spackenkill Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 463-7840	342	31	10.9	23.4%	197 (57.6%)	32 (9.4%)	50 (14.6%)	42 (12.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (6.1%)	$32,887			$558			$32,329	70.9	68.5	689	23		360650000430
667	Summit Lane School	Public	K-5	4 Summit Ln	Levittown	11756	Nassau County	Levittown Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 434-7526	376	31	12.1	40.4%	133 (35.4%)	8 (2.1%)	117 (31.1%)	109 (29.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.1%)	$32,234			$520			$31,714	70.8	61.5	866	199		361716001531
668	Paul J Bellew Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	25 Higbie Ln	West Islip	11795	Suffolk County	West Islip Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(631) 504-5680	463	39	11.9	10.4%	394 (85.1%)	2 (0.4%)	49 (10.6%)	6 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.6%)	$30,152			$307			$29,845	70.8	77.7	483	185		363069004131
669	Iroquois Intermediate School	Public	4-5	2111 Girdle Rd	Elma	14059	Erie County	Iroquois Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 652-3000	301	25	12	22.9%	281 (93.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.3%)	$23,538			$659			$22,878	70.8			(n/a)		361536001292
670	New City Elementary School	Public	K-5	60 Crestwood Dr	New City	10956	Rockland County	Clarkstown Central School District	No	No	No	No	(845) 624-3467	446	40	11.1	17.5%	200 (44.8%)	12 (2.7%)	128 (28.7%)	87 (19.5%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (3.6%)	$14,623			$374			$14,248	70.8	73.4	566	104		362034001872

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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.