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
2091	Chambers School	Public	K-4	945 Morton Blvd	Kingston	12401	Ulster County	Kingston City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 336-5995	306	35	8.8	53.6%	113 (36.9%)	24 (7.8%)	130 (42.5%)	20 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	18 (5.9%)	$38,326			$2,223			$36,103	19.7	17.9	2127	36		361629001429
2092	Pfc William J Grabiarz #79	Public	PK, KG-8	225 Lawn Ave	Buffalo	14207	Erie County	Buffalo City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 816-4040	518	47	11	93.4%	70 (13.5%)	228 (44.0%)	125 (24.1%)	63 (12.2%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.6%)	$32,338			$4,749			$27,589	19.6	11.6	2303	211		360585003481
2093	Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	597 County Hwy 54	Cherry Valley	13320	Otsego County	Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 264-3265	420	42	10	48.3%	392 (93.3%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.8%)	$32,218			$1,969			$30,249	19.5	21.8	2008	85		360000600525
2094	Ps 182 Samantha Smith	Public	PK, KG-5	153-27 88th Ave	Jamaica	11432	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #28	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 298-7700	810	66	12.3	94.3%	10 (1.2%)	101 (12.5%)	491 (60.6%)	170 (21.0%)	24 (3.0%)	3 (0.4%)	11 (1.4%)	$34,325			$3,174			$31,152	19.4	24.4	1928	166		360010004611
2095	Archer Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1827 Archer St	Bronx	10460	Bronx County	New York City Geographic District #12	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 828-3791	309	27	11.4	94.2%	4 (1.3%)	54 (17.5%)	192 (62.1%)	42 (13.6%)	10 (3.2%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.9%)	$36,747			$3,746			$33,001	19.4	20.5	2045	50		360009006266
2096	Oquenock Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	425 Spruce Ave	West Islip	11795	Suffolk County	West Islip Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(631) 504-5660	418	37	11.1	22.5%	302 (72.2%)	4 (1.0%)	86 (20.6%)	18 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.9%)	$31,252			$634			$30,618	19.4	15.8	2192	96		363069004130
2097	Presidential Park Elementary School	Public	K-5	48 Roosevelt Ave	Middletown	10940	Orange County	Middletown City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(845) 326-1855	1,225	123	9.9	77.0%	109 (8.9%)	196 (16.0%)	827 (67.5%)	42 (3.4%)	7 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	42 (3.4%)	$31,507			$2,968			$28,540	19.4	23.6	1961	136		361932006448
2098	Roxbury Central School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	53729 Nys Rt 30	Roxbury	12474	Delaware County	Roxbury Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 326-4151	224	29	7.7	42.0%	204 (91.1%)	3 (1.3%)	8 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.0%)	$50,261			$5,799			$44,463	19.3	36.6	1547	551		362511003473
2099	J E Lanigan School	Public	PK, KG-6	59 Bakeman Ave	Fulton	13069	Oswego County	Fulton City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 593-5470	436	36	12	49.8%	390 (89.4%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (4.8%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.4%)	$29,281			$796			$28,485	19.2	20.5	2046	53		361170000932
2100	Stokes Elementary School	Public	K-6	9095 Turin Rd	Rome	13440	Oneida County	Rome City School District	No	No	No	No	(315) 334-1221	368	27	13.8	39.4%	323 (87.8%)	9 (2.4%)	22 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.8%)	$27,524			$00			$27,524	19.2	25.1	1897	203		362490003450

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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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