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
1461	Cincinnatus Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	2809 Cincinnatus Rd	Cincinnatus	13040	Cortland County	Cincinnatus Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 863-3200	190	17	11.3	46.8%	186 (97.9%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$26,546			$1,957			$24,589	40.3	34.1	1612	151		360756000539
1462	Helen B Duffield Elementary School	Public	K-5	600 1st St	Ronkonkoma	11779	Suffolk County	Connetquot Central School District	No	No	No	No	(631) 467-6010	313	31	10.1	21.7%	158 (50.5%)	14 (4.5%)	81 (25.9%)	48 (15.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.5%)	$33,805			$615			$33,190	40.3	38.3	1504	42		360816004383
1463	Silver Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1 Dickinson St	Silver Creek	14136	Chautauqua County	Silver Creek Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(716) 934-2603	428	51	8.3	53.0%	294 (68.7%)	3 (0.7%)	44 (10.3%)	1 (0.2%)	49 (11.4%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (8.6%)	$26,774			$2,270			$24,504	40.3	36.6	1548	85		362688003665
1464	West Leyden Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1157 Fish Creek Rd	West Leyden	13489	Lewis County	Adirondack Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 942-9280	123	9	13.7	43.1%	120 (97.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.4%)	$29,881			$1,805			$28,075	40.3	25.2	1892	428		360504000244
1465	South Lewis Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	4264 East Rd	Turin	13473	Lewis County	South Lewis Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 348-2600	452	39	11.6	55.8%	429 (94.9%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (2.0%)	$25,803			$1,735			$24,068	40.2	39.9	1452	13		362736006732
1466	Indian River Intermediate School	Public	4-5	32430 Us Rt 11	Philadelphia	13673	Jefferson County	Indian River Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 642-0405	565	49	11.6	50.1%	357 (63.2%)	50 (8.8%)	95 (16.8%)	5 (0.9%)	3 (0.5%)	10 (1.8%)	44 (7.8%)	$23,765			$1,896			$21,869	40.1	42.3	1373	93		361530005044
1467	West Buffalo Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	113 Lafayette Ave	Buffalo	14213	Erie County	West Buffalo Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(716) 923-1534	498	32	15.5	91.0%	77 (15.5%)	122 (24.5%)	184 (36.9%)	89 (17.9%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (4.2%)	$12,724			$00			$12,724	40.1	52.1	1109	358		360105506298
1468	Cynthia Jenkins School	Public	PK, KG-5	179-37 137th Ave	Jamaica	11434	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #29	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 528-5399	297	31	9.7	80.1%	6 (2.0%)	231 (77.8%)	42 (14.1%)	5 (1.7%)	5 (1.7%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (2.4%)	$36,963			$2,295			$34,668	40.1	27.3	1830	362		360010102169
1469	School Of Science &technology	Public	PK, KG-5	725 E 23rd St	Brooklyn	11210	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #22	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 434-5222	522	39	13.4	91.0%	52 (10.0%)	232 (44.4%)	166 (31.8%)	41 (7.9%)	9 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (4.0%)	$34,645			$2,784			$31,861	40.1	24.4	1926	457		360015302549
1470	Hyde Leadership Charter School - Brooklyn	Public, Charter	K-8	330 Alabama Ave	Brooklyn	11207	Kings County	Hyde Leadership Charter School - Brooklyn	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 495-5620	401			93.0%	0 (0.0%)	262 (65.3%)	133 (33.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	$28,466			$3,332			$25,134	40.1	34.7	1598	128		360103006230

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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.