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
391	Ps 150	Public	PK, KG-5	40-01 43rd Ave	Long Island City	11104	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #30	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 784-2252	657	47	14	58.8%	159 (24.2%)	10 (1.5%)	279 (42.5%)	167 (25.4%)	9 (1.4%)	3 (0.5%)	30 (4.6%)	$29,818			$1,444			$28,374	81.1	85.6	302	89		360010205287
392	Southgate School	Public	K-5	30 Southgate Rd	Loudonville	12211	Albany County	North Colonie Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 785-6607	369	31	11.7	25.5%	210 (56.9%)	30 (8.1%)	29 (7.9%)	73 (19.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (6.8%)	$22,728			$971			$21,756	81.1	85.1	313	79		362100002987
393	Charles Campagne School	Public	K-5	601 Plainview Rd	Bethpage	11714	Nassau County	Bethpage Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(516) 644-4401	354	28	12.7	27.1%	159 (44.9%)	4 (1.1%)	64 (18.1%)	112 (31.6%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.8%)	$28,252			$278			$27,973	80.9	77.2	491	98		360474000219
394	Smallwood Drive School	Public	PK, KG-5	300 Smallwood Dr	Amherst	14226	Erie County	Amherst Central School District	No	No	No	No	(716) 362-2100	708	52	13.6	16.7%	535 (75.6%)	40 (5.6%)	46 (6.5%)	34 (4.8%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (7.1%)	$20,005			$897			$19,107	80.9	88.2	246	148		360292004378
395	Setauket Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	134 Main St	Setauket	11733	Suffolk County	Three Village Central School District	No	No	No	No	(631) 730-4600	599	48	12.4	10.7%	457 (76.3%)	4 (0.7%)	52 (8.7%)	42 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (7.3%)	$35,560			$510			$35,050	80.9	84.3	328	67		362820003808
396	Academy Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	117 N Franklin Ave	Hempstead	11550	Nassau County	Academy Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(516) 408-2200	2,003	123	16.2	84.4%	6 (0.3%)	646 (32.3%)	1,299 (64.9%)	16 (0.8%)	13 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (1.1%)	$22,561			$1,781			$20,781	80.9	78.9	453	57		360099706131
397	Ps 83 Luis Munoz Rivera	Public	PK, KG-5	219 E 109th St	New York	10029	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 4	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 860-5847	306	29	10.7	94.1%	9 (2.9%)	42 (13.7%)	218 (71.2%)	25 (8.2%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.6%)	$40,952			$3,088			$37,864	80.8	72.2	593	196		360007905530
398	Crompond School	Public	4-5	2901 Manor St	Yorktown Heights	10598	Westchester County	Yorktown Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 243-8000	559	50	11.2	13.8%	415 (74.2%)	10 (1.8%)	86 (15.4%)	28 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (3.4%)	$29,828			$363			$29,465	80.8	88.4	243	155		363198004281
399	South Bronx Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-11	164 Bruckner Blvd	Bronx	10454	Bronx County	South Bronx Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 292-5737	434			91.5%	2 (0.5%)	43 (9.9%)	383 (88.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	$18,427			$2,171			$16,256	80.8	74.9	538	139		360014405787
400	Scribner Road Elementary School	Public	K-5	1750 Scribner Rd	Penfield	14526	Monroe County	Penfield Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(585) 249-6400	549	60	9.1	18.9%	432 (78.7%)	34 (6.2%)	34 (6.2%)	26 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.2%)	$22,507			$1,133			$21,375	80.7	79.7	435	35		362271003197

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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.