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
451	Bell Top School	Public	K-5	39 Reynolds Rd	Troy	12180	Rensselaer County	East Greenbush Central School District	No	No	No	No	(518) 207-2600	304	28	10.7	18.4%	237 (78.0%)	7 (2.3%)	18 (5.9%)	21 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (6.9%)	$24,393			$583			$23,810	79.1	89.7	209	242		360963000729
452	Keene Central School	Public, Alternative	K-12	33 Market St	Keene Valley	12943	Essex County	Keene Central School District	No	No	No	No	(518) 576-4555	170	23	7.5	28.2%	152 (89.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (5.3%)	3 (1.8%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	$43,050			$265			$42,784	79	79.8	433	19		361614001394
453	Lincoln Titus Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	10 Lincoln Ave	Crompond	10517	Westchester County	Lakeland Central School District	No	No	No	No	(914) 528-2519	374	29	12.8	25.4%	199 (53.2%)	19 (5.1%)	125 (33.4%)	18 (4.8%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.4%)	$31,328			$609			$30,719	78.9	73.2	568	115		361662001476
454	James A Dever School	Public	K-6	585 N Corona Ave	Valley Stream	11580	Nassau County	Valley Stream 13 Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(516) 568-6120	437	45	9.7	22.0%	151 (34.6%)	55 (12.6%)	98 (22.4%)	121 (27.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	9 (2.1%)	$32,530			$180			$32,350	78.9	79.3	442	12		362943003970
455	Cloverbank Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2761 Cloverbank Rd	Hamburg	14075	Erie County	Frontier Central School District	No	No	No	No	(716) 926-1760	509	47	10.8	29.1%	450 (88.4%)	5 (1.0%)	29 (5.7%)	8 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.1%)	$23,562			$1,179			$22,383	78.9	67.7	712	257		361167000924
456	Bayview Avenue School	Public, Magnet	K-4	325 W Merrick Rd	Freeport	11520	Nassau County	Freeport Union Free School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(516) 867-5255	515	52	9.8	63.3%	4 (0.8%)	99 (19.2%)	387 (75.1%)	14 (2.7%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.6%)	$35,862			$13,714			$22,148	78.9	69.4	664	208		361155000910
457	Ps 32 Gifford School (The)	Public	PK, KG-5	232 Barlow Ave	Staten Island	10308	Richmond County	New York City Geographic District #31	No	No	No	No	(718) 984-1688	694	44	15.6	51.3%	358 (51.6%)	17 (2.4%)	119 (17.1%)	181 (26.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	17 (2.4%)	$31,141			$1,492			$29,648	78.9	89.1	226	231		360010302149
458	Harts Hill School	Public	K-5	8551 Clark Mills Rd	Whitesboro	13492	Oneida County	Whitesboro Central School District	No	No	No	No	(315) 266-3432	321	29	10.9	15.3%	301 (93.8%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (2.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	9 (2.8%)	$29,380			$845			$28,535	78.9	84.5	322	136		363132004192
459	Ps 18 Winchester	Public	PK, KG-5	86-35 235th Court	Queens Village	11427	Queens County	New York City Geographic District #26	No	No	No	No	(718) 464-4167	425	30	14.3	61.4%	33 (7.8%)	45 (10.6%)	91 (21.4%)	239 (56.2%)	7 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (2.1%)	$32,441			$1,379			$31,062	78.8	80.9	414	45		360009902099
460	Ps 40 George W Carver	Public	PK, KG-5	265 Ralph Ave	Brooklyn	11233	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #16	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 574-2353	465	36	12.9	89.5%	25 (5.4%)	311 (66.9%)	97 (20.9%)	3 (0.6%)	4 (0.9%)	14 (3.0%)	11 (2.4%)	$35,801			$3,831			$31,970	78.8	60.7	892	432		360009402178

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.