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
81	Ps 29 John M Harrigan	Public	PK, KG-5	425 Henry St	Brooklyn	11201	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #15	No	No	No	No	(718) 330-9277	708	41	17.2	13.6%	487 (68.8%)	6 (0.8%)	81 (11.4%)	50 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	83 (11.7%)	$26,201			$1,690			$24,512	95	94.7	98	17		360009202139
82	Colonial School	Public	K-5	315 Highbrook Ave	Pelham	10803	Westchester County	Pelham Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(914) 738-2680	296	23	12.8	2.0%	217 (73.3%)	5 (1.7%)	29 (9.8%)	16 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (9.8%)	$29,017			$342			$28,675	95	93.8	123	41		362268003185
83	Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5	Public, Charter	K-8	301 W 140th St-3rd Fl	New York	10030	New York County	Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5	Yes	No	No	Yes	(646) 380-2580	733			81.9%	12 (1.6%)	473 (64.5%)	207 (28.2%)	17 (2.3%)	5 (0.7%)	5 (0.7%)	13 (1.8%)	$18,738			$00			$18,738	95	94	116	33		360100906212
84	Denton Avenue School	Public	K-5	1050 Denton Ave	New Hyde Park	11040	Nassau County	Herricks Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(516) 305-8400	599	46	12.9	21.0%	77 (12.9%)	5 (0.8%)	43 (7.2%)	471 (78.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	$38,024			$437			$37,587	95	94.5	103	19		361428001175
85	Pearls Hawthorne School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	350 Hawthorne Ave	Yonkers	10705	Westchester County	Yonkers City School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(914) 376-8250	813	52	15.5	31.2%	179 (22.0%)	121 (14.9%)	354 (43.5%)	104 (12.8%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	52 (6.4%)	$30,938			$1,412			$29,526	94.8	95.9	66	19		363192004539
86	Ps 124 Yung Wing	Public	PK, KG-5	40 Division St	New York	10002	New York County	New York City Geographic District # 2	No	No	No	Yes	(212) 966-7237	453	34	13.4	56.3%	14 (3.1%)	4 (0.9%)	19 (4.2%)	382 (84.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (7.5%)	$32,152			$1,534			$30,618	94.8	97.9	20	66		360007702458
87	Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 4	Public, Charter	K-7	240 W 113th St-3rd Fl	New York	10026	New York County	Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 4	Yes	No	No	Yes	(646) 442-6500	391			83.4%	12 (3.1%)	191 (48.8%)	160 (40.9%)	11 (2.8%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (3.6%)	$23,882			$00			$23,882	94.8	89.3	221	134		360095306018
88	Academic Leadership Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	677 E 141st St	Bronx	10454	Bronx County	Academic Leadership Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(718) 585-4215	343	15	22.8	95.3%	7 (2.0%)	146 (42.6%)	176 (51.3%)	4 (1.2%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.7%)	$15,535			$2,015			$13,520	94.7	84.1	333	245		360100106154
89	Ps 34 Oliver H Perry	Public	PK, KG-5	131 Norman Ave	Brooklyn	11222	Kings County	New York City Geographic District #14	No	No	No	Yes	(718) 389-5842	435	38	11.5	23.0%	297 (68.3%)	6 (1.4%)	66 (15.2%)	21 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (10.3%)	$29,139			$1,717			$27,422	94.7	93.3	137	48		360011902156
90	Success Academy Charter School - Washington Heights	Public, Charter	K-5	701 Fort Washington Ave	New York	10040	New York County	Success Academy Charter School - Washington Heights	Yes	No	No	Yes	(646) 558-0027	410			77.6%	16 (3.9%)	58 (14.1%)	313 (76.3%)	3 (0.7%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (3.7%)	$22,016			$00			$22,016	94.6	94.6	101	11		360111006501

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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.