Best Elementary Schools in New York

The top 50 elementary schools (grades K-5) in New York, ranked by enrollment from NCES data with EDFacts proficiency rates where available. Average proficiency across this list is 41%.

#	School	City	Enrollment	Proficiency
1	Ps 19 Marino Jeantet	Corona, NY	1,654	33%
2	Canandaigua Primary-Elementary School	Canandaigua, NY	1,475	55%
3	Ps 143 Louis Armstrong	Corona, NY	1,436	42%
4	Presidential Park Elementary School	Middletown, NY	1,300	36%
5	Ps 200 Benson School	Brooklyn, NY	1,267	40%
6	Ps 89 Jose Peralta School of Dreamers (the)	Elmhurst, NY	1,241	37%
7	Ps 321 William Penn	Brooklyn, NY	1,216	74%
8	Ps 105 Blythebourne (the)	Brooklyn, NY	1,200	26%
9	Ps 7 Louis F Simeone	Elmhurst, NY	1,200	38%
10	Ps 129 Patricia Larkin	College Point, NY	1,162	42%
11	Ps 205 Clarion	Brooklyn, NY	1,156	41%
12	Ps 229 Emanuel Kaplan	Woodside, NY	1,114	34%
13	Ps 176 Ovington	Brooklyn, NY	1,111	40%
14	Ps 24 Andrew Jackson	Flushing, NY	1,111	44%
15	Ps 102 Bayview (the)	Brooklyn, NY	1,110	48%
16	Ps 95 Eastwood	Jamaica, NY	1,107	36%
17	Ps 108 Captain Vincent G Fowler	South Ozone Park, NY	1,106	27%
18	Ps 21 Edward Hart	Flushing, NY	1,073	39%
19	Ps 14 Fairview	Corona, NY	1,071	42%
20	Ps 16 Nancy Debenedittis School (the)	Corona, NY	1,058	30%
21	Ps 101 Verrazano (the)	Brooklyn, NY	1,057	37%
22	Ps 79 Francis Lewis	Whitestone, NY	1,057	42%
23	Ps 20 John Bowne	Flushing, NY	1,033	34%
24	Ps 13 Clement C Moore	Elmhurst, NY	1,026	46%
25	Ps 63 Old South	Ozone Park, NY	1,016	33%
26	Maple Hill Elementary School	Middletown, NY	1,012	38%
27	Ps 42 Eltingville	Staten Island, NY	1,011	48%
28	Ps 204 Vince Lombardi	Brooklyn, NY	1,005	32%
29	Ps 186 Dr Irving A Gladstone	Brooklyn, NY	999	49%
30	William B Ward Elementary School	New Rochelle, NY	988	49%
31	Ps 60 Woodhaven	Woodhaven, NY	984	42%
32	Southwest Elementary School	Bay Shore, NY	980	47%
33	Ps 94 Henry Longfellow (the)	Brooklyn, NY	970	36%
34	Ps 230 Doris L Cohen	Brooklyn, NY	969	32%
35	Ps 197 Kings Highway Academy (the)	Brooklyn, NY	963	34%
36	Northeast Elementary School	Brentwood, NY	942	26%
37	Ps 160 William T Sampson	Brooklyn, NY	941	36%
38	Ps 169 Sunset Park	Brooklyn, NY	934	41%
39	Ps 173 Fresh Meadows	Flushing, NY	929	52%
40	Coram Elementary School	Coram, NY	914	44%
41	Bowling Green School	Westbury, NY	898	67%
42	Union East Elementary School	Cheektowaga, NY	895	36%
43	Ps 106 Parkchester	Bronx, NY	889	42%
44	Queensbury Elementary School	Queensbury, NY	880	60%
45	Ralph A Fabrizio School	Brooklyn, NY	878	32%
46	Ps 217 Colonel David Marcus School	Brooklyn, NY	876	31%
47	PS 253	Brooklyn, NY	875	32%
48	Ps 177 Marlboro (the)	Brooklyn, NY	869	38%
49	Peru Elementary School	Peru, NY	866	55%
50	Ps 32 State Street	Flushing, NY	866	35%

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best elementary school in New York?

The largest elementary school in New York is Ps 19 Marino Jeantet in Corona with 1,654 students and a 33% proficiency rate. Rankings are based on NCES Common Core of Data enrollment and EDFacts proficiency results.

How many elementary schools are in New York?

This page shows the top 50 elementary schools (grades K-5) in New York by enrollment. Browse the full state directory to see all schools.

What does the proficiency rate measure?

Proficiency rate is the percentage of students meeting grade-level standards on combined math and reading assessments, as reported by EDFacts. Data is district-level and applied to each school in the district.

Where does this data come from?

Enrollment and school characteristics come from the NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results. Both are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.

Sources: NCES Common Core of Data, EDFacts

Last updated: April 2026

Schools are ranked by enrollment within the state. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results, district-level figures applied to each school in the district.