Top 10 Best Public Elementary Schools in New York (2024-25)

The top ranked public elementary schools in New York are P.S.
196 Grand Central Parkway. The cities and towns with the highest concentration of top ranked public elementary schools are Jericho, Scarsdale and Bronxville.
A school's overall testing rank is based on a it's combined math and reading proficiency test score ranking. The average percentage of students achieving math proficiency in New York is 47%. The percentage of students achieving reading proficiency is 49%.

Top Ranked Public Elementary Schools in New York (2024-25)

School
(Math and Reading Proficiency)
Student Proficiency
Grades
Location
Rank: #1 - 21. - 2.
P.S. 172 Beacon School Of Excellence
Magnet School
(Math: ≥95% | Reading: ≥95%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 1%
Math: ≥95% (Top 5%)
Reading: ≥95% (Top 1%)
Grades: PK-5
825 4th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11232
(718) 965-4200
Rank: #1 - 21. - 2.
P.S. 77 Lower Lab School
Magnet School
(Math: ≥95% | Reading: ≥95%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 1%
Math: ≥95% (Top 5%)
Reading: ≥95% (Top 1%)
Grades: K-5
1700 3rd Ave
New York, NY 10128
(212) 427-2798
Rank: #33.
P.S. 196 Grand Central Parkway
Magnet School
(Math: 96% | Reading: 94%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 5%
Math: 96% (Top 5%)
Reading: 94% (Top 5%)
Grades: PK-5
71-25 113th St
Forest Hills, NY 11375
(718) 263-9770
Rank: #44.
Success Academy Charter School - Bensonhurst
Magnet School
Charter School
(Math: ≥99% | Reading: 89%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 5%
Math: ≥99% (Top 1%)
Reading: 89% (Top 5%)
Grades: K-4
99 Ave P-4th Fl
Brooklyn, NY 11204
(347) 514-7082
Rank: #5 - 65. - 6.
North Shore Senior High School
Magnet School
(Math: ≥95% | Reading: 90-94%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 5%
Math: ≥95% (Top 5%)
Reading: 90-94% (Top 5%)
Grades: K-12
450 Glen Cove Ave
Glen Head, NY 11545
(516) 277-7001
Rank: #5 - 65. - 6.
Success Academy Charter School-bushwick
Magnet School
Charter School
(Math: ≥95% | Reading: 90-94%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 5%
Math: ≥95% (Top 5%)
Reading: 90-94% (Top 5%)
Grades: K-4
139 Menahan St
Brooklyn, NY 11221
(646) 790-2173
Rank: #77.
Icahn Charter School 4
Magnet School
Charter School
(Math: 97% | Reading: 89%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 5%
Math: 97% (Top 5%)
Reading: 89% (Top 5%)
Grades: K-8
1500 Pelham Pkwy South
Bronx, NY 10461
(718) 828-0034
Rank: #8 - 98. - 9.
Anderson School
Magnet School
(Math: 94% | Reading: 97%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 5%
Math: 94% (Top 10%)
Reading: 97% (Top 1%)
Grades: K-8
100 W 77th St
New York, NY 10024
(212) 595-7193
Rank: #8 - 98. - 9.
Tag Young Scholars
Magnet School
(Math: 94% | Reading: 97%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 5%
Math: 94% (Top 10%)
Reading: 97% (Top 1%)
Grades: K-8
240 E 109th St
New York, NY 10029
(212) 860-6003
Rank: #1010.
30th Avenue School (G & T Citywide)
Magnet School
(Math: 92% | Reading: 97%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 5%
Math: 92% (Top 10%)
Reading: 97% (Top 1%)
Grades: K-8
28-37 29th St
Astoria, NY 11102
(718) 726-0501
Rank: #1111.
Success Academy Charter School-hell's Kitchen
Magnet School
Charter School
(Math: ≥95% | Reading: 85-89%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 5%
Math: ≥95% (Top 5%)
Reading: 85-89% (Top 5%)
Grades: K-4
439 W 49th St-2nd Fl
New York, NY 10019
(646) 790-2153
Rank: #1212.
New Explorations Into Sciencetech And Math High School
Magnet School
(Math: 95% | Reading: 94%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 5%
Math: 95% (Top 10%)
Reading: 94% (Top 5%)
Grades: K-12
111 Columbia St
New York, NY 10002
(212) 677-5190
Rank: #13 - 1513. - 15.
Greenacres School
Magnet School
(Math: 90-94% | Reading: 90-94%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 5%
Math: 90-94% (Top 10%)
Reading: 90-94% (Top 5%)
Grades: K-5
41 Huntington Ave
Scarsdale, NY 10583
(914) 721-2740
Rank: #13 - 1513. - 15.
P.S. 95 Eastwood
Magnet School
(Math: 90-94% | Reading: 90-94%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 5%
Math: 90-94% (Top 10%)
Reading: 90-94% (Top 5%)
Grades: K-5
179-01 90th Ave
Jamaica, NY 11432
(718) 739-0007
Rank: #13 - 1513. - 15.
Special Music School
Magnet School
(Math: 90-94% | Reading: 90-94%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 5%
Math: 90-94% (Top 10%)
Reading: 90-94% (Top 5%)
Grades: K-12
129 W 67th St
New York, NY 10023
(212) 501-3318
Rank: #1616.
South Bronx Classical Charter School Iii
Magnet School
Charter School
(Math: 93% | Reading: 91%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 5%
Math: 93% (Top 10%)
Reading: 91% (Top 5%)
Grades: K-8
3458 Third Ave
Bronx, NY 10456
(929) 285-3025
Rank: #1717.
Eastchester Senior High School
Magnet School
(Math: ≥99% | Reading: ≥80%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 5%
Math: ≥99% (Top 1%)
Reading: ≥80% (Top 10%)
Grades: 6-12
2 Stewart Pl
Eastchester, NY 10709
(914) 793-6130
Rank: #1818.
Lakeville Elementary School
Magnet School
(Math: 95% | Reading: 88%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 5%
Math: 95% (Top 10%)
Reading: 88% (Top 5%)
Grades: 1-5
47-27 Jayson Ave
Great Neck, NY 11020
(516) 441-4300
Rank: #1919.
Success Academy Charter School-hudson Yards
Magnet School
Charter School
(Math: ≥95% | Reading: 80-84%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 5%
Math: ≥95% (Top 5%)
Reading: 80-84% (Top 10%)
Grades: K-4
500 W 41st St
New York, NY 10018
(212) 845-9683
Rank: #20 - 2320. - 23.
Fox Meadow School
Magnet School
(Math: 90-94% | Reading: 85-89%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 5%
Math: 90-94% (Top 10%)
Reading: 85-89% (Top 5%)
Grades: K-5
59 Brewster Rd
Scarsdale, NY 10583
(914) 721-2720
Rank: #20 - 2320. - 23.
Heathcote School
Magnet School
(Math: 90-94% | Reading: 85-89%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 5%
Math: 90-94% (Top 10%)
Reading: 85-89% (Top 5%)
Grades: K-5
26 Palmer Ave
Scarsdale, NY 10583
(914) 721-2760
Rank: #20 - 2320. - 23.
Jeffrey Ratner-robert Seaman Elementary School
Magnet School
(Math: 90-94% | Reading: 85-89%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 5%
Math: 90-94% (Top 10%)
Reading: 85-89% (Top 5%)
Grades: PK-5
137 Leahy St
Jericho, NY 11753
(516) 203-3630
Rank: #20 - 2320. - 23.
Naples Street Elementary School
Magnet School
(Math: 90-94% | Reading: 85-89%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 5%
Math: 90-94% (Top 10%)
Reading: 85-89% (Top 5%)
Grades: PK-5
1055 Targee St
Staten Island, NY 10304
(718) 876-4610
Rank: #2424.
I.S. 98 Bay Academy
Magnet School
(Math: 90% | Reading: 93%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 5%
Math: 90% (Top 10%)
Reading: 93% (Top 5%)
Grades: 6-8
1401 Emmons Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11235
(718) 891-9005
Rank: #25 - 2725. - 27.
Academy For Excellence Through The Arts
Magnet School
(Math: 85-89% | Reading: 90-94%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 5%
Math: 85-89% (Top 10%)
Reading: 90-94% (Top 5%)
Grades: PK-5
68-60 110th St
Forest Hills, NY 11375
(929) 467-6200
Rank: #25 - 2725. - 27.
P.S. 5 Huguenot
Magnet School
(Math: 85-89% | Reading: 90-94%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 5%
Math: 85-89% (Top 10%)
Reading: 90-94% (Top 5%)
Grades: K-5
348 Deisius St
Staten Island, NY 10312
(718) 668-3270
Rank: #25 - 2725. - 27.
South Bronx Classical Charter School Iv
Magnet School
Charter School
(Math: 85-89% | Reading: 90-94%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 5%
Math: 85-89% (Top 10%)
Reading: 90-94% (Top 5%)
Grades: K-6
757 Concourse Village West
Bronx, NY 10451
(929) 285-3025
Rank: #2828.
Bloomfield High School
Magnet School
(Math: 90-94% | Reading: 80-89%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 5%
Math: 90-94% (Top 10%)
Reading: 80-89% (Top 10%)
Grades: 6-12
1 Oakmount Ave
Bloomfield, NY 14469
(585) 657-6121
Rank: #2929.
Christa Mcauliffe School /is 187
Magnet School
(Math: 89% | Reading: 91%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 10%
Math: 89% (Top 10%)
Reading: 91% (Top 5%)
Grades: 6-8
1171 65th St
Brooklyn, NY 11219
(718) 236-3394
Rank: #3030.
Bronxville Elementary School
Magnet School
(Math: 90% | Reading: 89%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 10%
Math: 90% (Top 10%)
Reading: 89% (Top 5%)
Grades: K-8
177 Pondfield Rd
Bronxville, NY 10708
(914) 395-0500
Rank: #31 - 3231. - 32.
East Side Middle School
Magnet School
(Math: 85% | Reading: 92%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 10%
Math: 85% (Top 20%)
Reading: 92% (Top 5%)
Grades: 6-8
331 E 91st St
New York, NY 10028
(212) 360-0114
Rank: #31 - 3231. - 32.
Success Academy Charter School-upper West
Magnet School
Charter School
(Math: 89% | Reading: 89%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 10%
Math: 89% (Top 10%)
Reading: 89% (Top 5%)
Grades: K-8
145 W 84th St-2nd Fl
New York, NY 10024
(646) 274-1580
Rank: #3333.
P.S. 166 Richard Rogers School Of The Arts & Science
Magnet School
(Math: 90% | Reading: 87%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 10%
Math: 90% (Top 10%)
Reading: 87% (Top 5%)
Grades: K-5
132 W 89th St
New York, NY 10024
(212) 678-2829
Rank: #3434.
Hillside Elementary School
Magnet School
(Math: 89% | Reading: 88%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 10%
Math: 89% (Top 10%)
Reading: 88% (Top 5%)
Grades: K-5
120 Lefurgy Ave
Hastings On Hudson, NY 10706
(914) 478-6270
Rank: #35 - 3735. - 37.
P.S. 41 Crocheron
Magnet School
(Math: 90-94% | Reading: 80-84%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 10%
Math: 90-94% (Top 10%)
Reading: 80-84% (Top 10%)
Grades: K-5
214-43 35th Ave
Bayside, NY 11361
(718) 423-8333
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