Best Elementary Schools in New York, NY (2025-26)

Ranked elementary schools

153

Listed, not ranked

Every ranked elementary school in New York, NY, ordered by SchoolGrade. A grade rewards actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact. Click a column heading to sort, or filter by school, city or district.

New York, NY rankings: High Schools · Middle Schools · Elementary Schools

New York, NY elementary schools ranked

Rank	Grade	School	City	District	Actual	Projected	Impact	Students
#1	A+	Anderson School (the)	New York		99%	73%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	507
#2	A+	Ps 77 Lower Lab School (Magnet)	New York		99%	71%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	373
#3	A+	Tag Young Scholars (Magnet)	New York		98%	59%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	554
#4	A+	Harlem Village Academy West 2 Charter School (Charter)	New York	Harlem Village Academy West 2 Charter School	96%	28%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	198
#5	A+	Success Academy Charter School Hells Kitchen (Charter)	New York	Success Academy Charter School-Hell's Kitchen	96%	38%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	383
#6	A+	Success Academy Charter School Harlem 2 (Charter)	New York	Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 2	94%	28%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	337
#7	A+	Success Academy Charter School Hudson Yards (Charter)	New York	Success Academy Charter School-Hudson Yards	92%	34%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	375
#8	A+	Ps 124 Yung Wing	New York		91%	54%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	520
#9	A+	Ps 150	New York		91%	53%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	194
#10	A+	Ps 166 Richard Rogers School Of The Arts & Science (the)	New York		91%	63%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	593
#11	A+	Ps 89	New York		91%	66%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	340
#12	A+	Zeta Charter School Inwood (Charter)	New York	Zeta Charter School - Inwood	91%	19%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	520
#13	A+	East Side Elementary School-ps 267	New York		90%	66%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	362
#14	A+	Success Academy Charter School Upper West (Charter)	New York	Success Academy Charter School-Upper West	90%	46%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	943
#15	A+	Success Academy Charter School Washington Heights (Charter)	New York	Success Academy Charter School - Washington Heights	90%	27%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	541
#16	A+	Ps 290 Manhattan New School	New York		89%	71%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	437
#17	A+	Ps 184 Shuang Wen	New York		88%	49%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	736
#18	A+	Ps 6 Lillie D Blake	New York		87%	72%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	587
#19	A+	Ps 9 Sarah Anderson	New York		87%	65%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	483
#20	A+	Success Academy Charter School Union Square (Charter)	New York	Success Academy Charter School-Union Square	86%	44%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	993
#21	A+	Battery Park City School	New York		85%	64%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	710
#22	A+	Ps 41 Greenwich Village	New York		85%	69%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	486
#23	A+	Ps 158 Bayard Taylor	New York		84%	72%	Exceeds Expectations	644
#24	A+	Ps 171 Patrick Henry	New York		84%	40%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	762
#25	A+	Ps 234 Independence School	New York		83%	69%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	476
#26	A+	Ps 87 William Sherman	New York		83%	67%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	667
#27	A+	Success Academy Charter School Harlem 4 (Charter)	New York	Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 4	83%	30%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	254
#28	A+	Success Academy Charter School Harlem 3 (Charter)	New York	Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 3	82%	27%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	693
#29	A+	Ps 40 Augustus Saint-gaudens	New York		81%	61%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	577
#30	A+	River School (the)	New York		81%	66%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	459
#31	A+	Harlem Village Academy East Charter School (Charter)	New York	Harlem Village Academy East Charter School	80%	29%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	478
#32	A	Ps 199 Jessie Isador Straus	New York		81%	66%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	538
#33	A	Ps 527 East Side School For Social Action	New York		81%	59%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	407
#34	A	Spruce Street School	New York		81%	61%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	431
#35	A	Ps 126 Jacob August Riis	New York		80%	41%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	577
#36	A	Muscota	New York		79%	42%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	248
#37	A	Ps 11 Sarah J Garnett Elementary School (the)	New York		79%	57%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	688
#38	A	Ps/is 187 Hudson Cliffs	New York		78%	44%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	759
#39	A	Ps 125 Ralph Bunche	New York		77%	48%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	262
#40	A	Ps 198 Isador E Ida Straus	New York		77%	53%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	459
#41	A	Ps 59 Beekman Hill International	New York		77%	72%	Meets Expectations	523
#42	A	Ps 130 Hernando De Soto	New York		76%	47%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	605
#43	A	Ps 42 Benjamin Altman	New York		75%	47%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	482
#44	A	Sixth Avenue Elementary School	New York		75%	61%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	319
#45	A	Neighborhood Charter School Of Harlem (Charter)	New York	Neighborhood Charter School of Harlem	74%	27%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	624
#46	A	Ps 83 Luis Munoz Rivera	New York		74%	35%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	301
#47	A-	East Village Community School (the)	New York		73%	51%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	471
#48	A-	Ps 3 Charrette School	New York		73%	64%	Exceeds Expectations	519
#49	A-	Ps 84 Lillian Weber	New York		73%	54%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	587
#50	A-	Success Academy Charter School Harlem 5 (Charter)	New York	Success Academy Charter School-Harlem 5	73%	41%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	869
#51	A-	Ps 452	New York		71%	56%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	363
#52	A-	Washington Heights Academy	New York		70%	29%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	511
#53	A-	Ella Baker School	New York		69%	49%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	337
#54	A-	Kipp Star College Prep Charter School (Charter)	New York	Kipp Star College Prep Charter School	69%	21%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	740
#55	A-	Yorkville Community School	New York		69%	54%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	349
#56	A-	Sisulu Walker Charter School Of Harlem (Charter)	New York	Sisulu-Walker Charter School of Harlem	68%	30%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	142
#57	B+	Dream Charter School (Charter)	New York	Dream Charter School East Harlem	68%	37%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	929
#58	B+	Ps 192 Jacob H Schiff	New York		67%	35%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	248
#59	B+	Children's Workshop School (the)	New York		66%	48%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	268
#60	B+	Ps 188 Island School (the)	New York		65%	26%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	336
#61	B+	Professor Juan Bosch Public School	New York		64%	32%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	231
#62	B	Dos Puentes Elementary School	New York		63%	34%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	421
#63	B	Peck Slip School (the)	New York		63%	52%	Exceeds Expectations	325
#64	B	Ps 110 Florence Nightingale	New York		62%	33%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	289
#65	B	Amistad Dual Language School	New York		61%	29%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	392
#66	B	Ps 33 Chelsea Prep	New York		61%	37%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	550
#67	B	Equity Project Charter School The (Charter)	New York	Equity Project Charter School (the)	59%	37%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	1,066
#68	B	Ps 212 Midtown West	New York		59%	42%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	275
#69	B-	Teachers College Community School	New York		59%	30%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	326
#70	B-	Bilingual Bicultural School (the)	New York		58%	27%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	244
#71	B-	Paula Hedbavny School	New York		58%	24%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	339
#72	B-	Ps 2 Meyer London	New York		58%	32%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	329
#73	B-	Kipp Nyc Washington Heights Academy Charter School (Charter)	New York	Kipp Nyc Washington Heights Academy Charter School	57%	35%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	789
#74	B-	Ps 92 Mary Mcleod Bethune	New York		57%	31%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	185
#75	B-	New York French American Charter School (Charter)	New York	New York French-American Charter School	56%	24%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	275
#76	B-	Castle Bridge School	New York		55%	44%	Exceeds Expectations	195
#77	B-	Ps 15 Roberto Clemente	New York		55%	26%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	179
#78	B-	Ps 189 (Magnet)	New York		55%	26%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	453
#79	C+	William Lynch School (the)	New York		54%	29%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	227
#80	C+	Ps 163 Alfred E Smith	New York		53%	39%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	409
#81	C+	Ps 75 Emily Dickinson	New York		53%	41%	Exceeds Expectations	412
#82	C+	Ps/is 210 21st Century Academy (Magnet)	New York		53%	28%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	391
#83	C+	River East Elementary	New York		53%	29%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	224
#84	C+	Ps 4 Duke Ellington	New York		52%	34%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	441
#85	C+	Amber Charter School Inwood (Charter)	New York	Amber Charter School Inwood	51%	24%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	102
#86	C+	Harlem Link Charter School (Charter)	New York	Harlem Link Charter School	51%	34%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	364
#87	C+	Ps 116 Mary Lindley Murray	New York		51%	46%	Meets Expectations	353
#88	C+	Ps 111 Adolph S Ochs	New York		50%	32%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	383
#89	C+	Ps 333 Manhattan School For Children	New York		50%	42%	Exceeds Expectations	434
#90	C	Amber Charter School East Harlem (Charter)	New York	Amber Charter School East Harlem	50%	21%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	336
#91	C	Global Community Charter School (Charter)	New York	Global Community Charter School	50%	26%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	511
#92	C	Ps 133 Fred R Moore	New York		50%	32%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	185
#93	C	Ps 165 Robert E Simon	New York		50%	40%	Exceeds Expectations	383
#94	C	Earth School	New York		48%	47%	Meets Expectations	217
#95	C	Ps 51 Elias Howe	New York		48%	39%	Exceeds Expectations	412
#96	C	Locke School Of Arts And Engineering (the)	New York		47%	43%	Meets Expectations	273
#97	C	Ps 115 Alexander Humboldt (Magnet)	New York		47%	29%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	351
#98	C-	Ps 30 Hernandez/hughes	New York		46%	29%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	170
#99	C-	Future Leaders Institute Charter School (Charter)	New York	Future Leaders Institute Charter School	44%	19%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	301
#100	C-	East Harlem Scholars Academy Charter School Ii (Charter)	New York	East Harlem Scholars Academy Charter School Ii	43%	23%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	398
#101	C-	Ps 1 Alfred E Smith	New York		43%	34%	Exceeds Expectations	192
#102	C-	Ps 132 Juan Pablo Duarte	New York		43%	28%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	151
#103	C-	Ps 152 Dyckman Valley (Magnet)	New York		43%	22%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	481
#104	D+	Ps 128 Audubon	New York		42%	33%	Exceeds Expectations	477
#105	D+	Ps 149 Sojourner Truth	New York		42%	23%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	277
#106	D+	Ps 46 Arthur Tappan	New York		42%	23%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	428
#107	D+	Central Park East Ii	New York		41%	45%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	371
#108	D+	Ps 173	New York		41%	31%	Exceeds Expectations	410
#109	D+	Whin Music Community Charter School (Charter)	New York	Whin Music Community Charter School	41%	21%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	334
#110	D+	Ps 242 Young Diplomats Magnet Academy (the) (Magnet)	New York		39%	25%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	98
#111	D+	Thurgood Marshall Academy Lower School	New York		39%	23%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	172
#112	D	Ps 161 Pedro Albizu Campos	New York		38%	24%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	493
#113	D	Ps 175 Henry H Garnet	New York		38%	27%	Exceeds Expectations	289
#114	D	Ps 180 Hugo Newman	New York		38%	32%	Meets Expectations	338
#115	D	Star Academy Ps 63 (the)	New York		38%	32%	Meets Expectations	178
#116	D	Ps 28 Wright Brothers	New York		37%	26%	Exceeds Expectations	385
#117	D	Ps 36 Margaret Douglas	New York		37%	27%	Exceeds Expectations	268
#118	D	Ps 142 Amalia Castro	New York		36%	28%	Exceeds Expectations	336
#119	D	Ps 145 Bloomingdale School (the)	New York		36%	42%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	445
#120	D	Ps 154 Harriet Tubman	New York		36%	22%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	204
#121	D	Manhattan Charter School (Charter)	New York		35%	25%	Exceeds Expectations	179
#122	D	Ps 102 Jacques Cartier	New York		35%	30%	Meets Expectations	145
#123	D	Ps 20 Anna Silver	New York		35%	33%	Meets Expectations	313
#124	D	James Weldon Johnson School	New York		34%	25%	Exceeds Expectations	526
#125	D	Ps 98 Shorac Kappock (Magnet)	New York		33%	25%	Exceeds Expectations	292
#126	D-	Ps 206 Jose Celso Barbosa	New York		35%	25%	Meets Expectations	417
#127	D-	Ps 5 Ellen Lurie	New York		33%	22%	Exceeds Expectations	421
#128	D-	Ps 153 Adam Clayton Powell	New York		32%	32%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	374
#129	D-	Ps 18 Park Terrace	New York		32%	27%	Meets Expectations	234
#130	D-	Ps 7 Samuel Stern	New York		32%	26%	Meets Expectations	314
#131	D-	Stem Institute Of Manhattan (Magnet)	New York		32%	28%	Meets Expectations	103
#132	D-	Ps 197 John B Russwurm	New York		31%	22%	Exceeds Expectations	199
#133	D-	Ps 38 Roberto Clemente	New York		31%	32%	Meets Expectations	165
#134	D-	Ps 8 Luis Belliard	New York		31%	30%	Meets Expectations	332
#135	D-	Ps 108 Assemblyman Angelo Del Toro Educational Complex	New York		30%	26%	Meets Expectations	339
#136	D-	Storefront Academy Harlem Charter School (Charter)	New York	Storefront Academy Harlem Charter School	30%	27%	Meets Expectations	76
#137	D-	Lexington Academy (the)	New York		29%	26%	Meets Expectations	501
#138	D-	Ps 34 Franklin D Roosevelt	New York		29%	34%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	224
#139	D-	Ps 64 Robert Simon	New York		29%	27%	Meets Expectations	185
#140	D-	Ps 200 James Mccune Smith School (the)	New York		28%	22%	Meets Expectations	284
#141	D-	Ps 48 Po Michael J Buczek	New York		28%	29%	Meets Expectations	332
#142	D-	Ps 123 Mahalia Jackson	New York		27%	26%	Meets Expectations	399
#143	D-	Ps 129 John H Finley	New York		27%	21%	Meets Expectations	204
#144	D-	Ps 146 Ann M Short	New York		27%	28%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	309
#145	D-	Ps 76 A Phillip Randolph	New York		27%	30%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	308
#146	F	Ps 194 Countee Cullen	New York		25%	30%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	148
#147	F	Mosaic Preparatory Academy	New York		24%	25%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	180
#148	F	Manhattan Charter School Ii (Charter)	New York	Manhattan Charter School Ii	23%	24%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	99
#149	F	Ps 155 William Paca	New York		23%	24%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	182
#150	F	Ps 140 Nathan Straus	New York		22%	21%	Meets Expectations	295
#151	F	Ps 134 Henrietta Szold	New York		19%	27%	Underperforms Expectations	177
#152	F	Riverside School For Makers And Artists (the) (Magnet)	New York		19%	34%	Underperforms Expectations	437
#153	F	Ps 96 Joseph Lanzetta	New York		16%	26%	Underperforms Expectations	325

How New York, NY's elementary schools compare

A: 56B: 22C: 25D: 42F: 8

51% of the 153 ranked elementary schools in New York, NY earn an A or B (56 A grades, 22 B, 25 C, 42 D, 8 F), against 46% of elementary schools nationwide. 140 schools meet or beat the proficiency projected from their student context (92% here, 70% nationally), and 117 exceed it. On average 57% of tested students meet the state bar against a projected 38% (national averages: 46% actual, 37% projected).

The biggest overperformers, by actual proficiency above projection: Zeta Charter School Inwood (91% against 19%, A+), Harlem Village Academy West 2 Charter School (96% against 28%, A+), Success Academy Charter School Harlem 2 (94% against 28%, A+), Success Academy Charter School Washington Heights (90% against 27%, A+), Success Academy Charter School Hells Kitchen (96% against 38%, A+).

The largest ranked elementary schools: Equity Project Charter School The (1,066 students, B, #67), Success Academy Charter School Union Square (993 students, A+, #20), Success Academy Charter School Upper West (943 students, A+, #14).

Of the top 25, 2 are magnet schools and 8 are charters. Selective and specialised schools tend to post high actual scores; the projection column is the fairer comparison for a neighborhood school.

Elementary schools in New York, NY that are not ranked

6 graded elementary schools are listed here rather than ranked, each for the reason given. Every one has its own page with its full SchoolGrade report.

Not yet graded (6)

Our source data has no school-level proficiency results for these schools, so they carry no SchoolGrade yet.

47 American Sign Language And English Lower School (the), New York
Central Park East I, New York
Harlem Hebrew Language Academy Charter School, New York
Neighborhood School, New York
Nyc Autism Charter School East Harlem, New York
Ps 112 Jose Celso Barbosa, New York

About this ranking

Scope: public elementary schools in New York, NY, as grouped on its schools page; the New York ranking covers the whole state.
Order: SchoolGrade, then actual proficiency, then name; schools with the same grade and score share a rank.
Ranked: regular public schools that NCES lists as open, not fully online, with at least 30 students. Others are listed with the reason.
Tags: Magnet and Charter from the NCES school directory; K-12 marks schools serving every grade that are ranked with the elementary schools.
Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model. How SchoolGrade works

Questions about elementary schools in New York, NY

What is the best elementary school in New York, NY?

Anderson School (the) in New York ranks first among the 153 ranked elementary schools in New York, NY with a SchoolGrade of A+, 99% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 73%.

How are elementary schools in New York, NY ranked?

By SchoolGrade, the 2025-26 model that scores each school's actual test proficiency against the level projected for its student context, then by actual proficiency to break ties. Regular public schools that are open, not fully online and have at least 30 students are ranked; the rest are listed below the table with the reason.

How many elementary schools does New York, NY have?

SchoolGrade grades 159 public elementary schools in New York, NY; 153 are ranked here and 6 are listed as not ranked.