U.S. News K-8 School Rankings: How Garden City Placed

GARDEN CITY, NY — Several elementary and middle schools in Garden City have been ranked among the best in New York, according to a brand-new ranking released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report.

For the inaugural list, U.S. News published rankings and data on more than 80,000 public elementary and middle schools across the United States.

Schools are ranked at the state and district levels. The best charter schools and best magnet schools ranked as stand-alone categories.

U.S. News ranked New Explorations Into Science, Technology and Math School, located in New York City, as the best elementary school in the state, according to the new list. The best middle school was PS 122 Mamie Fay, located in Astoria.

The highest-ranking elementary school on Long Island was the Watson School in Rockville Centre, which was ranked ninth in the state. Jericho Middle School was the highest-ranked Long Island middle school in the state, placing No. 17.

Here’s a look at how schools in Garden City ranked compared with others in the state:

Elementary Schools

264: Stratford Avenue School
369: Stewart School

Middle Schools

47: Garden City Middle School

To determine the rankings, U.S. News used data from the U.S. Department of Education to analyze two areas at each school:

• Math and reading proficiency — or how well students perform on state assessments.
• Math and reading performance — or how well they perform compared with expectations.

The state assessment data used in the rankings is from the 2018-19 school year and, therefore, predates any effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on test-taking.

Nationally, California has 5,534 ranked elementary schools — the most of any state — followed by Texas at 4,446; New York at 2,211; Florida at 2,128; and Illinois at 2,038 schools.

California also has the most ranked middle schools with 2,319, followed by Texas at 1,942; Illinois at 1,243; New York at 1,219; and Florida at 997.

See the complete list of 2021’s Best K-8 Schools.