Best Long Island Elementary Schools In 2019: Niche

Forty-nine Long Island schools made the list of the top 100 public elementary schools in New York in 2019 by Niche.com, and almost all of the top 10 schools in the state are from Nassau County.

Eight schools in New York's top 10 are all from Nassau County. Out of the 49 schools, 42 are from Nassau while seven are from Suffolk. (see rankings below.)

Robert Seaman Elementary School in the Jericho Union Free School District (UFSD) was ranked No. 8 in the nation and No. 1 in New York. For the second year in a row, the top 3 elementary schools in New York are all in the Jericho UFSD. The top Suffolk County school on the list was Quogue Elementary School in the Quogue UFSD at No. 18.

The nation's top elementary school was found to be Pine View School in Sarasota, FL.

Fewer Long Island schools made the state rankings in 2018. Fifty elementary schools from Long Island made the rankings in 2017.

Here are the Long Island schools that made the top 100 list in New York and their respective rankings: (click the links for more details on each school's ranking)

• No. 1— Robert Seaman Elementary School, Jericho UFSD
• No. 2— Cantiague Elementary School, Jericho UFSD
• No. 3— George A. Jackson School, Jericho UFSD
• No. 4— Lakeville Elementary School, Great Neck Public Schools
• No. 5— South Grove Elementary School, Syosset Central School District
• No. 6— E.M. Baker School, Great Neck Public Schools
• No. 7— Village Elementary School, Syosset Central School District
• No. 10— Saddle Rock School— Great Neck Public Schools
• No. 11— Willits Elementary School, Syosset Central School District
• No. 17— Denton Avenue School, Herricks UFSD
• No. 18— Quogue Elementary School, Quogue UFSD
• No. 20— East Hills Elementary— Roslyn UFSD
• No. 21— John F. Kennedy School, Great Neck Public Schools
• No. 22— Center Street School, Herricks School District
• No. 23— Shelter Rock Elementary School, Manhasset UFSD
• No. 25— Searingtown School, Herricks School District
• No. 26— Berry Hill Elementary School, Syosset Central School District
• No. 28— Robbins Lane Elementary School, Syosset Central School District
• No. 29— Walt Whitman Elementary School, Syosset Central School District
• No. 30— North Side School, East Williston UFSD
• No. 31— Charles Campagne School, Bethpage Union Free School District
• No. 33— Baylis Elementary School, Syosset Central School District
• No. 38— Harbor Hill School— Roslyn UFSD
• No. 39— Old Bethpage School, Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District
• No. 40— Pasadena Elemtary School, Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District
• No. 41— Munsey Park Elementary School, Manhasset UFSD
• No. 42— McVey Elementary School, East Meadow UFSD
• No. 43— Stratford Road School, Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District
• No. 45— Glen Head Elementary School, North Shore School District
• No. 55— Glenwood Landing Elementary School, North Shore School District
• No. 57— Sea Cliff Elementary School, North Shore School District
• No. 58— William Sidney Mount School, Three Village Central School District
• No. 59— Kramer Lane Elementary School, Bethpage UFSD
• No. 60— Barnum Woods School, East Meadow UFSD
• No. 63— Meadowbrook Elementary School, East Meadow UFSD
• No. 64— Parkway Elementary School, East Meadow UFSD
• No. 66— Watson School, Rockville Centre UFSD
• No. 71— Hewlett Elementary School, Hewlett-Woodmere UFSD
• No. 72— Thomas J. Lahey Elementary School, Harborfields Central School District
• No. 76— Judy Jacobs-Parkway Elementary School, Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District
• No. 80— Ogden Elementary School, Hewlett-Woodmere UFSD
• No. 81— Nassakeag Elementary School, Three Village Central School District
• No. 88— Locust Valley Elementary School, Locust Valley Central School District
• No. 91— Bowling Green School, East Meadow UFSD
• No. 92— Burr Intermediate School, Commack UFSD
• No. 93— Port Jefferson Elementary School, Port Jefferson UFSD
• No. 96— Jennie E. Hewitt Elementary School, Rockville Centre UFSD
• No. 98— John Philip Sousa Elementary School, Port Washington UFSD
• No. 99— Setauket Elementary School, Three Village Central School District

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