These Are The Top Elementary Schools In NY, U.S. News Says In New Ranking

NEW YORK CITY — P.S. 77 Lower Lab School on the Upper East Side is the best public elementary school in New York, according to a new ranking Tuesday from U.S. News & World Report.

U.S. News researchers based the 2026 ranking of the nation’s best public elementary schools on publicly available data from the U.S. Department of Education.

Elementary schools are considered either pre-K-5 or pre-K-6 in the analysis. For schools that have a wider grade span, only tests through fifth grade were considered.

The top 25 public elementary schools in New York are:

1. P.S. 77 Lower Lab School (1700 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10128)
2. New Explorations Into Sciencetech and Math High School (111 Columbia St, New York, NY 10002)
3. P.S. 196 Grand Central Parkway (71-25 113Th St, Forest Hills, NY 11375)
4. 30th Avenue School (28-37 29th St, Astoria, NY 11102)
5. The Anderson School (100 W 77Th St, New York, NY 10024)
6. Ps 172 Beacon School of Excellence (825 4Th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11232)
7. Success Academy Charter School-Bushwick (139 Menahan St, Brooklyn, NY 11221)
8. The Academy for Excellence Through the Arts (68-60 110Th St, Forest Hills, NY 11375)
9. Tag Young Scholars (240 E 109Th St, New York, NY 10029)
10. Success Academy Charter School - Bensonhurst (99 Ave P-4Th Fl, Brooklyn, NY 11204)
11. South Bronx Classical Charter School III (3458 Third Ave, Bronx, NY 10456)
12. Lakeville Elementary School (47-27 Jayson Ave, Great Neck, NY 11020)
13. South Bronx Classical Charter School IV (757 Concourse Village West, Bronx, NY 10451)
14. P.S. 5 Huguenot (348 Deisius St, Staten Island, NY 10312)
15. Naples Street Elementary School (1055 Targee St, Staten Island, NY 10304)
16. Success Academy Charter School-Hell's Kitchen (439 W 49Th St-2Nd Fl, New York, NY 10019)
17. North Side School (110 E Williston Ave, East Williston, NY 11596)
18. P.S. 6 Lillie D Blake (45 E 81St St, New York, NY 10028)
19. George A Jackson School (58 Maytime Dr, Jericho, NY 11753)
20. South Bronx Classical Charter School (977 Fox St, Bronx, NY 10459)
21. Jeffrey Ratner-Robert Seaman Elementary School (137 Leahy St, Jericho, NY 11753) tied with
22. West Side School (1597 Laurel Hollow Rd, Syosset, NY 11791)
23. P.S. 94 David D Porter (41-77 Little Neck Pkwy, Little Neck, NY 11363)
24. P.S. 188 Kingsbury (218-12 Hartland Ave, Flushing, NY 11364)
25. Brooklyn School of Inquiry (50 Ave P, Brooklyn, NY 11204)

The report includes about 47,000 public elementary schools ranked at the state and district levels based on publicly available data from the U.S. Department of Education.

For district-level rankings, at least two of the top-performing schools must rank in the top 75 percent of the overall elementary or middle school rankings to qualify for recognition.

“The 2026 Best Elementary and Middle Schools rankings highlight institutions that excel in fostering student achievement and providing exceptional learning environments for all,” U.S. News said of the report.

The rankings methodology focuses on state assessments of students who were proficient or above proficient in mathematics and reading/language arts, while accounting for student background and achievement in core subjects. Student-teacher ratios are applied to break ties in the overall score.

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