New York schools ranked by test score
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2101 | JOHN T WAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ANGOLA · EVANS-BRANT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (LAKE SHORE) | Elementary | 30.0% | -28.3pp |
| 2102 | MAPLE AVENUE SCHOOL NIAGARA FALLS · NIAGARA FALLS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 30.0% | -28.3pp |
| 2103 | MICHAEL A MAROUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PHOENIX · PHOENIX CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 30.0% | -28.3pp |
| 2104 | NORMAN R KELLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL NEWARK · NEWARK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 30.0% | -28.3pp |
| 2105 | OAK PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BAY SHORE · BRENTWOOD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 30.0% | -28.3pp |
| 2106 | OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 3 CORONA · OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL 3 | Elementary | 30.0% | -28.3pp |
| 2107 | PARK AVENUE SCHOOL WESTBURY · WESTBURY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 30.0% | -28.3pp |
| 2108 | PS 11 HIGHBRIDGE BRONX · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 | Elementary | 30.0% | -28.3pp |
| 2109 | PS 19 MARINO JEANTET CORONA · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24 | Elementary | 30.0% | -28.3pp |
| 2110 | PS 290 JUAN MOREL CAMPOS BROOKLYN · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19 | Elementary | 30.0% | -28.3pp |
| 2111 | PS 327 DR ROSE B ENGLISH BROOKLYN · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #23 | Elementary | 30.0% | -28.3pp |
| 2112 | PS 399 STANLEY EUGENE CLARKE BROOKLYN · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17 | Elementary | 30.0% | -28.3pp |
| 2113 | PS 43 FAR ROCKAWAY · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27 | Elementary | 30.0% | -28.3pp |
| 2114 | PS 70 MAX SCHOENFELD BRONX · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 | Elementary | 30.0% | -28.3pp |
| 2115 | PS 78 STATEN ISLAND · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #31 | Elementary | 30.0% | -28.3pp |
| 2116 | PS 8 LUIS BELLIARD NEW YORK · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6 | Elementary | 30.0% | -28.3pp |
| 2117 | SALEM HYDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SYRACUSE · SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 30.0% | -28.3pp |
| 2118 | SENECA STREET SCHOOL ONEIDA · ONEIDA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 30.0% | -28.3pp |
| 2119 | WEST HAVERSTRAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST HAVERSTRAW · HAVERSTRAW-STONY POINT CSD (NORTH ROCKLAND) | Elementary | 30.0% | -28.3pp |
| 2120 | YORK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RETSOF · YORK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 30.0% | -28.3pp |
| 2121 | BRIDGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL STATEN ISLAND · BRIDGE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL | Elementary | 29.0% | -29.3pp |
| 2122 | CASEY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AUBURN · AUBURN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 29.0% | -29.3pp |
| 2123 | COLIBRI COMMUNITY SCHOOL (THE) BRONX · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12 | Elementary | 29.0% | -29.3pp |
| 2124 | FLANDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MALONE · MALONE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 29.0% | -29.3pp |
| 2125 | GOLDIE MAPLE ACADEMY ARVERNE · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #27 | Elementary | 29.0% | -29.3pp |
| 2126 | GRANDVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MONSEY · EAST RAMAPO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (SPRING VALLEY) | Elementary | 29.0% | -29.3pp |
| 2127 | HENDY AVENUE SCHOOL ELMIRA · ELMIRA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 29.0% | -29.3pp |
| 2128 | J E LANIGAN SCHOOL FULTON · FULTON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 29.0% | -29.3pp |
| 2129 | MARGETTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MONSEY · EAST RAMAPO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (SPRING VALLEY) | Elementary | 29.0% | -29.3pp |
| 2130 | PS 1 COURTLANDT SCHOOL BRONX · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7 | Elementary | 29.0% | -29.3pp |
| 2131 | PS 146 ANN M SHORT NEW YORK · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 4 | Elementary | 29.0% | -29.3pp |
| 2132 | PS 195 BRONX · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12 | Elementary | 29.0% | -29.3pp |
| 2133 | PS 288 SHIRLEY TANYHILL (THE) BROOKLYN · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #21 | Elementary | 29.0% | -29.3pp |
| 2134 | PS 93 ALBERT G OLIVER BRONX · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8 | Elementary | 29.0% | -29.3pp |
| 2135 | UNADILLA VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW BERLIN · UNADILLA VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 29.0% | -29.3pp |
| 2136 | W A OLMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HARPURSVILLE · HARPURSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 29.0% | -29.3pp |
| 2137 | ALTMAR-PARISH-WILLIAMSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARISH · ALTMAR-PARISH-WILLIAMSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 28.0% | -30.3pp |
| 2138 | ENTERPRISE CHARTER SCHOOL BUFFALO · ENTERPRISE CHARTER SCHOOL | Elementary | 28.0% | -30.3pp |
| 2139 | G W KRIEGER SCHOOL POUGHKEEPSIE · POUGHKEEPSIE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 28.0% | -30.3pp |
| 2140 | IDA B WELLS-BARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 34 ROCHESTER · ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 28.0% | -30.3pp |
| 2141 | LAKESHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROCHESTER · GREECE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 28.0% | -30.3pp |
| 2142 | MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WYANDANCH · WYANDANCH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 28.0% | -30.3pp |
| 2143 | NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRENTWOOD · BRENTWOOD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 28.0% | -30.3pp |
| 2144 | PS 106 EDWARD EVERETT HALE BROOKLYN · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32 | Elementary | 28.0% | -30.3pp |
| 2145 | PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE) BRONX · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10 | Elementary | 28.0% | -30.3pp |
| 2146 | PS 307 DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS BROOKLYN · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13 | Elementary | 28.0% | -30.3pp |
| 2147 | PS 377 ALEJANDRINA B DE GAUTIER BROOKLYN · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32 | Elementary | 28.0% | -30.3pp |
| 2148 | PS 55 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BRONX · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 | Elementary | 28.0% | -30.3pp |
| 2149 | SCHOOL 19-DR CHARLES T LUNSFORD ROCHESTER · ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 28.0% | -30.3pp |
| 2150 | STANLEY MAKOWSKI EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER BUFFALO · BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 28.0% | -30.3pp |
About this ranking
Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the NYS Assessments % Proficient (Level 3+4) threshold on the latest available NYS Assessments English Language Arts test (school year 2024-25). A higher percentage is better.
Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.
The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in New York, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.