New York schools ranked by test score
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2301 | COMMUNITY SCHOOL #53 BUFFALO · BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 13.0% | -45.3pp |
| 2302 | DR LYDIA T WRIGHT SCH OF EXCELLENCE BUFFALO · BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 13.0% | -45.3pp |
| 2303 | GANSEVOORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROME · ROME CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 13.0% | -45.3pp |
| 2304 | ONONDAGA NATION SCHOOL NEDROW · LAFAYETTE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 13.0% | -45.3pp |
| 2305 | SUMMIT PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW CITY · EAST RAMAPO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (SPRING VALLEY) | Elementary | 13.0% | -45.3pp |
| 2306 | BILINGUAL CENTER BUFFALO · BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 12.0% | -46.3pp |
| 2307 | D'YOUVILLE-PORTER CAMPUS BUFFALO · BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 12.0% | -46.3pp |
| 2308 | HERMAN BADILLO BILINGUAL ACADEMY BUFFALO · BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 12.0% | -46.3pp |
| 2309 | HIGHGATE HEIGHTS BUFFALO · BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 12.0% | -46.3pp |
| 2310 | BELLEVUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SYRACUSE · SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 11.0% | -47.3pp |
| 2311 | SCHOOL 8-ROBERTO CLEMENTE ROCHESTER · ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 11.0% | -47.3pp |
| 2312 | DELAWARE PRIMARY SCHOOL SYRACUSE · SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 10.0% | -48.3pp |
| 2313 | SCHOOL 9-DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR ROCHESTER · ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 10.0% | -48.3pp |
| 2314 | RONALD PEOPLES SCHOOL OF SCHOLARS (THE) BUFFALO · BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 9.0% | -49.3pp |
| 2315 | SCHOOL 4-GEORGE MATHER FORBES ROCHESTER · ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 9.0% | -49.3pp |
| 2316 | SEYMOUR DUAL LANGUAGE ACADEMY SYRACUSE · SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 8.0% | -50.3pp |
| 2317 | SOUTH BRONX LITERACY ACADEMY BRONX · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7 | Elementary | 8.0% | -50.3pp |
| 2318 | SCHOOL 17-ENRICO FERMI ROCHESTER · ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 7.0% | -51.3pp |
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.