EducationUpdated: Nov. 08, 2025, 8:02 a.m.|Published: Nov. 08, 2025, 8:00 a.m.
U.S. News & World Report recently analyzed more than 103,000 pre-K, elementary, and middle schools across the country.(Advance/SILive.com | Annalise Knudson)
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Choosing a school district is an important factor for many families, as the right elementary school helps children develop core competencies to set them up for success.
U.S. News & World Report analyzed more than 103,000 pre-K, elementary, and middle schools across the country to determine the top schools.
Rank
School Name
Location
1
PS 77
Manhattan
2
New Explorations Into Sciencetech and Math
Manhattan
3
PS 196
Queens
4
30th Avenue School
Queens
5
The Anderson School
Manhattan
6
PS 172
Brooklyn
7
Success Academy Charter School-Bushwick
Brooklyn
8
The Academy for Excellence Through the Arts
Queens
9
Tag Young Scholars
Manhattan
10
Success Academy Charter School-Bensonhurst
Brooklyn
11
South Bronx Classical Charter School III
Bronx
12
Lakeville Elementary School
Great Neck
13
South Bronx Classical Charter School IV
Bronx
14
PS 5, Huguenot
Staten Island
15
PS 9, Concord
Staten Island
16
Success Academy Charter School-Hell’s Kitchen
Manhattan
17
North Side School
East Williston
18
PS 6
Manhattan
19
George A. Jackson School
Jericho
20
South Bronx Classical Charter School
Bronx
21
Jeffrey Ratner-Robert Seamen Elementary School
Jericho
22
West Side School
Syosset
23
PS 94
Little Neck
24
PS 188
Queens
25
Brooklyn School of Inquiry
Brooklyn
26
PS 150
Manhattan
27
Success Academy Charter School-Hudson Yards
Manhattan
28
Douglas G. Grafflin School
Chappaqua
29
PS 35, Sunnyside
Staten Island
30
Success Academy Charter School-Upper West
Manhattan
Annalise Knudson is an award-winning journalist covering local news for the Staten Island Advance/SILive.com. With a decade of experience, she is able to cover all areas of interest in reporting, photography… more
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