{"id":21831,"date":"2025-10-29T21:31:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T21:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/21831\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T21:31:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T21:31:12","slug":"upper-east-side-elementary-school-ranked-1-in-new-york-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/21831\/","title":{"rendered":"Upper East Side Elementary School Ranked #1 in New York State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24159\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24159\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/PS-77-Low-Lab-School.jpg\" alt=\"PS 77 Low Lab School\" width=\"927\" height=\"610\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-24159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Google Maps<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eastsidefeed.com\/newsletter\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Free Upper East Side News, Delivered To Your Inbox<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A public elementary school on the Upper East Side has been named the very best in New York State, topping thousands of others in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/k12\/elementary-schools\/new-york#30th-avenue-school--the---g---t-citywide--231176\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">U.S. News &amp; World Report\u2019s<\/a> latest ranking of public elementary and middle schools. The outlet analyzed more than 100,000 schools across the country to determine which ones stand out for academic performance and equity.<\/p>\n<p>P.S. 77 Lower Lab School, located at 1700 Third Avenue (between 95th and 96th streets), took the number one spot out of 2,378 elementary schools ranked statewide. The school also earned the #1 ranking among all New York City public elementary schools.<\/p>\n<p>According to U.S. News, Lower Lab students significantly outperformed city and state averages on standardized tests. Ninety-eight percent of students scored at or above the proficient level in both math and reading, compared to 49% and 47% citywide, respectively. The school serves grades K\u20135 with a total enrollment of 368 students and a student\u2013teacher ratio of 19:1, better than the district average.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. News evaluated 103,391 pre-K, elementary, and middle schools nationwide using state assessment data in math and reading, adjusted for socioeconomic factors. Schools were scored based on both proficiency rates and how well students performed relative to expectations, giving top marks to institutions that excelled regardless of demographics.<\/p>\n<p>The ranking is part of the publication\u2019s 2026 Best Elementary and Middle Schools report, which aims to highlight schools that best prepare students for high school success. Rankings are calculated at the state and district levels \u2014 U.S. News does not publish a national list for elementary or middle schools.<\/p>\n<p>Here were the top ten schools in the report:<\/p>\n<p>Ps 77 Lower Lab School<br \/>\nNew Explorations Into Sciencetech and Math High School\u00a0<br \/>\nPs 196 Grand Central Parkway\u00a0<br \/>\nThe 30th Avenue School (G&amp;T Citywide)<br \/>\nThe Anderson School<br \/>\nPs 172 Beacon School of Excellence<br \/>\nSuccess Academy Charter School-Bushwick<br \/>\nThe Academy for Excellence Through the Arts\u00a0<br \/>\nTag Young Scholars<br \/>\nSuccess Academy Charter School \u2013 Bensonhurst\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Have a news tip? <a href=\"https:\/\/eastsidefeed.com\/tips\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Send it to us here!<\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/n3s5h7\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" style=\"max-width:1px;max-height:1px;visibility:hidden;padding:0;margin:0;display:block\" alt=\".\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Google Maps Free Upper East Side News, Delivered To Your Inbox A public elementary school on the Upper&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9978,9,11,10,49,51,50,466,9977,9976],"class_list":["post-21831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-east-side-nyc","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-upper-east-side","tag-upper-east-side-news","tag-upper-east-side-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}