'Best 100 Elementary Schools in New York' List Released

Niche.com has released rankings of public elementary schools across the country, with 43 Long Island schools making the list of the top 100 in New York.

Niche says it ranked 40,403 schools nationwide based on key student statistics and 4.6 million opinions from 280,000 students and parents. A high ranking, according to Niche, indicates that a school “is an exceptional academic institution with a diverse set of high-achieving students and faculty, and the students are very happy with their experiences.”

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Most of the Long Island schools (35 of the 43) that ranked in the top 100 in the state are in Nassau County. Two of the schools on the list–Forest Park and Chestnut Hill, both in the Half Hollow Hills School District–are no longer open as they shuttered at the end of the 2013-14 school year due to declining enrollment. The top 3 schools in the state are all in the Jericho School District.

Here are the Long Island schools that made the top 100 list in New York and their respective rankings (click the links for more details on each school’s ranking):

• No. 1- George A. Jackson School, Jericho
• No. 2- Robert Seaman Elementary School, Jericho
• No. 3- Cantiague Elementary School, Jericho
• No. 6- Lakeville Elementary School, Great Neck
• No. 9- E.M. Baker School, Great Neck
• No. 14- Shelter Rock Elementary School, Manhasset
• No. 15- Saddle Rock School, Great Neck
• No. 19- Munsey Park Elementary School, Manhasset
• No. 24- South Grove Elementary School, Syosset
• No. 26- Village Elementary School, Syosset
• No. 30- Center Street School, Williston Park
• No. 32- Baylis Elementary School, Plainview
• No. 35- Guggenheim Elementary School, Port Washington
• No. 36- East Hills Elementary School, Roslyn Heights
• No. 37- Harbor Hill School, Greenvale
• No. 40- Searingtown School, Albertson
• No. 42- Robbins Lane Elementary School, Syosset
• No. 43- South Salem Elementary School, Port Washington
• No. 44- Berry Hill Elementary School, Syosset
• No. 45- Denton Avenue School, New Hyde Park
• No. 46- West Side School, Syosset
• No. 47- Willits Elementary School, Syosset
• No. 49- John Philip Sousa Elementary School, Port Washington
• No. 55- Manorhaven Elementary School, Port Washington
• No. 59- Walt Whitman Elementary School, Woodbury
• No. 60- Lloyd Harbor School, Huntington
• No. 61- Stewart School, Garden City
• No. 66- Stratford Avenue School, Garden City
• No. 67- John F. Kennedy School, Great Neck
• No. 68- Sea Cliff Elementary School, Sea Cliff
• No. 70- North Side School, East Williston
• No. 73- Forest Park Elementary School, Dix Hills
• No. 74- Signal Hill Elementary School, Dix Hills
• No. 75- John J. Daly Elementary School, Port Washington
• No. 78- Paumanok Elementary School, Dix Hills
• No. 79- Glenwood Landing Elementary School, Glen Head
• No. 85- Glen Head Elementary School, Glen Head
• No. 87- Thomas J. Lahey Elementary School, Greenlawn
• No. 89- Sunquam Elementary School, Melville
• No. 92- Chestnut Hill Elementary School, Dix Hills
• No. 93- Hewlett Elementary School, Hewlett
• No. 98- Central Boulevard Elementary School, Bethpage
• No. 100- Otsego Elementary School, Dix Hills

The full list and methodology can be found here: “Best Public Elementary Schools in New York.” You can also use the search function to see grades for schools that did not make the top 100 list.

Photos via Google Maps- (clockwise) George A. Jackson School in Jericho, Lloyd Harbor School in Huntington, South Salem Elementary School in Port Washington and Sunquam Elementary School in Melville.