New York · NCES CCD 2024-25

Best Student-Teacher Ratios in New York

The 50 public schools in New York with the lowest student-teacher ratios, a class-size measure computed from NCES staffing data.

4:1
Best ratio
11.7:1
State average
15.7:1
National average
50
Schools listed

The ranking in one line

Bridgehampton School runs New York's smallest classes at 4:1, and 50 of the 50 schools listed sit below the state average of 11.7:1.

4:1
smallest classes (Bridgehampton School)
50
listed schools below the state average
11.7:1
New York average
15.7:1
national average
# School EnrollmentStudent:Teacher
1 Bridgehampton School BRIDGEHAMPTON 185 4:1
2 Clark Academy DOBBS FERRY 121 4:1
3 Ps 206 Jose Celso Barbosa NEW YORK 372 4.6:1
4 Ps 112 Jose Celso Barbosa NEW YORK 221 4.8:1
5 Shelter Island School SHELTER ISLAND 183 5.1:1
6 Ms 131 NEW YORK 257 5.2:1
7 Red Hook Neighborhood School BROOKLYN 168 5.2:1
8 Ps 44 Marcus Garvey BROOKLYN 120 5.2:1
9 Minerva Central School OLMSTEDVILLE 104 5.2:1
10 Ps 396 BRONX 217 5.3:1
11 Pathways Academy BUFFALO 110 5.3:1
12 School for Excellence BRONX 101 5.3:1
13 47 American Sign Language and English Lower School (the) NEW YORK 172 5.7:1
14 Metropolitan High School (the) BRONX 172 5.7:1
15 Mountain View Campus ELIZABETHTOWN 207 5.8:1
16 Ps 242 Young Diplomats Magnet Academy (the) NEW YORK 145 5.8:1
17 Kipp Bronx Charter School Iii BRONX 2,390 5.9:1
18 Eagle Academy for Young Men of Staten Island (the) STATEN ISLAND 280 5.9:1
19 Urban Assembly School for Global Commerce (the) NEW YORK 157 5.9:1
20 University Neighborhood Middle School NEW YORK 131 5.9:1
21 Fort Green Preparatory Academy BROOKLYN 228 6:1
22 Chatham Middle School CHATHAM 226 6:1
23 Wells School WELLS 128 6:1
24 Harold O Levy School NEW YORK 127 6:1
25 Indian Lake Central School INDIAN LAKE 126 6:1
26 Whitesville Central School WHITESVILLE 112 6:1
27 Ps 75 Emily Dickinson NEW YORK 453 6.1:1
28 Madiba Prep Middle School BROOKLYN 176 6.1:1
29 American Sign Language & English Secondary School NEW YORK 147 6.1:1
30 James Baldwin School-a School for Expeditionary Lrning NEW YORK 138 6.1:1
31 Ps 186 Castlewood BELLEROSE 319 6.2:1
32 High School for Excellence and Innovation NEW YORK 198 6.2:1
33 Jefferson Central School JEFFERSON 148 6.2:1
34 Urban Assembly School for Music and Art BROOKLYN 142 6.3:1
35 Brooklyn Academy High School BROOKLYN 108 6.3:1
36 Southampton Intermediate School SOUTHAMPTON 324 6.4:1
37 Lake Placid Junior-Senior High School LAKE PLACID 304 6.4:1
38 Star Academy Ps 63 (the) NEW YORK 187 6.4:1
39 Is 229 Roland Patterson BRONX 177 6.4:1
40 Western New York Maritime Charter School BUFFALO 392 6.5:1
41 Deruyter High School DERUYTER 187 6.5:1
42 Saint Regis Falls Central School ST REGIS FALLS 183 6.5:1
43 Blythedale School VALHALLA 133 6.5:1
44 Pavilion Junior-Senior High School PAVILION 331 6.6:1
45 East Hampton Middle School EAST HAMPTON 284 6.6:1
46 Ps 102 Jacques Cartier NEW YORK 221 6.6:1
47 Is 339 BRONX 169 6.6:1
48 Floyd Harwood Elementary School HARTFORD 140 6.6:1
49 Academy of Public Relations BRONX 132 6.6:1
50 Phoenicia Elementary School PHOENICIA 125 6.6:1
Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024-25 school year. Schools with enrollment under 100 are excluded.
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