Idle Hour Elementary School

Idle Hour Elementary School serves 214 students in kindergarten through fifth grade in Oakdale, New York. The school earns a composite score of 9.1 out of 10 — an Exceptional rating — placing it 35th among 4,742 public schools statewide. That ranking puts Idle Hour ahead of 99% of all New York public schools, a distinction rarely reached by schools of any size or type.

The academic score of 8.1 reflects strong foundational instruction in the core grades, while the growth score of 9.6 signals that students are consistently making gains above expectations. Growth at this level often tells more about instructional quality than raw achievement scores alone. A student-teacher ratio of 12.6 to 1 keeps class sizes manageable, giving teachers room to focus on individual students across every grade.

Among New York's 2,552 elementary schools, Idle Hour ranks 27th — placing it in the top 2% of its peer group. In Oakdale, it holds the top spot among the two public elementary schools in town. For families comparing options in the area, these numbers point consistently in the same direction.