Valley Cottage School

Valley Cottage School earns a composite score of 9.2/10, placing it 31st among 4,739 public schools in New York and outperforming 99% of schools statewide. Among the state's 2,549 elementary schools, it ranks 25th. That level of performance is rare for any neighborhood public school, let alone one serving 377 students in kindergarten through fifth grade without a selective admissions process.

The individual scores are consistently high. Academic performance reaches 8.9/10, and the growth score hits 9.8/10 — meaning students here advance faster than their peers at nearly every comparable school in the state. A 10.5-to-1 student-teacher ratio gives teachers the bandwidth to work closely with individual students, which likely contributes to that growth edge.

Valley Cottage is a regular public school with open enrollment. Families here have one other public elementary option nearby; this school outranks it by every measure tracked here. For parents comparing elementary choices in Valley Cottage or the surrounding area, the combination of strong academic scores and top-tier student growth sets this school apart from the vast majority of public elementary options in New York.