Best Student-Teacher Ratios in New York.

Cities in New York with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios in public schools.

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#	City	Population	Student-Teacher Ratio	Public Schools
1	North Amityville	21,138	8.3:1	2
2	Dobbs Ferry	11,443	8.4:1	7
3	Batavia	15,097	8.8:1	5
4	Airmont	10,205	8.8:1	1
5	Geneva	12,512	9.0:1	4
6	West Seneca	45,303	9.1:1	11
7	Great Neck	11,087	9.1:1	4
8	Long Beach	34,756	9.2:1	3
9	Dix Hills	24,773	9.2:1	11
10	Syosset	18,433	9.4:1	10
11	Huntington	19,948	9.5:1	4
12	Plattsburgh	19,830	9.5:1	5
13	Woodmere	18,061	9.5:1	2
14	Binghamton	47,151	9.7:1	11
15	Hauppauge	20,793	9.8:1	4
16	Oneonta	15,045	9.9:1	4
17	Rockville Centre	25,765	10.0:1	6
18	Garden City	22,941	10.0:1	8
19	Rye	16,428	10.0:1	7
20	Seaford	15,549	10.0:1	4
21	Beacon	14,834	10.0:1	5
22	Jefferson Valley-Yorktown	14,154	10.0:1	4
23	Dunkirk	12,549	10.0:1	5
24	Lackawanna	19,753	10.1:1	5
25	Ronkonkoma	18,709	10.1:1	4
26	Islip	17,362	10.1:1	5
27	Patchogue	12,396	10.1:1	3
28	Massapequa	21,389	10.2:1	3
29	East Massapequa	20,377	10.2:1	4
30	East Northport	19,700	10.2:1	4
31	Kings Park	16,516	10.2:1	4
32	Canandaigua	10,514	10.2:1	3
33	Troy	51,033	10.3:1	12
34	Bay Shore	31,683	10.3:1	5
35	Harrison	29,961	10.3:1	8
36	Kenmore	15,044	10.3:1	2
37	Endicott	13,387	10.3:1	2
38	Salisbury	12,412	10.3:1	3
39	Merrick	21,744	10.4:1	5
40	Suffern	11,441	10.4:1	1
41	Buffalo	276,854	10.5:1	81
42	Glen Cove	28,112	10.5:1	6
43	Eastchester	20,491	10.5:1	8
44	Sayville	15,408	10.5:1	4
45	Glens Falls	14,609	10.5:1	6
46	Olean	13,738	10.5:1	4
47	Tarrytown	11,784	10.5:1	2
48	Fort Salonga	10,199	10.5:1	3
49	Smithtown	24,375	10.6:1	6
50	Melville	19,714	10.6:1	3
51	Massapequa Park	16,963	10.6:1	3
52	North Wantagh	11,940	10.6:1	1
53	East Glenville	11,914	10.6:1	2
54	Ithaca	32,814	10.7:1	7
55	Jamestown	28,188	10.7:1	9
56	Deer Park	27,990	10.7:1	5
57	Lynbrook	20,325	10.7:1	5
58	Gloversville	14,962	10.7:1	5
59	North Lindenhurst	10,952	10.7:1	1
60	Town of Tonawanda	56,806	10.8:1	10
61	North Tonawanda	30,198	10.8:1	6
62	Cortland	17,450	10.8:1	5
63	Ridge	12,503	10.8:1	2
64	Irondequoit	50,657	10.9:1	16
65	West Islip	26,865	10.9:1	7
66	Kingston	23,911	10.9:1	5
67	Westbury	15,808	10.9:1	3
68	Hampton Bays	15,706	10.9:1	3
69	Greenlawn	15,210	10.9:1	3
70	Miller Place	11,736	10.9:1	4
71	North Bellport	11,087	10.9:1	1
72	Huntington Station	32,601	11.0:1	5
73	Auburn	26,285	11.0:1	6
74	Plainview	25,982	11.0:1	6
75	Holtsville	19,344	11.0:1	4
76	South Farmingdale	14,676	11.0:1	2
77	Babylon	12,185	11.0:1	3
78	Elwood	11,762	11.0:1	4
79	South Huntington	9,779	11.0:1	2
80	Cheektowaga	76,056	11.1:1	13
81	Pearl River	16,155	11.1:1	5
82	New City	34,458	11.2:1	10
83	Lake Ronkonkoma	18,221	11.2:1	3
84	Baldwin	34,994	11.3:1	8
85	Rome	31,795	11.3:1	9
86	Lindenhurst	27,142	11.3:1	6
87	West Hempstead	20,648	11.3:1	4
88	Nanuet	19,799	11.3:1	4
89	Rocky Point	13,356	11.3:1	4
90	Lancaster	10,113	11.3:1	3
91	White Plains	60,666	11.4:1	7
92	West Babylon	43,570	11.4:1	9
93	Brighton	36,834	11.4:1	7
94	East Meadow	36,821	11.4:1	6
95	Elmont	36,518	11.4:1	5
96	Scarsdale	18,010	11.4:1	7
97	Bethpage	17,123	11.4:1	5
98	Tonawanda	15,030	11.4:1	2
99	East Islip	13,573	11.4:1	2
100	Stony Brook	12,868	11.4:1	2
101	Manorville	14,233	11.5:1	3
102	Greece	13,943	11.5:1	4
103	East Rockaway	10,077	11.5:1	3
104	Mount Vernon	72,427	11.6:1	18
105	Levittown	51,904	11.6:1	13
106	Middletown	30,289	11.6:1	3
107	Holbrook	26,449	11.6:1	4
108	Nesconset	13,833	11.6:1	2
109	Sleepy Hollow	10,887	11.6:1	3
110	Rochester	208,772	11.7:1	59
111	Wantagh	18,365	11.7:1	5
112	Port Washington	18,004	11.7:1	6
113	North Babylon	17,963	11.7:1	6
114	Depew	15,000	11.7:1	4
115	Eggertsville	14,894	11.7:1	1
116	St. James	13,244	11.7:1	3
117	East Setauket	10,149	11.7:1	4
118	North Valley Stream	17,825	11.8:1	3
119	Schenectady	68,847	11.9:1	16
120	Freeport	44,088	11.9:1	8
121	Commack	36,558	11.9:1	6
122	Roosevelt	18,885	11.9:1	6
123	Farmingville	16,160	11.9:1	2
124	Fulton	11,272	12.0:1	4
125	Lake Grove	11,061	12.0:1	3
126	De Witt	11,060	12.0:1	3
127	Terryville	10,794	12.0:1	4
128	Syracuse	146,384	12.1:1	36
129	Saratoga Springs	28,631	12.1:1	5
130	Peekskill	25,625	12.1:1	6
131	Niskayuna	21,227	12.1:1	6
132	Riverhead	14,936	12.1:1	4
133	New York	8,483,844	12.2:1	1866
134	Franklin Square	30,897	12.2:1	7
135	Newburgh	28,519	12.2:1	4
136	Mineola	21,211	12.2:1	3
137	North Bellmore	20,689	12.2:1	5
138	Mount Sinai	11,093	12.2:1	3
139	Hicksville	43,780	12.3:1	9
140	Oceanside	31,639	12.3:1	11
141	Medford	24,796	12.3:1	4
142	Mamaroneck	19,826	12.3:1	4
143	Cohoes	18,159	12.3:1	5
144	Latham	13,802	12.3:1	4
145	Albany	100,492	12.4:1	23
146	Uniondale	33,148	12.4:1	7
147	Jericho	13,759	12.4:1	5
148	Corning	10,643	12.4:1	5
149	Ossining	26,950	12.5:1	5
150	Lockport	20,610	12.5:1	6
151	Oswego	17,033	12.6:1	6
152	Bellmore	15,954	12.6:1	6
153	Woodbury	11,334	12.6:1	4
154	Poughkeepsie	31,958	12.7:1	8
155	Mount Kisco	10,737	12.7:1	1
156	Valley Stream	40,315	12.8:1	7
157	North Massapequa	17,877	12.8:1	4
158	Stony Point	12,728	12.8:1	2
159	New Rochelle	82,769	12.9:1	10
160	Rotterdam	22,695	12.9:1	5
161	Loudonville	10,527	12.9:1	3
162	Roessleville	10,968	13.0:1	3
163	Utica	64,217	13.1:1	14
164	Shirley	28,375	13.1:1	7
165	Monsey	28,160	13.1:1	3
166	Massena	10,238	13.1:1	5
167	New Hyde Park	10,220	13.2:1	1
168	Watervliet	10,287	13.3:1	2
169	Oneida	10,171	13.3:1	4
170	North Bay Shore	20,282	13.4:1	2
171	Johnson City	14,940	13.4:1	4
172	Spring Valley	33,192	13.5:1	1
173	Elmira	26,257	13.6:1	8
174	Watertown	24,375	13.6:1	8
175	Endwell	11,546	13.8:1	2
176	Coram	39,539	13.9:1	6
177	Myers Corner	10,877	13.9:1	2
178	Copiague	23,424	14.0:1	6
179	Floral Park	16,169	14.1:1	3
180	Amsterdam	18,166	14.2:1	4
181	Haverstraw	12,325	14.2:1	1
182	North New Hyde Park	14,159	14.3:1	4
183	Inwood	12,235	14.5:1	2
184	Central Islip	38,373	14.6:1	7
185	Middle Island	11,027	14.6:1	1
186	New Cassel	14,551	14.9:1	2
187	Centereach	31,839	15.1:1	9
188	Selden	21,604	15.2:1	2
189	Niagara Falls	47,987	15.3:1	11
190	North Merrick	12,366	15.5:1	3
191	Chestnut Ridge	10,557	15.7:1	4
192	Port Chester	31,102	15.8:1	4
193	Yonkers	209,978	16.7:1	42
194	Hempstead	58,801	17.4:1	11