Best Public Elementary Schools on the UES

ps 6 and 290. flip a coin, although i understand 290 is more prone to waitlists. 158 and 183 also good.

I recommend PS6 - the extra funding from the Parents' Association goes a long way in helping to hire teaching assistants for each grade to help keep the student:faculty ratio down. As far as I know, no one who was zoned for the school was turned down last year. Rooftop facilities are also a plus and were quite surprising for a public school. Good amount of feedback/progress reports on our son so far, more so that what we used to receive from a parochial school downtown.

Curious if people's thoughts on this topic have changed. PS 6 is obviously always going to be the best, but I have heard lots of raves about PS 158. So those would be my 1 and 2; I think 290 is fine, but 158 seems to be a bit better & will probably continue to improve since they are fixing up the building in a multi-year project.

we looked at ps158 for our son a couple of years ago and were very impressed with the school. unfortunately were were a block too far south. but fortunately we got lucky and he was placed into a G&T school.

The Upper East Side has many good schools and it can be hard to choose. If you want some advice I would suggest reading this article https://www.nestapple.com/single-post/2017/07/31/How-to-find-the-best-public-schools-in-Manhattan but there are certainly many good schools in the area.