Business First ranks elementary schools

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - Business First is releasing its annual rankings for top local schools. Monday, they released elementary schools.

The new name at the top of the list is Clarence's Ledgeview Elementary School, up from second place last year.

Williamsville's St. Gregory the Great was second, followed by last year's first place school, Southern Tier Catholic School of Olean.

Country Parkway Elementary, of Williamsville, and Amherst's Christ the King round out the top 5.

TOP 100 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN BUSINESS FIRST'S RANKINGS (EACH SCHOOL IS FOLLOWED BY THE DISTRICT IN WHICH IT'S LOCATED; SEE BOTTOM OF PAGE FOR ABBREVIATIONS)

1. Ledgeview ES (Clarence)
2. St. Gregory the Great School (Williamsville)
3. Southern Tier Catholic School (Olean)
4. Country Parkway ES (Williamsville)
5. Christ the King School (Amherst)
6. Nardin Academy ES (Buffalo)
7. Maple East ES (Williamsville)
8. St. John Vianney School (Orchard Park)
9. Smallwood Drive School (Amherst)
10. South Davis ES (Orchard Park)
11. Sherman ES (Sherman)
12. Elmwood Village CS (Buffalo)
13. Sheridan Hill ES (Clarence)
14. Christian Central Academy (Williamsville)
15. Maple West ES (Williamsville)
16. Charlotte Avenue ES (Hamburg)
17. P.S. 64 Frederick Law Olmsted (Buffalo)
18. Eggert Road ES (Orchard Park)
19. Charles A. Lindbergh ES (Kenmore-Tonawanda)
20. Big Tree ES (Frontier)
21. Tapestry CS (Buffalo)
22. Our Lady of Pompeii School (Lancaster)
23. Ellicottville ES (Ellicottville)
24. Harris Hill ES (Clarence)
25. St. Peter & Paul School (Williamsville)
26. St. Christopher's School (Sweet Home)
27. Heim ES (Williamsville)
28. Parkdale ES (East Aurora)
29. East ES (West Seneca)
30. St. Stephen School (Grand Island)
31. Forest ES (Williamsville)
32. St. Leo the Great School (Sweet Home)
33. St. Mary's School (Williamsville)
34. St. Aloysius Regional School (Springville-Griffith Institute)
35. West ES (West Seneca)
36. Ellicott Road ES (Orchard Park)
37. St. Peter's Lutheran School (Niagara-Wheatfield)
38. St. Mary's ES (Lancaster)
39. Errick Road ES (Niagara-Wheatfield)
40. Sheldon ES (Attica)
41. St. John Lutheran School (Niagara-Wheatfield)
42. Southtowns Catholic School (Frontier)
43. Dodge ES (Williamsville)
44. Prospect ES (Attica)
45. Pinehurst ES (Frontier)
46. St. Bernadette School (Orchard Park)
47. Armor ES (Hamburg)
48. St. Vincent DePaul School (Iroquois)
49. Byron-Bergen ES (Byron-Bergen)
50. Clinton ES (West Seneca)
51. Holy Ghost Lutheran School (Niagara-Wheatfield)
52. Holy Family School (LeRoy)
53. Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary School (Clarence) 54. Alfred-Almond ES (Alfred-Almond)
55. Allendale ES (West Seneca)
56. Immaculate Conception School (East Aurora)
57. Kaegebein School (Grand Island)
58. Mullen ES (Tonawanda)
59. Clarence Center ES (Clarence)
60. Fletcher ES (Tonawanda)
61. Nativity of Our Lord School (Orchard Park)
62. St. Peter School (Lewiston-Porter)
63. Union Pleasant ES (Hamburg)
64. Pembroke IS (Pembroke)
65. Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament School (Lancaster)
66. Starpoint IS (Starpoint)
67. Immaculate Conception School (Wellsville)
68. Cayuga Heights ES (Depew)
69. St. Mark's School (Buffalo)
70. St. Benedict's School (Amherst)
71. William Street School (Lancaster)
72. Huth Road School (Grand Island)
73. Alexander ES (Alexander)
74. St. Andrew's Country Day School (Kenmore-Tonawanda)
75. Maplemere ES (Sweet Home)
76. St. Peter & Paul School (Hamburg)
77. Winchester ES (West Seneca)
78. Eden ES (Eden)
79. St. Francis of Assisi School (Tonawanda)
80. Iroquois IS (Iroquois)
81. Colden ES (Springville-Griffith Institute)
82. Alden PS (Alden)
83. Kadimah School of Buffalo (Amherst)
84. Thomas Marks ES (Wilson)
85. Southwestern ES (Southwestern)
86. P.S. 67 Discovery School (Buffalo)
87. Geraldine J. Mann School (Niagara Falls)
88. Queen of Heaven School (West Seneca)
89. Pratt ES (Barker) 90. Windom ES (Orchard Park)
91. Willow Ridge ES (Sweet Home)
92. Alexander Hamilton ES (Kenmore-Tonawanda)
93. Herbert Hoover ES (Kenmore-Tonawanda)
94. Meadow School (North Tonawanda)
95. Perry ES (Perry)
96. Maple Avenue School (Niagara Falls)
97. Northwood ES (West Seneca)
98. Wolcott Street School (LeRoy)
99. Notre Dame Academy (Buffalo)
100. Anna Merritt ES (Lockport)

ABBREVIATIONS: CS-Charter School, EMS-Elementary-Middle School, ES-Elementary School, HS-High School, IS-Intermediate School, JHS-Junior High School, JSHS-Junior-Senior High School, MHS-Middle-High School, MS-Middle School, PS-Primary School, SHS-Senior High School, VHS-Vocational High School.