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Smallwood Drive School may have been toppled from first place this year, but it still has the best cumulative three-year score of any elementary school.

The three-year standings are determined by averaging each school's ranks in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Smallwood was No. 1 the first two years, then slipped to No. 2, yielding an average of 1.33.

South Davis of Orchard Park (3.67) is second on the three-year list, based on finishes of second, second and seventh.

These are the 20 elementary schools with the best performances in Business First's rankings over the 2008-2010 span:

• 1. Smallwood Drive School (Amherst), 1.33 average

• 2. South Davis ES (Orchard Park), 3.67 average

• 3. Maple East ES (Williamsville), 4.33 average

• 4. Charlotte Avenue ES (Hamburg), 5.00 average

• 4. Ledgeview ES (Clarence), 5.00 average

• 6. Immaculate Conception School (East Aurora), 6.00 average

• 7. Southern Tier Catholic School (Olean), 6.67 average

• 8. Christian Central Academy (Williamsville), 9.67 average

• 9. Nardin Academy ES (Buffalo), 11.67 average

• 10. Harris Hill ES (Clarence), 12.00 average

• 10. St. Gregory the Great School (Williamsville), 12.00 average

• 12. Maple West ES (Williamsville), 14.33 average

• 12. St. John Lutheran School (Niagara-Wheatfield), 14.33 average

• 14. Country Parkway ES (Williamsville), 14.67 average

• 15. Christ the King School (Amherst), 15.00 average

• 16. Eggert Road ES (Orchard Park), 15.67 average

• 16. Ellicott Road ES (Orchard Park), 15.67 average

• 18. St. Peter's Lutheran School (Niagara-Wheatfield), 17.33 average

• 19. St. Bernadette School (Orchard Park), 20.33 average

• 20. St. Stephen School (Grand Island), 21.00 average

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