Did Albany County students succeed or flounder in their 2022-23 school year English Language Arts tests?

NY State Education Department Board of Regents Member Dr. Frances Wills | education.wisc.edu

By Capital District Times

Jan 23, 2025

Of the 13,676 students in Albany County who took the 2022-23 English Language Arts test, 30.1% met expectations and 14.7% did better than expected, according to the New York State Education Department.

In total, 44.8% of Albany County students met or exceeded expectations, marking a 1.8% decline from the previous school year's results.

Within the county, Elsmere Elementary School students performed the best in English Language Arts, with 78% of them considered proficient in the subject. Meanwhile, Arbor Hill Elementary School students fared the worst, with only 8% passing the test.

The state registered an overall proficiency rate of 48% of students who met or exceeded expectations.

A recent study by Scholaroo ranked New York's education system among the best in the U.S., and place it as the second best in terms of school quality.

Currently, the state has the highest per-pupil spending in the nation at $33,440, or a total of $84.7 billion annually.

Albany County County Success Rate in Math and ELA Over 3 Years

Albany County Students who Met or Exceeded Academic Standards in English Language Arts

School	Students who met standards (%)	Students who exceed standards (%)	Total Enrollment
Elsmere Elementary School	47%	31%	231
Southgate School	44%	22%	431
Glenmont Elementary School	41%	24%	363
Hamagrael Elementary School	46%	19%	306
Boght Hills School	40%	21%	548
Eagle Elementary School	34%	27%	421
Shaker Middle School	34%	27%	1,424
Berne-Knox-Westerlo Elementary School	40%	21%	371
Voorheesville Middle School	38%	23%	295
Slingerlands Elementary School	35%	25%	462
Lynnwood Elementary School	41%	18%	438
Voorheesville Elementary School	41%	18%	589
Blue Creek School	43%	15%	426
Farnsworth Middle School	36%	21%	1,151
Forts Ferry School	38%	19%	436
Pine Bush Elementary School	41%	16%	478
Berne-Knox-Westerlo Junior-Senior High School	37%	19%	320
Loudonville School	40%	16%	287
Guilderland Elementary School	35%	20%	475
Albany School of Humanities	31%	21%	356
Menands School	31%	20%	278
Westmere Elementary School	34%	16%	539
Montessori Magnet School	35%	14%	313
Shaker Road Elementary School	37%	9%	348
Latham Ridge School	33%	13%	455
New Scotland Elementary School	29%	16%	472
Altamont Elementary School	31%	13%	310
Forest Park Elementary School	37%	6%	304
Veeder Elementary School	31%	12%	436
Cohoes Middle School	29%	14%	441
Roessleville School	35%	6%	350
Lisha Kill Middle School	29%	11%	628
Van Schaick Island School	33%	7%	137
Sand Creek Middle School	28%	12%	868
Albertus W. Becker School	30%	10%	426
Saddlewood Elementary School	31%	7%	417
William S. Hackett Middle School	25%	12%	672
Thomas S. O'brien Academy of Science & Technology	24%	10%	250
Eagle Point Elementary School	20%	13%	275
Harmony Hill School	24%	7%	379
Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Middle School	24%	7%	390
Abram Lansing School	21%	8%	326
Pine Hills Elementary School	24%	5%	334
Watervliet Junior-Senior High School	21%	7%	684
Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle School	18%	7%	642
Watervliet Elementary School	18%	6%	662
Pieter B. Coeymans School	18%	5%	435
North Albany Academy Middle School	17%	4%	438
Heatly School	17%	4%	271
Sheridan Preparatory Academy	12%	4%	287
Philip J. Schuyler Achievement Academy	12%	2%	287
Delaware Community School	9%	2%	290
Giffen Memorial Elementary School	11%	0%	405
Arbor Hill Elementary School	6%	2%	265