Did Schenectady 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 26, 2025

Of the 9,212 students in Schenectady County who took the 2022-23 English Language Arts test, 27.5% met expectations and 12.9% did better than expected, according to the New York State Education Department.

In total, 40.4% of Schenectady County students met or exceeded expectations, marking a 1% decline from the previous school year's results.

Within the county, Rosendale School students performed the best in English Language Arts, with 67% of them considered proficient in the subject. Meanwhile, Lincoln 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.

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

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

School	Students who met standards (%)	Students who exceed standards (%)	Total Enrollment
Rosendale School	36%	31%	392
Iroquois Middle School	37%	28%	588
Hillside School	36%	28%	389
Birchwood Elementary School	39%	23%	399
Van Antwerp Middle School	34%	25%	430
Glendaal School	36%	23%	196
Pashley Elementary School	37%	18%	462
Duanesburg High School	33%	18%	312
Richard H. O'rourke Middle School	33%	18%	724
Craig Elementary School	39%	11%	391
Duanesburg Elementary School	35%	14%	332
Glen-Worden Elementary School	36%	12%	212
Lincoln School	34%	14%	238
Scotia-Glenville Middle School	30%	18%	506
Draper Middle School	30%	15%	646
Pinewood Elementary School	34%	10%	595
Jefferson Elementary School	31%	13%	677
Sacandaga School	32%	8%	323
Schalmont Middle School	26%	9%	561
Jessie T. Zoller Elementary School	25%	10%	451
Howe Elementary School	22%	12%	363
Paige Elementary School	26%	8%	420
Woodlawn Elementary School	27%	4%	463
Oneida Middle School	19%	9%	616
Van Corlaer Elementary School	22%	5%	436
Central Park Middle School	19%	6%	658
Yates Elementary School	19%	4%	310
Pleasant Valley Elementary School	19%	3%	358
Dr. Martin Luther King School Junior Elementary School	18%	4%	390
Mont Pleasant Middle School	16%	4%	672
William C. Keane Elementary School	13%	2%	284
Hamilton Elementary School	10%	0%	419
Lincoln Elementary School	8%	0%	299