Of the 2,747 students in Chenango County who took the 2022-23 English Language Arts test, 22.7% met expectations and 6.7% did better than expected, according to the New York State Education Department.
In total, 29.4% of Chenango County students met or exceeded expectations, marking a 1.5% decline from the previous school year’s results.
Within the county, Bainbridge-Guilford High School students performed the best in English Language Arts, with 52% of them considered proficient in the subject. Meanwhile, Unadilla Valley Elementary School students fared the worst, with only 16% 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.
| School | Students who met standards (%) | Students who exceed standards (%) | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bainbridge-Guilford High School | 33% | 19% | 363 |
| Greene Middle School | 29% | 10% | 208 |
| Oxford Academy Middle School | 28% | 9% | 234 |
| Greene Intermediate School | 32% | 4% | 199 |
| Sherburne-Earlville Middle School | 23% | 10% | 299 |
| Sherburne-Earlville Elementary School | 25% | 8% | 629 |
| Greenlawn Elementary School | 25% | 8% | 278 |
| Afton Elementary School | 25% | 5% | 212 |
| Norwich Middle School | 21% | 5% | 382 |
| Perry Browne Intermediate School | 19% | 4% | 364 |
| Oxford Academy Primary School | 21% | 2% | 288 |
| Afton Junior/Senior High School | 18% | 5% | 265 |
| Otselic Valley Central School | 17% | 4% | 300 |
| Unadilla Valley Secondary School | 12% | 7% | 333 |
| Unadilla Valley Elementary School | 12% | 4% | 465 |
