Of the 2,129 students in Cortland County who took the 2022-23 English Language Arts test, 27.5% met expectations and 9.9% did better than expected, according to the New York State Education Department.
In total, 37.4% of Cortland County students met or exceeded expectations, marking a 1.2% decline from the previous school year’s results.
Within the county, Marathon High School students performed the best in English Language Arts, with 60% of them considered proficient in the subject. Meanwhile, Fe Smith Intermediate School students fared the worst, with only 19% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marathon High School | 42% | 18% | 315 |
| Mcgraw Secondary School | 34% | 25% | 282 |
| Homer Junior High School | 28% | 15% | 410 |
| William Appleby Elementary School | 34% | 7% | 406 |
| Mcgraw Elementary School | 32% | 8% | 232 |
| Homer Intermediate School | 28% | 10% | 379 |
| Cortland Junior High School | 26% | 12% | 299 |
| Cincinnatus Middle School | 31% | 6% | 142 |
| Cincinnatus Elementary School | 27% | 2% | 210 |
| Randall Middle School | 22% | 6% | 263 |
| Fe Smith Intermediate School | 17% | 2% | 271 |
