SC New York News

Of the 4,218 students in Chemung County who took the 2022-23 English Language Arts test, 21.9% met expectations and 6.3% did better than expected, according to the New York State Education Department.

In total, 28.2% of Chemung County students met or exceeded expectations, marking a 2.2% decline from the previous school year's results.

Within the county, Gardner Road Elementary School students performed the best in English Language Arts, with 49% of them considered proficient in the subject. Meanwhile, Thomas K. Beecher School students fared the worst, with only 11% 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
Gardner Road Elementary School	36%	13%	453
Big Flats School	31%	13%	388
Center Street School	33%	10%	280
Ridge Road School	33%	8%	400
Horseheads Middle School	30%	8%	572
Spencer-Van Etten Elementary School	22%	12%	332
Cohen Middle School	25%	9%	230
Broadway Elementary School	26%	8%	359
Horseheads Intermediate School	24%	8%	569
Cohen Elementary School	23%	6%	494
Hendy Avenue School	18%	4%	403
Ernie Davis Academy	17%	4%	802
Parley Coburn School	12%	1%	424
Thomas K. Beecher School	9%	2%	366