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Of the 4,233 students in Cortland County who took the 2022-23 Mathematics test, 31.3% met expectations and 9.4% did better than expected, according to the New York State Education Department.

In total, 40.7% of Cortland County students met or exceeded expectations, marking a 6.2% increase from the previous school year's results.

Within the county, Marathon High School and Mcgraw Secondary School students performed the best in Mathematics, with 65% 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 49.6% 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	48%	17%	315
Mcgraw Secondary School	41%	24%	282
Marathon High School	42%	18%	315
Mcgraw Secondary School	34%	25%	282
Homer Junior High School	37%	14%	410
Mcgraw Elementary School	46%	5%	232
William Appleby Elementary School	38%	9%	406
Homer Intermediate School	40%	6%	379
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
Cortland Junior High School	26%	11%	299
Cincinnatus Middle School	31%	6%	142
Cincinnatus Middle School	34%	2%	142
Fe Smith Intermediate School	29%	6%	271
Randall Middle School	29%	5%	263
Cincinnatus Elementary School	29%	2%	210
Cincinnatus Elementary School	27%	2%	210
Randall Middle School	22%	6%	263
Fe Smith Intermediate School	17%	2%	271