West Hudson Valley News

Of the 20,452 students in Orange County who took the 2022-23 English Language Arts test, 29.3% met expectations and 11.5% did better than expected, according to the New York State Education Department.

In total, 40.8% of Orange County students met or exceeded expectations, marking a 0.9% decline from the previous school year's results.

Within the county, Cornwall-On-Hudson Elementary School students performed the best in English Language Arts, with 76% of them considered proficient in the subject. Meanwhile, Balmville 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
Cornwall-On-Hudson Elementary School	45%	31%	242
Greenwood Lake Middle School	36%	38%	258
Willow Avenue Elementary School	38%	35%	236
Cornwall Middle School	39%	32%	895
Cornwall Elementary School	44%	19%	567
Sanfordville Elementary School	45%	17%	794
George Grant Mason Elementary School	37%	23%	104
Park Avenue Elementary School	36%	22%	482
S. S. Seward Institute	40%	15%	389
Greenwood Lake Elementary School	33%	19%	173
Fostertown Etc Magnet School	37%	14%	588
Warwick Valley Middle School	36%	13%	1,082
Golden Hill Elementary	36%	13%	319
C. J. Hooker Middle School	32%	17%	660
Highland Falls Intermediate School	31%	18%	324
Crispell Middle School	32%	14%	634
George F. Baker High School	25%	21%	104
Minisink Valley Middle School	30%	16%	775
Monroe-Woodbury Middle School	30%	16%	1,584
Circleville Middle School	32%	13%	450
Meadow Hill Global Explorations Magnet School	32%	13%	1,013
Temple Hill School	31%	11%	976
East Coldenham Elementary School	27%	15%	295
North Main Street School	31%	11%	532
Berea Elementary School	35%	6%	477
Valley Central Middle School	29%	12%	982
Central Valley Elementary School	28%	12%	448
Walden Elementary School	32%	8%	411
Pakanasink Elementary School	30%	10%	422
Chester Academy-Middle/High School	30%	10%	568
Port Jervis Middle School	29%	11%	379
Washingtonville Middle School	28%	11%	900
Circleville Elementary School	34%	5%	478
Taft Elementary School	31%	7%	575
Pine Bush Elementary School	30%	8%	649
Chester Elementary School	31%	7%	386
Little Britain Elementary School	29%	9%	429
Montgomery Elementary School	27%	11%	548
Pine Tree Elementary School	30%	7%	786
Goshen Intermediate School	30%	7%	597
Leptondale Elementary School	29%	8%	464
E. J. Russell Elementary School	27%	10%	523
Gardnertown Leadership Academy Elementary School	31%	5%	621
Minisink Valley Intermediate School	31%	5%	444
Heritage Middle School	25%	10%	858
Middletown Twin Towers Middle School	27%	7%	858
Otisville Elementary School	29%	5%	589
Anna S. Kuhl Elementary School	27%	7%	756
Round Hill Elementary School	28%	5%	653
Vails Gate Steam Academy	28%	4%	477
N. A. Hamilton Bicentennial School	24%	8%	464
New Windsor School	26%	6%	418
William A. Carter School	24%	7%	778
Monhagen Middle School	22%	7%	817
Maple Hill Elementary School	23%	5%	1,012
Presidential Park Elementary School	20%	7%	1,300
South Middle School	17%	7%	878
Horizon-On-the-Hudson Magnet School	13%	10%	455
Gams High Tech Magnet School	13%	5%	807
Balmville School	14%	2%	380