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Did Ulster County students succeed or flounder in their 2022-23 school year English Language Arts tests?

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NY State Education Department Board of Regents Vice Chancellor Josephine Victoria Finn | New York State Education Department

NY State Education Department Board of Regents Vice Chancellor Josephine Victoria Finn | New York State Education Department

Of the 6,588 students in Ulster County who took the 2022-23 English Language Arts test, 28% met expectations and 10.4% did better than expected, according to the New York State Education Department.

In total, 38.4% of Ulster County students met or exceeded expectations, marking a 0.4% decline from the previous school year's results.

Within the county, Lenape Elementary School students performed the best in English Language Arts, with 63% of them considered proficient in the subject. Meanwhile, John F. Kennedy School students fared the worst, with only 15% 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.

Ulster County County Success Rate in Math and ELA Over 3 Years
0%25%50%75%100%202320222021MathELA
Ulster County Students who Met or Exceeded Academic Standards in English Language Arts
SchoolStudents who met standards (%)Students who exceed standards (%)Total Enrollment
Lenape Elementary School43%20%367
Woodstock Elementary School46%11%149
Marbletown Elementary School35%20%257
New Paltz Middle School35%20%421
Phoenicia Elementary School23%32%125
Highland Middle School35%18%376
Robert R. Graves School35%17%316
Plattekill Elementary School36%12%405
Onteora Middle School28%19%171
Reginald Bennett Elementary School34%12%237
Highland Elementary School32%14%638
Ostrander Elementary School34%11%439
Marlboro Middle School35%10%433
E. R. Crosby Elementary School37%8%303
John G. Borden Middle School33%12%432
Marlboro Elementary School29%14%761
Morse School33%8%301
Riccardi Elementary School30%10%428
Ernest C. Myer School25%15%203
Kerhonkson Elementary School33%7%209
Cahill School29%8%398
J. Watson Bailey Middle School26%10%967
Rondout Valley Junior High School27%9%243
Rondout Valley Intermediate School18%13%386
Saugerties Junior High School24%5%358
Harry L. Edson School25%3%418
George Washington School20%8%450
Chambers School20%5%324
M. Clifford Miller Middle School20%3%821
Ellenville Elementary School18%2%675
John F. Kennedy School13%2%359

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