In the 2023-24 school year, 45.2% of the students in Columbia County were considered proficient in mathematics, a 2.8% increase from the previous year, according to the New York State Education Department.
Among them, 33.9% met expectations on their tests and 11.3% exceeded them.
Within the county, Walter B. Howard Elementary School students performed the best in mathematics, with 61% of them considered proficient in the subject. Meanwhile, Hudson Junior High School students fared the worst, with only 28% passing the test.
For comparison, the state registered an overall proficiency rate of 51.8% in mathematics.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walter B. Howard Elementary School | 50% | 11% | 220 |
| Ichabod Crane Middle School | 40% | 17% | 648 |
| Germantown Junior-Senior High School | 34% | 23% | 198 |
| Taconic Hills Elementary School | 43% | 11% | 538 |
| New Lebanon Junior-Senior High School | 33% | 19% | 191 |
| Germantown Elementary School | 37% | 12% | 277 |
| Ichabod Crane Elementary School | 40% | 6% | 462 |
| Chatham Middle School | 35% | 9% | 205 |
| Mary E. Dardess Elementary School | 34% | 7% | 381 |
| Montgomery C. Smith Elementary School | 26% | 5% | 719 |
| Taconic Hills Junior/Senior High School | 15% | 14% | 493 |
| Hudson Junior High School | 21% | 7% | 376 |
