Of the 2,364 students in Columbia County who took the 2022-23 English Language Arts test, 29.8% met expectations and 13.6% did better than expected, according to the New York State Education Department.
In total, 43.4% of Columbia County students met or exceeded expectations, marking a 1.8% increase from the previous school year’s results.
Within the county, Germantown Junior-Senior High School students performed the best in English Language Arts, with 61% of them considered proficient in the subject. Meanwhile, Montgomery C. Smith Elementary School students fared the worst, with only 27% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germantown Junior-Senior High School | 33% | 28% | 209 |
| Ichabod Crane Middle School | 39% | 18% | 650 |
| Ichabod Crane Elementary School | 34% | 22% | 486 |
| Walter B. Howard Elementary School | 32% | 12% | 230 |
| New Lebanon Junior-Senior High School | 30% | 14% | 183 |
| Taconic Hills Elementary School | 29% | 13% | 562 |
| Germantown Elementary School | 31% | 11% | 276 |
| Taconic Hills Junior/Senior High School | 24% | 15% | 502 |
| Mary E. Dardess Elementary School | 29% | 9% | 360 |
| Hudson Junior High School | 23% | 13% | 383 |
| Chatham Middle School | 24% | 11% | 186 |
| Montgomery C. Smith Elementary School | 22% | 5% | 723 |
