Finger Lakes Today

Of the 3,470 students in Cayuga County who took the 2022-23 English Language Arts test, 25.9% met expectations and 9.6% did better than expected, according to the New York State Education Department.

In total, 35.5% of Cayuga County students met or exceeded expectations, marking a 0.1% increase from the previous school year's results.

Within the county, Southern Cayuga 7-12 Secondary School and Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School students performed the best in English Language Arts, with 56% of them considered proficient in the subject. Meanwhile, Casey Park Elementary 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
Southern Cayuga 7-12 Secondary School	39%	17%	297
Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School	41%	15%	378
Moravia Junior-Senior High School	36%	17%	474
Weedsport Junior-Senior High School	36%	13%	373
Southern Cayuga Elementary School	36%	12%	362
Andrew J. Smith Elementary School	29%	17%	339
Port Byron Senior High School	25%	20%	355
Union Springs Middle School	30%	13%	172
Weedsport Elementary School	28%	11%	329
Cato-Meridian Elementary School	27%	9%	489
William H. Seward Elementary School	23%	10%	485
Millard Fillmore Elementary School	24%	7%	387
A. A. Gates Elementary School	22%	9%	413
Auburn Junior High School	23%	7%	598
Owasco Elementary School	21%	5%	370
Herman Avenue Elementary School	20%	5%	443
Genesee Street Elementary School	16%	2%	321
Casey Park Elementary School	14%	2%	392