Finger Lakes Today

Of the 6,624 students in Cayuga County who took the 2022-23 Mathematics test, 29.9% met expectations and 9.3% did better than expected, according to the New York State Education Department.

In total, 39.2% of Cayuga County students met or exceeded expectations, marking a 6.4% increase from the previous school year's results.

Within the county, Southern Cayuga Elementary School students performed the best in Mathematics, with 64% 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 49.6% 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 Elementary School	53%	11%	362
Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School	51%	12%	378
Southern Cayuga 7-12 Secondary School	39%	22%	297
Andrew J. Smith Elementary School	42%	17%	339
Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School	41%	15%	378
Southern Cayuga 7-12 Secondary School	39%	17%	297
Moravia Junior-Senior High School	36%	17%	474
Moravia Junior-Senior High School	39%	12%	474
Weedsport Elementary School	37%	13%	329
Weedsport Junior-Senior High School	36%	13%	373
Southern Cayuga Elementary School	36%	12%	362
William H. Seward Elementary School	39%	9%	485
Port Byron Senior High School	34%	13%	355
Andrew J. Smith Elementary School	29%	17%	339
Port Byron Senior High School	25%	20%	355
Cato-Meridian Elementary School	34%	9%	489
Union Springs Middle School	30%	13%	172
Millard Fillmore Elementary School	38%	5%	387
Weedsport Elementary School	28%	11%	329
A. A. Gates Elementary School	33%	4%	413
Cato-Meridian Elementary School	27%	9%	489
Herman Avenue Elementary School	33%	2%	443
Owasco Elementary School	30%	5%	370
Genesee Street Elementary School	28%	6%	321
Auburn Junior High School	24%	10%	598
William H. Seward Elementary School	23%	10%	485
A. A. Gates Elementary School	22%	9%	413
Millard Fillmore Elementary School	24%	7%	387
Auburn Junior High School	23%	7%	598
Owasco Elementary School	21%	5%	370
Herman Avenue Elementary School	20%	5%	443
Casey Park Elementary School	20%	4%	392
Genesee Street Elementary School	16%	2%	321
Casey Park Elementary School	14%	2%	392