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Did Yates 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 Member Dr. Frances Wills | education.wisc.edu

NY State Education Department Board of Regents Member Dr. Frances Wills | education.wisc.edu

Of the 792 students in Yates County who took the 2022-23 English Language Arts test, 29.2% met expectations and 8.3% did better than expected, according to the New York State Education Department.

In total, 37.5% of Yates County students met or exceeded expectations, marking a 0.3% increase from the previous school year's results.

Within the county, Penn Yan Elementary School students performed the best in English Language Arts, with 46% of them considered proficient in the subject. Meanwhile, Dundee Elementary School students fared the worst, with only 19% 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.

Yates County County Success Rate in Math and ELA Over 3 Years
0%25%50%75%100%202320222021MathELA
Yates County Students who Met or Exceeded Academic Standards in English Language Arts
SchoolStudents who met standards (%)Students who exceed standards (%)Total Enrollment
Penn Yan Elementary School38%8%519
Penn Yan Middle School29%13%328
Dundee Junior-Senior High School32%7%279
Dundee Elementary School17%2%354

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