Syracuse Sun

Of the 3,535 students in Madison County who took the 2022-23 English Language Arts test, 28.6% met expectations and 12.4% did better than expected, according to the New York State Education Department.

In total, 41% of Madison County students met or exceeded expectations, marking a 3.6% increase from the previous school year's results.

Within the county, Cazenovia High School students performed the best in English Language Arts, with 79% of them considered proficient in the subject. Meanwhile, Brookfield Central School students fared the worst, with only 18% 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
Cazenovia High School	36%	43%	543
Hamilton Junior-Senior High School	26%	41%	291
Morrisville Middle School High School	44%	21%	291
Hamilton Elementary School	40%	18%	268
Cazenovia Middle School	33%	24%	329
South Side Elementary School	32%	14%	180
Bolivar Road Elementary School	34%	11%	490
Chittenango Middle School	32%	13%	562
Seneca Street School	36%	9%	203
Minoa Elementary School	33%	11%	349
Burton Street Elementary School	30%	14%	437
Stockbridge Valley Central School	28%	11%	397
Bridgeport Elementary School	29%	8%	234
Canastota High School	29%	7%	562
Madison Central School	28%	7%	446
Roberts Street Middle School	22%	7%	295
W. F. Prior Elementary School	28%	1%	221
Deruyter Elementary School	24%	4%	155
Otto L. Shortell Middle School	20%	6%	391
Edward R. Andrews Elementary School	22%	4%	307
Deruyter High School	18%	8%	168
North Broad Street School	17%	5%	173
Brookfield Central School	12%	6%	206