Mohawk Valley Times

Of the 2,165 students in Delaware County who took the 2022-23 English Language Arts test, 28.5% met expectations and 8.2% did better than expected, according to the New York State Education Department.

In total, 36.7% of Delaware County students met or exceeded expectations, marking a 0.7% decline from the previous school year's results.

Within the county, Delaware Academy Elementary School students performed the best in English Language Arts, with 54% of them considered proficient in the subject. Meanwhile, Townsend Elementary School students fared the worst, with only 23% 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
Delaware Academy Elementary School	38%	16%	330
Roxbury Central School	37%	12%	231
Margaretville Central School	33%	10%	320
Hancock Elementary School	38%	4%	96
Delaware Academy High School	31%	10%	404
Downsville Central School	35%	6%	215
Deposit Middle-Senior High School	29%	12%	236
Sidney Middle School	34%	6%	171
Stamford Central School	29%	9%	252
Hancock Junior-Senior High School	31%	7%	214
Franklin Central School	23%	14%	193
Deposit Elementary School	28%	7%	235
Sidney Elementary School	26%	8%	527
Walton Middle School	26%	5%	189
Charlotte Valley School	21%	6%	347
South Kortright Central School	20%	5%	321
Townsend Elementary School	20%	3%	367