Of the 13,512 students in Jefferson County who took the 2022-23 Mathematics test, 31.3% met expectations and 9.8% did better than expected, according to the New York State Education Department.
In total, 41.1% of Jefferson County students met or exceeded expectations, marking an 8.4% increase from the previous school year’s results.
Within the county, Thousand Islands Middle School students performed the best in Mathematics, with 73% of them considered proficient in the subject. Meanwhile, Starbuck Elementary School students fared the worst, with only 20% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thousand Islands Middle School | 52% | 21% | 209 |
| Philadelphia Primary School | 72% | 0% | 114 |
| La Fargeville Central School | 53% | 15% | 496 |
| Black River School | 53% | 12% | 460 |
| Thousand Islands Middle School | 40% | 24% | 209 |
| Sackets Harbor Central School | 46% | 17% | 409 |
| General Brown Junior-Senior High School | 41% | 21% | 661 |
| Sackets Harbor Central School | 40% | 19% | 409 |
| Calcium Primary School | 43% | 14% | 545 |
| Bashaw Elementary School | 39% | 18% | 125 |
| Black River School | 40% | 14% | 460 |
| Lyme Central School | 40% | 14% | 337 |
| Evans Mills Primary School | 46% | 7% | 375 |
| Mannsville Manor Elementary School | 40% | 12% | 319 |
| Guardino Elementary School | 41% | 10% | 293 |
| Alexandria Central Elementary School | 43% | 8% | 230 |
| Alexandria Central High School | 41% | 9% | 227 |
| Indian River Intermediate School | 40% | 9% | 544 |
| La Fargeville Central School | 33% | 15% | 496 |
| Indian River Middle School | 36% | 11% | 672 |
| Bashaw Elementary School | 36% | 11% | 125 |
| General Brown Junior-Senior High School | 36% | 11% | 661 |
| Indian River Middle School | 31% | 15% | 672 |
| Clarke Middle School | 32% | 14% | 434 |
| Alexandria Central High School | 27% | 18% | 227 |
| Lyme Central School | 34% | 10% | 337 |
| Carthage Middle School | 34% | 9% | 899 |
| Guardino Elementary School | 31% | 10% | 293 |
| Belleville Henderson Central School | 29% | 12% | 502 |
| Philadelphia Primary School | 41% | 0% | 114 |
| Alexandria Central Elementary School | 29% | 12% | 230 |
| Calcium Primary School | 31% | 9% | 545 |
| Theresa Primary School | 36% | 4% | 187 |
| Maynard P. Wilson Elementary School | 27% | 12% | 520 |
| Brownville School | 32% | 6% | 409 |
| Theresa Primary School | 36% | 2% | 187 |
| Carthage Middle School | 26% | 11% | 899 |
| Clarke Middle School | 31% | 6% | 434 |
| West Carthage Elementary School | 32% | 5% | 348 |
| Maynard P. Wilson Elementary School | 29% | 8% | 520 |
| Indian River Intermediate School | 28% | 8% | 544 |
| Belleville Henderson Central School | 26% | 10% | 502 |
| Antwerp Primary School | 33% | 2% | 185 |
| Case Middle School | 27% | 8% | 626 |
| Carthage Elementary School | 29% | 6% | 378 |
| Evans Mills Primary School | 29% | 4% | 375 |
| Case Middle School | 23% | 10% | 626 |
| Sherman School | 27% | 5% | 320 |
| Sherman School | 27% | 5% | 320 |
| Brownville School | 25% | 7% | 409 |
| North Elementary School | 27% | 5% | 455 |
| North Elementary School | 23% | 8% | 455 |
| Carthage Elementary School | 25% | 6% | 378 |
| Harold T. Wiley School | 25% | 3% | 574 |
| Antwerp Primary School | 21% | 7% | 185 |
| West Carthage Elementary School | 21% | 7% | 348 |
| Harold T. Wiley School | 21% | 7% | 574 |
| Mannsville Manor Elementary School | 22% | 5% | 319 |
| Ohio Street School | 21% | 6% | 301 |
| Knickerbocker School | 23% | 4% | 364 |
| Ohio Street School | 19% | 7% | 301 |
| Knickerbocker School | 19% | 5% | 364 |
| Starbuck Elementary School | 19% | 2% | 185 |
| Starbuck Elementary School | 20% | 0% | 185 |
