North Country Leader

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