North Country Leader

Of the 1,554 students in Lewis County who took the 2022-23 English Language Arts test, 29.5% met expectations and 13.4% did better than expected, according to the New York State Education Department.

In total, 42.9% of Lewis County students met or exceeded expectations, marking a 4% decline from the previous school year's results.

Within the county, Lowville Middle School students performed the best in English Language Arts, with 57% of them considered proficient in the subject. Meanwhile, Beaver River Middle School students fared the worst, with only 32% 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
Lowville Middle School	29%	28%	297
Harrisville Junior-Senior High School	35%	18%	158
South Lewis Middle School	33%	11%	308
Harrisville Elementary School	35%	7%	172
Copenhagen Central School	31%	10%	472
Lowville Elementary School	26%	13%	618
Beaver River Elementary School	30%	7%	414
West Leyden Elementary School	31%	4%	123
Beaver River Middle School	23%	9%	192