The
Capital Region Rankings from the 4th and 8th grades
English and mathematics tests are below.
Rankings are also available at the Times
Union, which ranks schools by the percentage of
students passing or failing the exams. The
original data for all New York schools is available on
State Ed's
website. So far as I know, I am the only
person who ranks schools by the average of the mean
scores on both math and English tests, and by the
percentage of students scoring in the top level.
Overall, little has changed since last year.
Wynantskill has the most improved elementary
scores. Schodack improved middle school scores
the best. Niskayuna and Bethlehem school
districts are the two-year overall best performers.
The Scotia-Glenville elementary schools did
an excellent job on the English Language exam,
while the math scores remained steady, though the
percentage scoring in the top level dropped from 36%
to 27%. Overall, the elementary schools moved up
3 places in both rankings by mean score and by
percentage scoring in the top level. It's a very
good down payment on the 5th-place-or-better ranking
we should have based on the quality of our students.
Our Junior High rankings did not change. There
appears to be a change, but that is because Duanesburg
scores were not reported (for unknown reasons), and
Duanesburg scored above us last year.
Way too many students are failing to meet both math
and English standards at the Junior High School.
The worst news comes from the 8th grade English
results (where students spend 1/10th of their
education reading for pleasure).
1999 & 2000 ELA Results for S-G 8th Grade
| Year |
Mean Score |
Lowest % |
Low Middle % |
Hi Middle % |
Top % |
| 1999 |
713 |
2 |
30 |
51 |
16 |
| 2000 |
706 |
7 |
40 |
41 |
12 |
The table shows that in
1999, 32% of our students did not meet standards. From
the 2000 scores, 47% of our 8th graders now fall into
the bottom two levels. That's 117 students out of 249
who took the test. (85 students scored in the bottom
two levels last year). Based
on the percentage of students scoring in Level 1 or
Level 2 on the 8th Grade ELA exam, we are in the
bottom half of schools in the Capital District.
For more commentary on our 8th grade ELA scores,
please visit School
Talk. |
| CAPITAL
DISTRICT SCHOOLS RANKED BY THE SUM OF THE MEAN SCORES
IN 4th GRADE ENGLISH AND 4th GRADE MATH |
|
2000
(1999) Rank
|
District
Name
|
4th
Grade English Mean Score 2000 (1999) |
4th
Grade Math Mean Score 2000 (1999) |
Combined
Math & English Scores 2000 (1999) |
| State
High |
SEELY PLACE SCHOOL
(WESTCHESTER) |
708 |
706 |
1414 |
| State
High |
Quogue Union Free
School District |
694 |
709 |
1403 |
| 1
(3) |
Bethlehem
(518.439.7098) |
687
(670) |
675
(685) |
1362
(1355) |
| 2
(1) |
Menands (518.465.4561) |
686
(683) |
671
(693) |
1357
(1376) |
| 3
(2) |
Maplewood-Colonie
(518.273.1512) |
685
(663) |
671
(700) |
1356
(1363) |
| 4
(12) |
Wynantskill
(518.283.4679) |
674
(651) |
682
(678) |
1356
(1329) |
| 5
(5) |
Schodack (518.732.2297) |
674
(665) |
677
(675) |
1351
(1340) |
| 6
(6) |
Niskayuna
(518.377.4666) |
680
(667) |
671
(673) |
1351
(1340) |
| 7
(4) |
Voorheesville
(518.765.3313) |
680
(671) |
670
(678) |
1350
(1349) |
| 8
(11) |
SCOTIA-GLENVILLE
(518.382.1215) |
680
(660) |
666
(670) |
1346
(1330) |
| 9
(10) |
North Colonie
(518.785.8591) |
678
(659) |
665
(672) |
1343
(1331) |
| 10
(7) |
Guilderland
(518.456.6200) |
674
(660) |
668
(675) |
1342
(1335) |
| 11
(9) |
Burnt
Hills Ballston Lake (518.399.6407) |
671
(661) |
670
(673) |
1341
(1334) |
| 12
(14) |
E. Greenbush
(518.477.2755) |
668
(654) |
666
(674) |
1334
(1328) |
| 13
(17) |
Averill Park
(518.674.7055) |
667
(655) |
667
(666) |
1334
(1321) |
| 14
(26) |
Stillwater
(518.664.8656) |
670
(648) |
674
(660) |
1334
(1308) |
| 15
(15) |
Shenendehowa
(518.877.6251) |
672
(657) |
658
(668) |
1330
(1325) |
| 16
(16) |
Saratoga
Springs (518.583.4708) |
670
(657) |
660
(666) |
1330
(1323) |
| 17
(13) |
Brunswick
(518.279.4600) |
673
(661) |
656
(668) |
1329
(1329) |
| 18
(28) |
Rotterdam-Mohonasen
(518.356.8200) |
666
(648) |
663
(658) |
1329
(1306) |
| 19
(18) |
So. Glens Falls
(518.793.9617) |
667
(657) |
661
(664) |
1328
(1321) |
| 20
(25) |
So. Colonie
(518.869.3576) |
666
(650) |
659
(660) |
1325
(1310) |
| 21
(8) |
Duanesburg
(518.895.2279) |
667
(667) |
656
(667) |
1323
(1334) |
| 22
(22) |
Galway
(518.882.1033) |
662
(653) |
657
(660) |
1319
(1313) |
| 23
(23) |
Edinburg (518.863.8412) |
671
(641) |
648
(671) |
1319
(1312) |
| 24
(33) |
Hoosic Valley
(518.753.4450) |
663
(642) |
653
(654) |
1316
(1296) |
| 25
(24) |
Waterford-Halfmoon
(518.237.0800) |
665
(648) |
650
(664) |
1315
(1312) |
| 26
(29) |
Ballston Spa
(518.884.7195) |
657
(647) |
655
(657) |
1312
(1304) |
| 27
(31) |
Mechanicville
(518.664.5727) |
662
(648) |
650
(652) |
1312
(1300) |
| 28
(34) |
Hoosick Falls
(518.686.7012) |
660
(644) |
651
(651) |
1311
(1295) |
| 29
(37) |
Cohoes (518.237.0100) |
655
(633) |
656
(654) |
1311
(1287) |
| 30
(32) |
Corinth (518.654.2601) |
658
(644) |
652
(655) |
1310
(1299) |
| 31
(19) |
Schuylerville
(518.695.3255) |
658
(653) |
651
(666) |
1309
(1319) |
| 32
(21) |
Berne-Knox-Westerlo
(518.872.1293) |
655
(652) |
653
(663) |
1308
(1315) |
| 33
(30) |
Schalmont
(518.355.9200) |
655
(645) |
651
(658) |
1306
(1303) |
| 34
(35) |
Ravena Coeymans Selkirk
(518.756.5201) |
652
(648) |
649
(647) |
1301
(1295) |
| 35
(36) |
Lansingburgh
(518.235.4404) |
650
(642) |
649
(649) |
1299
(1291) |
| 36
(27) |
Berlin (518.658.2690) |
650
(650) |
645
(658) |
1295
(1308) |
| 37
(20) |
Green Island
(518.273.1422) |
644
(648) |
649
(670) |
1293
(1318) |
| 38
(39) |
Schenectady
(518.370.8100) |
644
(634) |
643
(645) |
1287
(1279) |
| 39
(38) |
Watervliet
(518.273.4661) |
640
(638) |
642
(648) |
1282
(1286) |
| 40
(40) |
Troy (518.271.5210) |
643
(635) |
637
(642) |
1280
(1277) |
| 41
(41) |
Albany
(518.462.7200) |
640
(633) |
639
(642) |
1279
(1275) |
| 42
(--) |
Rensselaer
(518.465.7509) |
641
(632) |
637
(---) |
1278
(---) |
| CAPITAL
DISTRICT SCHOOLS RANKED BY THE AVERAGE OF THE
PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS SCORING IN THE TOP LEVEL IN 4th GRADE ENGLISH AND 4th GRADE MATH |
|
2000
(1999) Rank
|
District
Name
|
4th
Grade English (% Excellent) 2000 (1999) |
4th
Grade Math (%Excellent) 2000 (1999) |
Average
Eng & Math (% Excellent) 2000 (1999) |
| State
High |
Ps 205 Alexander Graham Bell
(Queens) |
66 |
66 |
66 |
| State
High |
Remsenburg-Speonk
Union Free School District |
47 |
80 |
64 |
| 1
(6) |
Wynantskill
(518.283.4679) |
37
(6) |
49
(50) |
43
(28) |
| 2
(2) |
Bethlehem
(518.439.7098) |
39
(23) |
45
(55) |
42
(39) |
| 3
(8) |
Schodack (518.732.2297) |
30
(9) |
48
(44) |
39
(27) |
| 4
(1) |
Menands (518.465.4561) |
39
(36) |
36
(70) |
38
(53) |
| 5
(5) |
Niskayuna
(518.377.4666) |
35
(17) |
38
(44) |
37
(31) |
| 6
(7) |
Burnt
Hills Ballston Lake (518.399.6407) |
30
(11) |
42
(45) |
36
(28) |
| 7
(28) |
Stillwater
(518.664.8656) |
28
(5) |
42
(21) |
35
(13) |
| 8
(4) |
Voorheesville
(518.765.3313) |
32
(18) |
36
(50) |
34
(34) |
| 9
(9) |
Guilderland
(518.456.6200) |
30
(11) |
34
(42) |
32
(27) |
| 10
(13) |
SCOTIA-GLENVILLE
(518.382.1215) |
35
(11) |
27
(36) |
31
(24) |
| 11
(10) |
North Colonie
(518.785.8591) |
31
(10) |
27
(44) |
29
(27) |
| 12
(11) |
E. Greenbush
(518.477.2755) |
25
(7) |
29
(44) |
27
(26) |
| 13
(25) |
Rotterdam-Mohonasen
(518.356.8200) |
24
(6) |
28
(24) |
26
(15) |
| 14
(3) |
Maplewood-Colonie
(518.273.1512) |
24
(10) |
25
(60) |
25
(35) |
| 15
(14) |
Shenendehowa
(518.877.6251) |
26
(11) |
24
(37) |
25
(24) |
| 16
(12) |
Brunswick
(518.279.4600) |
29
(13) |
20
(38) |
25
(26) |
| 17
(15) |
Saratoga
Springs (518.583.4708) |
23
(10) |
26
(36) |
25
(23) |
| 18
(17) |
Averill Park
(518.674.7055) |
18
(9) |
31
(31) |
25
(20) |
| 19
(18) |
So. Glens Falls
(518.793.9617) |
19
(6) |
23
(32) |
21
(19) |
| 20
(20) |
So. Colonie
(518.869.3576) |
21
(7) |
21
(28) |
21
(18) |
| 21
(26) |
Galway
(518.882.1033) |
21
(5) |
21
(24) |
21
(15) |
| 22
(35) |
Green Island
(518.273.1422) |
16
(0) |
24
(20) |
20
(10) |
| 23
(22) |
Ballston Spa
(518.884.7195) |
20
(5) |
18
(26) |
19
(16) |
| 24
(29) |
Edinburg (518.863.8412) |
25
(0) |
13
(25) |
19
(13) |
| 25
(16) |
Duanesburg
(518.895.2279) |
16
(17) |
21
(28) |
19
(23) |
| 26
(19) |
Berne-Knox-Westerlo
(518.872.1293) |
17
(7) |
16
(30) |
17
(19) |
| 27
(30) |
Mechanicville
(518.664.5727) |
18
(4) |
15
(21) |
17
(13) |
| 28
(36) |
Cohoes (518.237.0100) |
14
(3) |
19
(17) |
17
(10) |
| 29
(32) |
Ravena Coeymans Selkirk
(518.756.5201) |
20
(4) |
12
(17) |
16
(11) |
| 30
(31) |
Hoosic Valley
(518.753.4450) |
15
(3) |
16
(21) |
16
(12) |
| 31
(23) |
Waterford-Halfmoon
(518.237.0800) |
16
(4) |
12
(28) |
14
(16) |
| 32
(24) |
Berlin (518.658.2690) |
12
(7) |
12
(24) |
12
(16) |
| 33
(37) |
Corinth (518.654.2601) |
11
(2) |
13
(17) |
12
(10) |
| 34
(33) |
Lansingburgh
(518.235.4404) |
9
(4) |
14
(18) |
12
(11) |
| 35
(21) |
Schuylerville
(518.695.3255) |
11
(10) |
11
(26) |
11 (18) |
| 36
(27) |
Schalmont
(518.355.9200) |
9
(1) |
13
(27) |
11
(14) |
| 37
(38) |
Albany
(518.462.7200) |
10
(4) |
11
(16) |
11
(10) |
| 38
(34) |
Schenectady
(518.370.8100) |
9
(4) |
11
(17) |
10
(11) |
| 39
(39) |
Hoosick Falls
(518.686.7012) |
7
(3) |
12
(16) |
10
(10) |
| 40
(40) |
Troy (518.271.5210) |
10
(4) |
7
(12) |
9
(8) |
| 41
(41) |
Watervliet
(518.273.4661) |
3
(0) |
6
(12) |
5
(6) |
| 42
(--) |
Rensselaer
(518.465.7509) |
3
(0) |
3
(--) |
3 (---) |
