NE New York Today

Of the 1,584 students in Essex County who took the 2022-23 English Language Arts test, 28.3% met expectations and 10.8% did better than expected, according to the New York State Education Department.

In total, 39.1% of Essex County students met or exceeded expectations, marking a 1% increase from the previous school year's results.

Within the county, Keene Central School students performed the best in English Language Arts, with 56% of them considered proficient in the subject. Meanwhile, Minerva Central School students fared the worst, with only 19% 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
Keene Central School	29%	27%	167
Lake Placid Elementary School	42%	13%	244
Lake Placid Junior-Senior High School	38%	11%	294
Bloomingdale School	33%	11%	100
Ticonderoga Junior-Senior High School	28%	13%	359
Mountain View Campus	28%	13%	192
Crown Point Central School	27%	14%	322
Ticonderoga Elementary School	30%	8%	360
Schroon Lake Central School	28%	10%	238
Ausable Forks Elementary School	29%	9%	225
Willsboro Central School	21%	14%	251
Moriah Elementary School	24%	9%	385
Lake View Campus	22%	8%	207
Moriah Junior-Senior High School	21%	0%	316
Minerva Central School	17%	2%	119