Erie County: How many students met or exceeded expectations in the English Language Arts test in 2022-23 school year?

New York State Education Department Board of Regents Member Roger Tilles | sayvilleschools.org

By Buffalo Ledger

Jan 17, 2025

Of the 37,989 students in Erie County who took the 2022-23 English Language Arts test, 28.1% met expectations and 13.5% did better than expected, according to the New York State Education Department.

In total, 41.6% of Erie County students met or exceeded expectations, marking a 0.2% increase from the previous school year's results.

Within the county, City Honors School students performed the best in English Language Arts, with 81% of them considered proficient in the subject. Meanwhile, Community School #53 students fared the worst, with only 10% 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.

Erie County County Success Rate in Math and ELA Over 3 Years

Erie County Students who Met or Exceeded Academic Standards in English Language Arts

School	Students who met standards (%)	Students who exceed standards (%)	Total Enrollment
City Honors School	34%	47%	1,080
Maple East Elementary School	32%	48%	640
Country Parkway Elementary School	34%	45%	545
Transit Middle School	38%	41%	872
Dodge Elementary School	41%	35%	581
Smallwood Drive School	38%	37%	657
P.S. 64 Frederick Law Olmsted	27%	47%	558
Sheridan Hill Elementary School	38%	35%	519
Maple West Elementary School	35%	38%	675
Ledgeview Elementary School	41%	32%	473
Forest Elementary School	44%	26%	510
Akron Middle School	39%	30%	280
Amherst Middle School	31%	37%	622
Harris Hill Elementary School	46%	21%	464
Frederick Olmsted #156	40%	27%	904
East Aurora Middle School	41%	25%	520
Casey Middle School	39%	27%	615
Mill Middle School	39%	26%	774
Clarence Middle School	41%	23%	972
Ellicott Road Elementary School	38%	26%	703
John A. Sciole Elementary School	43%	19%	399
Orchard Park Middle School	39%	23%	1,059
Eggert Road Elementary School	40%	21%	599
Maplemere Elementary School	38%	23%	491
Windom Elementary School	44%	17%	611
South Davis Elementary School	33%	27%	394
Heim Middle School	37%	22%	602
Akron Elementary School	36%	23%	562
Heim Elementary School	34%	25%	651
Eden Elementary School	42%	14%	284
Charles A. Lindbergh Elementary School	39%	17%	480
Elma Primary School	44%	12%	287
Hillview Elementary School	43%	12%	453
Clarence Center Elementary School	36%	19%	372
Eden Middle & High School	43%	11%	673
Cloverbank Elementary School	36%	17%	549
Willow Ridge Elementary School	38%	15%	358
Charlotte Avenue Elementary School	40%	12%	436
Frontier Middle School	35%	16%	1,071
West Elementary School	40%	11%	652
Alden Intermediate School	37%	13%	370
William Street School	39%	11%	1,293
Big Tree Elementary School	35%	15%	540
Court Street Elementary School	43%	6%	296
Pinehurst Elementary School	34%	15%	583
Huth Road School	37%	11%	428
Veronica E. Connor Middle School	32%	16%	679
Sweet Home Middle School	28%	19%	768
Highland Elementary School	37%	10%	356
Allendale Elementary School	34%	13%	518
Como Park Elementary School	33%	14%	382
Marilla Primary School	35%	11%	230
North Collins Junior-Senior High School	38%	8%	248
Iroquois Middle School	37%	9%	450
Buffalo Academy for the Visual & Performing Arts	32%	14%	566
Heritage Heights Elementary School	32%	13%	406
Kaegebein School	30%	15%	393
Cleveland Hill Middle School	33%	12%	297
Windermere Blvd School	30%	14%	750
Alden Middle School	31%	12%	347
Holland Middle School	31%	12%	231
Cleveland Hill Elementary School	27%	16%	646
Glendale Elementary School	25%	18%	425
Riverview Elementary School	28%	14%	366
Lancaster Middle School	29%	12%	873
Armor Elementary School	38%	3%	292
Discovery School	26%	15%	543
Iroquois Intermediate School	35%	5%	200
Maryvale Intermediate School	30%	10%	499
Wales Primary School	33%	6%	224
Maryvale Middle School	28%	11%	478
Clinton Elementary School	26%	13%	610
Boston Valley Elementary School	32%	6%	231
Waterfront Elementary School	27%	11%	762
Tonawanda Middle/High School	30%	8%	1,012
Springville Elementary School	32%	5%	540
Thomas A. Edison Elementary School	31%	6%	615
P.S. 61 Arthur O. Eve School of Distinction	29%	8%	266
Woodrow Wilson Elementary School	28%	9%	279
Herbert Hoover Elementary School	32%	4%	566
Cayuga Heights Elementary School	28%	8%	864
Hamburg Middle School	30%	6%	755
Gowanda Elementary School	30%	5%	458
Herbert Hoover Middle School	28%	7%	758
Union Pleasant Avenue Elementary School	27%	8%	643
West Middle School	26%	9%	780
Colden Elementary School	27%	8%	169
Harold O. Brumsted Elementary School	22%	12%	296
Blasdell Elementary School	26%	8%	488
P.S. 82	28%	6%	274
North Collins Elementary School	25%	9%	309
Mullen Elementary School	25%	8%	303
John F. Kennedy Middle School	24%	9%	279
P.S. 81	24%	9%	737
Kenmore West Senior High School	25%	7%	1,358
Griffith Institute Middle School	22%	10%	368
East Middle School	26%	5%	583
Lorraine Elementary School	23%	8%	700
Ben Franklin Elementary School	25%	6%	459
Lake Shore Middle School	25%	5%	503
Cheektowaga Middle School	22%	7%	627
P.S. 69 Houghton Academy	24%	5%	455
Union East Elementary School	21%	7%	899
P.S. 65 Roosevelt Ecc	23%	5%	284
P.S. 27 Hillery Park Academy	22%	6%	545
Stanley Makowski Early Childhood Center	19%	9%	586
A. J. Schmidt Elementary School	23%	4%	246
Depew Middle School	20%	7%	427
Northwood Elementary School	19%	7%	502
John T. Waugh Elementary School	23%	3%	313
Dr. A. Pantoja Comm School Excllnce -#18	18%	7%	443
Winchester-Potters Elementary School	20%	4%	455
Kenmore East Senior High School	18%	6%	1,127
Ben Franklin Middle School	20%	3%	626
West Hertel Elementary School	17%	5%	750
P.S. 74 Hamlin Park - Claude and Ouida Clapp Academy	18%	4%	392
Southside Elementary School	16%	5%	862
Pfc William J. Grabiarz #79	16%	5%	538
International School	17%	4%	981
Lackawanna Middle School	17%	4%	407
Dr. George Blackman Ecc	14%	6%	360
Math Science Technology Preparatory School at 197	13%	6%	435
Bennett Park Montessori School	15%	4%	657
Native American Magnet	16%	3%	345
P.S. 17	18%	1%	309
Build Community School	16%	3%	344
Buffalo Elementary School of Technology	14%	4%	525
Frank A. Sedita School #30	15%	3%	672
P.S. 59 Dr. Charles Drew Science Magnet	14%	4%	620
Marva J. Daniel Futures Preparatory School	14%	4%	422
Lovejoy Discovery School #43	14%	4%	577
Highgate Heights	15%	2%	382
Harvey Austin School #97	13%	3%	518
D'youville-Porter Campus	11%	4%	582
Martin Road Elementary School	13%	1%	560
Harriet Ross Tubman Academy	10%	4%	513
Holmes Elementary School	11%	2%	281
Herman Badillo Bilingual Academy	10%	3%	513
Dr. Lydia T. Wright School of Excellence	11%	2%	579
Bilingual Center	10%	2%	319
Martin Luther King Junior #48	11%	1%	401
Community School #53	9%	1%	451