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District rankings · Lowest proficiency

New York: the lowest-performing school districts

437 districts

New York public school districts ranked by the lowest enrollment-weighted state-assessment proficiency. Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to qualify.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudents% Proficient
1ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY5125,94919.1%
2SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY3118,60823.9%
3EAST RAMAPO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (SPRING VALLEY)NY1410,42426.7%
4CLYDE-SAVANNAH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY369329.2%
5SALMON RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY41,37329.4%
6POUGHKEEPSIE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY73,72430.3%
7BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY6129,42530.6%
8NIAGARA FALLS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY116,62530.8%
9SCHENECTADY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY158,94830.9%
10GLOVERSVILLE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY52,40631.0%
11HANNIBAL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY31,20831.7%
12LACKAWANNA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY42,09131.7%
13WYANDANCH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY42,47233.4%
14AMSTERDAM CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY63,66334.1%
15HEMPSTEAD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY85,32135.2%
16MONTICELLO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY52,69535.8%
17LIBERTY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY31,75835.9%
18ELMIRA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY115,32236.0%
19ROME CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY95,19636.3%
20BINGHAMTON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY104,53136.6%
21HUDSON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY31,52236.6%
22PEEKSKILL CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY63,80936.8%
23SALAMANCA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY31,32337.0%
24CENTRAL ISLIP UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY87,77337.2%
25LAWRENCE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY52,15637.4%
26SOUTH COUNTRY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY63,79837.5%
27NORTHEAST CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY364337.7%
28MALONE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY52,10637.8%
29NEWARK VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY398138.4%
30NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #12NY4715,70538.6%
31FULTON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY63,00538.8%
32NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9NY7023,78638.9%
33NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32NY278,79438.9%
34GENEVA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY41,96339.4%
35ALBANY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY168,50939.6%
36RIVERHEAD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY85,54739.6%
37AMITYVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY52,80240.0%
38LYONS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY391740.4%
39NORTH ROSE-WOLCOTT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY31,05940.5%
40BRENTWOOD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY1717,84440.8%
41NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7NY4113,62540.9%
42JAMESTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY94,37041.1%
43ROOSEVELT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTNY53,15241.1%
44NEWBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY1210,76241.3%
45NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #19NY5318,61941.5%
46OLEAN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY41,83341.7%
47UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY139,07541.8%
48NEWARK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY51,81741.9%
49MIDDLETOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTNY67,17642.0%
50CHEEKTOWAGA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTNY32,32242.2%

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