NYS Assessments + Regents, SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4).English Language Arts
94.0%
State avg 58.3%
District avg 67.2%
County avg 66.1%
-4.0pp since 2023-24
Mathematics
53.0%
State avg 57.4%
District avg 61.9%
County avg 60.8%
+0.0pp since 2023-24
Science
52.0%
State avg 57.3%
District avg 36.2%
County avg 36.5%
-15.0pp since 2023-24
What this means: On the NYS Assessments + Regents, New York's statewide test, about 94 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level, about 53 of 100 do math at grade level, and about 52 of 100 are at grade level in science. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58, 57, and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady and science scores are down about 15 points.
What is NYS Assessments + Regents?
New York public-school students in grades 3 through 8 take annual state assessments in English Language Arts and Math each spring, plus Science at grades 5 and 8. High school students take Regents Examinations in core subjects (ELA, Algebra I, Living Environment, etc.) which are required for a Regents diploma.
What does "% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)" mean?
It is the percentage of students at the school who scored at Level 3 ("Proficient") or Level 4 ("Excels at Standards") on the 3-8 test, or at the passing threshold (65 or above) on a Regents Examination. New York reports four performance levels for grades 3-8; Levels 3 and 4 indicate grade-level proficiency. A higher number is better.
What does 94.0% mean for English Language Arts at GAYNOR MCCOWN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL?
It means about 94.0 percent of students tested at GAYNOR MCCOWN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL performed at grade level or above on the NYS Assessments + Regents English Language Arts test in 2024-25. The statewide average for New York that year was 58.3%. The other students fell into the lower performance levels.
How is the state average calculated?
It is a weighted average, not a simple average of each school's number. We multiply each public school's score by how many of its students tested, add those together for all schools in New York, and divide by the total students tested that year. This way a big school with 1,500 students counts more than a small school with 50 students, which is the right way to ask "how did the typical student do this year?". District and county averages on this page use the same method, just scoped to that district or county.
Where does this data come from?
New York State Education Department (NYSED), Grades 3-8 ELA/Math/Science assessments + Regents Examinations, via the NYSED School Report Card database (data.nysed.gov). School-level All Students subgroup. Headline metric is the cumulative "Proficient" rate (Level 3 + Level 4 for 3-8; passing Regents score for HS).
How often is it updated?
NYS Assessments + Regents is administered once a year (spring). Results are released by the state in the summer or early fall. We refresh this page after each annual release.
