Saratoga Standard

Of the 3,121 students in Washington County who took the 2022-23 English Language Arts test, 27.5% met expectations and 7.9% did better than expected, according to the New York State Education Department.

In total, 35.4% of Washington County students met or exceeded expectations, marking a 1% increase from the previous school year's results.

Within the county, Putnam Central School and Greenwich Junior-Senior High School students performed the best in English Language Arts, with 55% of them considered proficient in the subject. Meanwhile, Whitehall Elementary School students fared the worst, with only 22% 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
Putnam Central School	33%	22%	47
Greenwich Junior-Senior High School	34%	21%	429
Fort Ann Middle/High School	37%	12%	227
Salem High School	35%	13%	247
Greenwich Elementary School	33%	11%	466
Argyle Junior/Senior High School	30%	11%	229
Fort Ann Elementary School	33%	7%	231
Cambridge Elementary School	29%	9%	417
Cambridge Junior-Senior High School	27%	9%	392
Hudson Falls Middle School	29%	6%	498
Floyd Harwood Elementary School	31%	3%	151
Hudson Falls Intermediate School	28%	6%	316
Granville Junior-Senior High School	26%	7%	497
Argyle Elementary School	26%	6%	264
Salem Elementary School	25%	7%	311
Hudson Falls Primary School	24%	7%	429
Hartford Middle/High School	24%	6%	237
Whitehall Junior-Senior High School	25%	5%	319
Fort Edward School	26%	3%	383
Granville Elementary School	20%	9%	202
Mary J. Tanner Primary School	24%	2%	312
Whitehall Elementary School	17%	5%	353