ACT Rochester

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Education

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Source: New York State Education Department

What does this measure?

The percent of students tested who met or exceeded the state standard on the NYS Grade 3 English exam. Student performance is scored from level 1 to 4. The state standard for passing is met by scoring at level 3 or 4.

Why is this important?

Early reading skills are critical to a successful school experience and a productive work life.

How is our region performing?

In 2022, 37% of third-graders in our region met or exceeded the state standard in English Language Arts, below the statewide rate of 46%, and down from 44% in 2019. Passing rates were lower in 2022 than 2019 in every county and almost every district. Due to the COVID pandemic, no results are available for 2020 or 2021.

Among counties, the highest passing rate in 2022 was in Genesee and Orleans, both at 41%. Monroe and Wyoming counties (both at 38%) had the 2nd highest passing rate followed by Livingston County (37%) and Ontario County (35%). The county with the lowest rate was Seneca at 26%.

In Rochester, 11% of students attending traditional public schools passed the exam, below the passing rate for charter school students of 29%. The City of Geneva also had a lower passing rate at 19%.

In our region in 2022, 10% of 3rd-8th graders in the region opted not to take the English exam. The rate of opting out varies among districts: In 2022, Spencerport School District had the highest opt-out rate, at 29%, while the Rochester City School District and Wheatland-Chili Central School District had the lowest rate, both at 2%.

Notes about the data

Changes in the state's testing program over the last decade impact the comparability of test results year to year; therefore, we do not compare results going back before 2018, when the last major revision took place.

Data for this indicator are expected to be released in the third quarter.

Student Performance on Grade 3 English

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2022
NYS	31%	32%	31%	42%	43%	51%	52%	46%
NYS (excluding NYC)	33%	32%	31%	42%	41%	49%	49%	43%
Region	29%	31%	29%	37%	37%	43%	44%	37%
Monroe	31%	32%	30%	37%	38%	44%	45%	38%
Surrounding Counties	27%	29%	27%	37%	35%	41%	43%	35%
Genesee	28%	34%	27%	41%	36%	48%	46%	41%
Livingston	22%	28%	31%	34%	35%	41%	48%	37%
Ontario	31%	32%	31%	42%	39%	41%	44%	35%
Orleans	26%	27%	21%	31%	36%	42%	47%	41%
Seneca	28%	26%	24%	37%	25%	32%	35%	26%
Wayne	26%	25%	24%	34%	35%	37%	37%	30%
Wyoming	26%	38%	23%	41%	35%	43%	41%	38%
Yates	25%	15%	20%	30%	28%	45%	35%	31%
Monroe County School Districts
Rochester School District	6%	5%	7%	8%	10%	17%	18%	11%
Rochester Charter Schools	25%	29%	30%	43%	50%	50%	50%	29%
Brighton Central School District	56%	60%	54%	68%	64%	64%	62%	49%
Brockport Central School District	32%	35%	35%	38%	44%	56%	53%	45%
Churchville-Chili Central School District	38%	32%	41%	49%	42%	54%	50%	40%
East Irondequoit Central School District	29%	22%	24%	26%	26%	34%	40%	21%
East Rochester Union Free School District,	42%	34%	53%	40%	49%	35%	43%	47%
Fairport Central School District	42%	37%	41%	50%	47%	53%	54%	49%
Gates-Chili Central School District	27%	32%	26%	38%	35%	47%	37%	24%
Greece Central School District	35%	39%	35%	37%	44%	46%	40%	32%
Hilton Central School District	40%	42%	35%	50%	40%	58%	58%	48%
Honeoye Falls-Lima Central School District	42%	43%	48%	59%	57%	70%	64%	74%
West Irondequoit Central School District	51%	49%	54%	67%	54%	69%	67%	65%
Penfield Central School District	58%	55%	52%	68%	68%	72%	74%	70%
Pittsford Central School District	57%	62%	62%	81%	72%	77%	85%	75%
Rush-Henrietta Central School District	35%	39%	38%	54%	56%	62%	57%	53%
Spencerport Central School District	43%	48%	40%	59%	52%	50%	49%	30%
Webster Central School District	40%	46%	43%	46%	52%	55%	58%	49%
Wheatland-Chili Central School District	33%	39%	30%	51%	22%	27%	21%	44%
Regional City School Districts
Batavia School District	22%	23%	24%	42%	38%	46%	40%	47%
Canandaigua School District	32%	34%	34%	47%	45%	44%	46%	35%
Geneva School District	20%	16%	14%	22%	19%	20%	24%	19%

Source: New York State Education Department
Notes: Data shows students passing at level 3 or higher. Data is not reported for groups of less than 6 students.

Number of Students Passing Grade 3 English

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2022
NYS	61,240	60,082	51,912	71,367	73,928	87,427	89,961	72,780
NYS (excluding NYC)	39,200	36,359	27,834	37,755	38,975	46,446	47,886	41,263
Region	3,599	3,760	2,868	4,010	4,058	4,899	4,961	3,953
Monroe	2,372	2,454	1,877	2,501	2,604	3,152	3,252	2,611
Surrounding Counties	1,227	1,306	991	1,509	1,454	1,747	1,709	1,342
Genesee	169	210	137	236	203	284	268	209
Livingston	124	168	141	173	182	206	250	165
Ontario	354	371	298	436	408	435	451	343
Orleans	111	106	71	109	124	157	168	165
Seneca	82	76	52	88	66	90	100	66
Wayne	274	244	212	316	347	370	324	268
Wyoming	80	111	60	113	86	125	106	91
Yates	33	20	20	38	38	80	42	35
Monroe County School Districts
Rochester School District	124	119	138	177	214	355	360	179
Rochester Charter Schools	52	73	71	125	196	219	206	139
Brighton Central School District	138	174	135	157	155	152	151	100
Brockport Central School District	78	85	60	80	75	111	113	89
Churchville-Chili Central School District	105	96	87	124	106	138	138	107
East Irondequoit Central School District	53	48	42	47	51	76	92	38
East Rochester Union Free School District,	30	26	25	14	24	19	25	29
Fairport Central School District	172	151	70	129	133	162	195	179
Gates-Chili Central School District	84	87	61	93	87	114	95	53
Greece Central School District	263	292	224	215	216	275	290	209
Hilton Central School District	145	128	72	118	97	144	147	136
Honeoye Falls-Lima Central School District	71	66	59	65	81	78	86	99
West Irondequoit Central School District	127	123	87	145	123	160	158	180
Penfield Central School District	171	180	136	181	199	228	245	197
Pittsford Central School District	254	244	220	283	263	288	299	299
Rush-Henrietta Central School District	130	164	126	203	203	241	225	190
Spencerport Central School District	108	112	67	98	117	108	106	68
Webster Central School District	249	273	181	224	251	271	310	253
Wheatland-Chili Central School District	17	13	16	23	13	13	11	20
Regional City School Districts
Batavia School District	42	39	37	72	58	85	66	72
Canandaigua School District	82	89	80	105	112	97	105	67
Geneva School District	30	25	19	33	26	28	35	30

Source: New York State Education Department
Notes: Data shows students passing at level 3 or higher. Data is not reported for groups of less than 6 students.

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