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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 Math exam. Student performance is scored from level 1 to 4. The state standard is met by scoring at level 3 or 4 and is considered passing.

Why is this important?

Early development of mathematics concepts provides the basis for mastery of problem solving and computation skills.

How is our region performing?

In 2022, 40% of third-graders in our region passed the math exam (met or exceeded state standards), lower than the statewide rate of 48% and down from 49% in 2019. Rates were highest in Genesee County (43%) and lowest in Seneca County (31%). In Rochester, the 2022 passing rate for students attending traditional public schools was just 14%, and 28% for Rochester charter school students. 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.

In our region in 2022, 11% of 3rd-8th graders in the region opted not to take the math exam. Opt-out rates varied by district: In 2022, Spencerport School District had the highest opt-out rate, at 31%, while the Rochester City School District had the lowest rate 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 Math

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2022
NYS	34%	42%	42%	44%	48%	54%	55%	48%
NYS (excluding NYC)	34%	44%	44%	45%	48%	52%	53%	46%
Region	33%	44%	44%	43%	46%	48%	49%	40%
Monroe	33%	44%	43%	42%	46%	48%	49%	41%
Surrounding Counties	33%	45%	45%	46%	47%	49%	48%	38%
Genesee	35%	51%	48%	55%	51%	54%	53%	43%
Livingston	37%	49%	46%	41%	49%	49%	52%	41%
Ontario	37%	45%	47%	49%	49%	51%	51%	37%
Orleans	25%	39%	34%	31%	38%	49%	50%	42%
Seneca	25%	47%	43%	53%	47%	51%	42%	31%
Wayne	32%	40%	44%	40%	44%	42%	41%	35%
Wyoming	38%	59%	50%	57%	52%	60%	56%	38%
Yates	19%	23%	35%	40%	39%	42%	38%	34%
Monroe County School Districts
Rochester School District	6%	10%	13%	11%	14%	18%	22%	14%
Rochester Charter Schools	34%	47%	50%	56%	62%	57%	57%	28%
Brighton Central School District	59%	66%	74%	69%	65%	70%	73%	55%
Brockport Central School District	41%	55%	51%	49%	50%	62%	55%	46%
Churchville-Chili Central School District	36%	47%	47%	48%	57%	63%	56%	44%
East Irondequoit Central School District	36%	30%	28%	22%	43%	41%	51%	27%
East Rochester Union Free School District,	43%	45%	54%	44%	64%	60%	51%	50%
Fairport Central School District	41%	56%	56%	57%	61%	63%	60%	49%
Gates-Chili Central School District	25%	44%	48%	47%	44%	41%	39%	32%
Greece Central School District	40%	53%	50%	49%	53%	48%	43%	33%
Hilton Central School District	39%	56%	58%	51%	52%	54%	59%	52%
Honeoye Falls-Lima Central School District	36%	47%	67%	60%	62%	73%	70%	73%
West Irondequoit Central School District	43%	56%	63%	66%	63%	70%	65%	61%
Penfield Central School District	74%	80%	74%	69%	76%	75%	78%	77%
Pittsford Central School District	65%	79%	75%	82%	84%	79%	85%	78%
Rush-Henrietta Central School District	43%	64%	62%	57%	67%	75%	71%	62%
Spencerport Central School District	52%	68%	63%	64%	59%	58%	56%	47%
Webster Central School District	46%	60%	58%	54%	56%	58%	57%	55%
Wheatland-Chili Central School District	29%	39%	40%	47%	35%	24%	23%	42%
Regional City School Districts
Batavia School District	25%	42%	45%	57%	57%	55%	50%	51%
Canandaigua School District	43%	49%	52%	51%	50%	52%	49%	36%
Geneva School District	16%	26%	30%	19%	18%	26%	23%	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 Math

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2022
NYS	67,723	80,379	69,949	75,190	83,967	93,945	94,897	75,826
NYS (excluding NYC)	41,053	48,814	38,240	40,245	45,109	50,361	51,808	43,407
Region	4,107	5,414	4,291	4,562	5,038	5,541	5,553	4,296
Monroe	2,592	3,414	2,652	2,750	3,111	3,448	3,577	2,842
Surrounding Counties	1,515	2,000	1,639	1,812	1,927	2,093	1,976	1,454
Genesee	208	315	250	308	292	319	309	218
Livingston	209	294	210	205	253	246	273	187
Ontario	427	519	443	507	514	529	522	370
Orleans	106	148	108	108	131	186	186	165
Seneca	73	134	89	123	121	139	119	79
Wayne	347	391	379	355	438	424	378	307
Wyoming	119	168	127	156	127	175	143	91
Yates	26	31	33	50	51	75	46	37
Monroe County School Districts
Rochester School District	127	225	265	245	288	397	444	217
Rochester Charter Schools	71	118	119	159	244	247	245	131
Brighton Central School District	147	193	183	160	159	169	184	114
Brockport Central School District	102	135	90	98	82	124	115	92
Churchville-Chili Central School District	100	138	94	122	140	167	155	114
East Irondequoit Central School District	66	64	47	39	80	93	112	48
East Rochester Union Free School District,	31	35	26	15	32	30	32	31
Fairport Central School District	170	224	94	145	168	190	214	178
Gates-Chili Central School District	77	121	111	116	108	99	100	69
Greece Central School District	301	404	309	278	265	292	306	221
Hilton Central School District	139	174	116	119	125	134	148	147
Honeoye Falls-Lima Central School District	61	73	76	61	87	83	97	96
West Irondequoit Central School District	107	140	99	141	142	164	153	165
Penfield Central School District	219	259	190	179	224	239	256	219
Pittsford Central School District	287	314	267	280	307	299	299	312
Rush-Henrietta Central School District	159	269	206	218	242	293	277	227
Spencerport Central School District	130	157	103	98	133	125	119	106
Webster Central School District	282	358	236	257	266	292	309	292
Wheatland-Chili Central School District	15	13	21	20	19	11	12	19
Regional City School Districts
Batavia School District	47	71	70	97	89	103	81	78
Canandaigua School District	109	127	123	115	124	112	112	71
Geneva School District	24	40	38	29	26	36	35	29

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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