ALBANY—The Business Council today published a new “School
Honor Roll” listing 226 elementary schools and 16 middle schools
across New York State that improved the most on the state’s standardized
tests between 1999 and 2003.
Schools that improved their average scores by at least 20 percent in both math and English Language Arts (ELA) tests on both the fourth and eighth grades made the honor roll.
“As students and teachers return to school this month, they must remember that better learning and teaching are doable, and this School Honor Roll proves it,” said Business Council President Daniel B. Walsh. “New York’s most improved schools are in all parts of the state, come from communities with widely varying levels of wealth, and show widely varying levels of spending per pupil.”
To produce the honor roll, The Public Policy Institute, the research affiliate of The Business Council, analyzed data from the state Education Department (SED) on the performance of all schools in the state on fourth-grade and eighth-grade tests in both English Language Arts (ELA) and mathematics in 1999 and again in 2003.
On those tests, students’ results are rated at four levels of proficiency, with 4 denoting the highest level of achievement. A rating of 3 is considered meeting the state’s standards; a grade of 4 is considered exceeding them.
To make The Council’s School Honor Roll, both elementary and middle schools had to show at least a 20 percent improvement in the percentage of students who scored at level 3 or 4 on both the ELA and math tests between 1999 and 2003.
Of the elementary schools on the School Honor Roll:
- 39 are considered high-need urban suburban schools.
- 15 are considered high-need rural schools.
- 27 are large-city schools outside of New York City.
- 98 are in New York City.
- 43 are considered average-need schools.
- Four are considered low-need schools.
The Business Council each year uses these same test-results data to award the Pathfinder Award. The Council gives this award each year to about two dozen schools in 12 regions around the state. Winners are those schools that show the most improvement from one year to the next on students’ standardized tests scores. Many of the schools on the School Honor Roll are previous winners of the Pathfinder Award.
The new School Honor Roll continues The Council’s tradition of applauding schools that best meet the challenge to improve, Walsh said.
Elementary schools on The Council’s School Honor Roll are:
Albany County: Albany City School District:
Arbor Hill Elementary School. South Colonie Central School District:
Roessleville School; Veeder Elementary School.
Cattaragus County: Randolph Central School District:
G.N. Chapman Elementary School.
Chautauqua County: Ripley Central School District:
Ripley Central School. Jamestown City School District: Clinton
V. Bush Elementary School.
Delaware County: Roxbury Central School District:
Roxbury Central School. Charlotte Valley Central School District:
Charlotte Valley School.
Dutchess County: Poughkeepsie City Schools:
Governor George Clinton School; Columbus School. Beacon City School
District: J.V. Forrestal Elementary School.
Erie County: Buffalo City Schools: P.S. 69 (Houghton
Academy); P.S. 68; P.S. 28 (Triangle Academy). Evans-Brant Central
School District: A.J. Schmidt Elementary School. Depew Union
Free School District: Cayuga Heights Elementary School.
Essex County: Lake Placid Central School District:
Lake Placid Elementary School.
Franklin County: Salmon River Central School District:
St. Regis Mohawk School.
Fulton County: Mayfield Central School District:
Mayfield Elementary School.
Genesee County: Pavilion Central School District:
D.B. Bunce Elementary School. Elba Central School District: Elba
Elementary School.
Herkimer County: Frankfort-Schuyler Central School
District: Reese Road Elementary School.
Jefferson County: Belleville Henderson Central School
District: Belleville Henderson Central School. Carthage Central
School District: Carthage Elementary School.
Madison County: Brookfield Central School District:
Brookfield Central School. Morrisville Eaton Central School District:
Edward R. Andrews Elementary School.
Monroe County: Rochester City Schools: School
14 (Children’s School of Rochester); School 33 (Audubon School);
School 1 (Martin B. Anderson School); School 50 (Helen Barrett Montgomery
School); School 54 (Flower City Community School); School 7 (Virgil Grissom
School); School 3 (Nathaniel Rochester K-5 School); School 44 (Lincoln
Park School). Hilton Central School District: Quest Elementary
School. East Irondequoit Central School District: Durand Eastman
Elementary School; Laurelton-Pardee Intermediate School. Rush Henrietta
Central School District: Emma E. Sherman Elementary School.
Montgomery County: Canajoharie Central School District:
East Hill School.
Nassau County: Freeport Union Free School District:
Archer Street School; Bayview Avenue School; Leo F. Giblyn School. Hempstead
Union Free School District: Ludlum School; Fulton School; Franklin
School; Jackson Main Elementary School; Marguerite Golden Rhodes School.
Elmont Union Free School District: Dutch Broadway School; Gotham
Avenue School. Uniondale Union Free School District: Northern
Parkway School; Smith Street School; California Avenue School; Walnut
Street School, Valley Stream 13 Union Free School District: Willow
Road School. Westbury Union Free School District: Powells Lane
School; Drexel Avenue School. North Bellmore Union Free School District:
Jacob Gunther Elementary School. Valley Stream 24 Union Free School
District: Robert W. Carbonaro School. Malverne Union Free School
District: Maurice W. Downing School.
Manhattan: District 1: PS 34 (Franklin D. Roosevelt
School); PS 20 (Anna Silver School). District 2: PS/IS 126 (Jacob
Riis School); PS 198 (Isador & Ida Straus School) PS 1(Alfred E. Smith
School). District 3: PS 166 (Manhattan School for the Arts).
District 5: PS 133 (Fred R. Moore School) PS 46 (Tappan School).
Bronx: District 9: PS 204 (Morris Heights School;
PS 35 (Franz Siegel School); PS 109 (Sedgwick School). District 10:
PS 32 (Belmont School); PS 24 (Spuyten Duyvil School). District 11:
PS 175 (City Island); PS 76 (Bannington School); PS 87; PS 41 (Gun Hill
Road School); PS 105 (Senator Abraham Bernstein School). District
12: PS 211; PS 47 (John Randolph School); PS 92; PS 61.
Brooklyn: District 13: PS 270 (Dekalb School);
PS 44 (Israel Putnam School); PS 56 (Lewis Latimer School); PS 46 (Edward
C. Blum School); PS 9 (Teunis G. Bergen School). District 14:
PS 23 (Carter G. Woodson School); PS 196 (The Ten Eyck School); PS 16
(Leonard Dunkly School); PS 257 (John F. Hylan School); PS 380 (John Wayne
School); PS 147 (Issac Remsen School); PS 34 (Oliver H. Perry School);
PS 18 (Edward Bush School). District 15: PS 38 (The Pacific School);
PS 107 (John W. Kimball School). District 16: PS 26 (Jesse Owens
School). District 17: PS 22; PS 91 (Albany Avenue School); PS
138; PS 398 (Walter Weaver School); PS 167 (Parkway School). District
19: PS 108 (Sal Abbracciamento School); PS 345 (Patrolman R. Bolden
School). District 20: PS 112 (Lefferts Park School). District
21: PS 153 (Homecrest School of Music). District 22: PS
245; PS 139 (Alexine A. Fenty School); PS 251 (Paederagat School). District
23: PS 150 (Christopher School); PS/IS 298 (Dr. Betty Shabazz School);
PS 178 (St. Clair Mckelway School); PS 184 (Newport Street School). District
32: PS 384 (Frances Carter School); PS 123 (Suydam School).
Queens: District 24: PS 87 (Middle Village School);
PS 68 (The Cambridge School); PS 49 (Dorothy Bonawit Kole School); PS
153; PS 19 (Marino P. Jeantet School); PS 13 (Clement C. Moore School);
PS 14 (Fairview School); PS 7 (Louis Simeone School). District 25:
PS 154; PS 201 (Kissena School); PS 22 (Thomas Jefferson School); PS 165
(Edith K. Bergtraum); PS 21 (Edward Hart School). District 27:
PS 60 (Woodhaven School); PS 124; PS 118 (Lorraine Hansberry School);
PS 106; PS 63 (Old South School). District 28: PS 82 (The Hammond
School); PS 80 (Thurgood Marshall School); PS 50 (Talfourd Lawn School);
PS 99 (Kew Gardens School); PS 121; PS 86; PS 117 (The Briarwood School);
PS 54 (Hillside School); PS 219 (Paul Klapper School). District 29:
PS 181 (Brookfield School); PS 36 (St. Albans School); PS 132 (Ralph Bunche
School); PS 131 (Abigail Adams School); PS 195 (William Haberle School);
PS 38 (Rosedale School). District 30: PS 149 (Christa Mcauliffe
School); PS 166 (Henry Gradstein School).
Staten Island: District 31: PS 41 (William G.
Wilcox School); PS 26 (Carteret School); PS 19 (Curtis School); PS 45
(John Tyler School); PS 55 (Henry M. Boehm School); PS 30 (The Westerleigh
School); PS 29 (Bardwell School).
Niagara County: Niagara Falls City School District:
Geraldine J. Mann School; Seventy Ninth Street School; Hyde Park School;
Maple Avenue School. Royalton-Hartland Central School District:
Gasport Elementary School.
Oneida County: Utica City School District: Thomas
Jefferson Elementary School; John F. Hughes Elementary School; General
Herkimer Elementary School. Rome City School District: Bellamy
School.
Onondaga County: Syracuse City School District:
Blodgett Elementary School; Delaware Elementary School; Danforth Magnet
Elementary School; Dr. Edwin E. Weeks Elementary School; Webster Elementary
School.
Ontario County: Manchester-Shortsville Central School
District: Red Jacket Elementary School.
Orange County: Newburgh City School District:
Meadow Hill Global Explorations Magnet School; Vails Gate High Tech Magnet
School. Valley Central School District: Maybrook Elementary School.
Port Jervis Central School District: N.A. Hamilton Bicentenial
School.
Oswego County: Fulton City School District:
J.E. Lanigan School.
Otsego County: Oneonta City School District:
CTR Street Elementary School.
Rockland County: East Ramapo Central School District:
Hillcrest Elementary School; Lime Kiln Elementary School. Haverstraw-Stony
Point Central School District: West Haverstraw Elementary School.
St. Lawrence County: Gouverneur Central School District:
West Side Elementary School; East Side Elementary School.
Schenectady County: Schalmont-Rotterdam Central School
District: Jefferson Elementary School.
Steuben County: Corning City School District:
Hugh W. Gregg Elementary School.
Suffolk County: Brentwood Union Free School District:
North Elementary School; Northeast Elementary School; Loretta Park Elementary
School; Laurel Park Elementary School; Oak Park Elementary School. Amagansett
Union Free School District: Amagansett School. Longwood Central
School District: C.E. Walters School.
Sullivan County: Liberty Central School District:
Liberty Elementary School.
Tioga County: Waverly Central School District:
Lincoln Street Elementary School; Chemung Elementary School.
Tompkins County: Ithaca City School District:
Beverly J. Martin Elementary School.
Ulster County: Kingston City School District:
Frank L. Meagher School.
Warren County: Lake George Central School District:
Lake George Elementary School. Johnsburg Central School District:
Johnsburg Central School.
Washington County: Fort Ann Central School District:
Fort Ann Central School. Granville Central School District: Granville
Elementary School.
Wayne County: Palmyra-Macedon Central School District:
Macedon Elementary School.
Westchester County: Mt. Vernon Central School District:
Holmes School; Edward Williams School; Cecil H. Parker School; Hamilton
School; Longfellow School; Nellie A. Thorton School; Lincoln School; Graham
School; Pennington-Grime School. Port Chester-Rye Union Free School
District: Thomas A. Edison School; John F. Kennedy Magnet School.
Yonkers City School District: Paideia School 24; School 30; Casimir
Pulaski School; School 11 Montessori School; School 22; Foxfire School;
Montessori School 31; Paideia School 15; Robert C. Dodson School; Family
School 32; School 14. New Rochelle City Schools: Jefferson Elementary
School. Elmsford Union Free School District: Alice E. Grady Elementary
School.
Middle Schools or schools with 8th grade
Allegany County: Andover Central School District:
Andover School. Belfast Central School District: Belfast School.
Franklin County: Chateaugay Central School District:
Chateaugay High School.
Nassau County: Westbury Union Free School District:
Westbury Middle School. Uniondale Union Free School District:
Turtle Hook Junior High School. Island Trees Union Free School District:
Island Trees Middle School.
Manhattan: District 78: Professional Performing
Arts High School. Community School District 2: School-Future.
Brooklyn: District 14: IS 318 (E.M. Dehostos
School). District 15: MS 51 (W. Alexander Middle School). District
17: M S 340 (North Star Academy); PS 189 (Lincoln Terrace School).
Oneida County: Utica City School District: John
F. Kennedy Middle School.
Otsego County: Milford Central School District:
Milford Central School.
Saratoga County: Schuylerville Central School District:
Schuylerville Junior Senior High School.
Westchester County: Port Chester-Rye Union Free School
District: Port Chester Middle School.
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