One school district in Onondaga County was among the top 30 in New York for proficiency levels on the latest round of statewide assessments in math and English language arts.

The Fayetteville-Manlius School District tied for No. 26 statewide for math and tied for No. 30 statewide for ELA. A total of 84% of the district’s students tested proficient in math and 78% were proficient in ELA.

Those were the highest proficiency levels of any district in Onondaga County.

The state Department of Education released the latest math and ELA assessment scores for students in grades three through eight in December. The new batch of scores is from the 2024-2025 school year.

Syracuse.com | The Post-Standard analyzed the data and ranked every district in New York based on the combined scores for math and ELA tests across all grades.

Statewide, the Quogue Union Free School District in Suffolk County on Long Island was No. 1 for ELA with 94% proficiency. Briarcliff Manor in Westchester County, North Shore in Nassau County and Quogue tied for No. 1 in math at 94%.

Across all of New York, 57% of students tested proficient in math last year, up 3 percentage points from the prior year. A total of 53% of students were proficient in ELA, up 7 percentage points.

Students are considered proficient if they score at level three or higher on the assessment tests.

The high rankings for suburban schools are not a surprise. Those districts tend to enjoy advantages that urban schools don’t, including more money and newer buildings and equipment.

Many students in urban districts live in poverty or have difficult home lives. Those factors bring additional challenges to learning during the school day and ultimately show up in measures of achievement like test scores and graduation rates.

Statewide assessment testing has been controversial at times. Parents and teachers have long questioned how effective the scores are and whether the problems they can cause for some districts are really worth it.

You can see details on the latest math and ELA rankings for New York school districts in the table below. If you can’t see the table, click here to open it in a new window.

You can search by entering a complete or partial district name in the search box or a county name. You can also click on the column headers to sort the table as you like.

Only districts with data reported by the state are included in the table.