Cooperstown District Ranks among State Leaders in ELA Growth
COOPERSTOWN—Students at Cooperstown Central School District are outperforming state benchmarks, officials announced this week. Proficiency levels on English language arts assessment tests rose by 15 percentage points during the 2024-25 school year, reflecting steady growth and ongoing improvement across grade levels.
According to data released by the New York State Education Department, 77 percent of students in the district were proficient on last year’s ELA tests, the highest percentage among all Otsego County school districts. That far surpasses the state average of 53 percent, officials said in a press release issued on Tuesday, March 31.
The increase of 15 percentage points from the previous year at Cooperstown Central School District also marked the greatest rise among school districts in Otsego County and more than doubled the statewide average increase of 7 percentage points in ELA proficiency.
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