Summary:
The city of Canastota, New York is home to 4 schools serving students from elementary through high school, including 2 elementary schools, 1 middle school, and 1 high school. Based on the available data, Canastota High School stands out as the strongest performing school in the district, consistently ranking in the top 50% of New York high schools and earning a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school boasts strong performance on Regents exams, with over 90% proficiency in several subjects, and a relatively high graduation rate of 84.3%, though the dropout rate is a bit higher at 4.9%. However, the school also struggles with a high chronic absenteeism rate of 34.1%.
The middle school, Roberts Street Middle School, performs well on 6th grade math assessments, with proficiency rates exceeding the district and state averages, but struggles more on English Language Arts assessments, with proficiency rates below the district and state averages across grades 4-6. The elementary schools, South Side Elementary School and Peterboro Street Elementary School, show more mixed performance, with strengths and weaknesses in different subject areas.
Across the Canastota Central School District, there is significant variation in spending per student, ranging from $16,508 at South Side Elementary to $23,949 at Peterboro Street Elementary. Additionally, the district as a whole has high free/reduced lunch rates, indicating a relatively high level of economic disadvantage among the student population, which could be a contributing factor to the academic challenges observed.
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