Port Byron Central School District

The Port Byron Central School District in New York serves students from elementary through high school, with two schools in the district: A.A. Gates Elementary School and Port Byron Senior High School. While the high school performs better than the elementary school on most academic measures, both schools rank in the bottom half of their respective categories in New York, suggesting room for improvement across the district.

A.A. Gates Elementary School underperforms the state average on most 3rd-6th grade ELA and math assessments, with proficiency rates ranging from 25-50%. However, the school does perform slightly better on 5th and 6th grade ELA assessments, with proficiency rates around 50%. The school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 13:1 but spends less per student than the state average.

In contrast, Port Byron Senior High School performs better than the elementary school on most 7th-8th grade ELA and math assessments, with proficiency rates ranging from 39-60%. The high school also excels on Regents exams, with proficiency rates above 60% in many subjects. However, the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 34.1% and a 4-year graduation rate of 84.3%, which is slightly below the state average.