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Potsdam, Canton schools ranked tops in three-county region; Clifton-Fine, Parishville-Hopkinton rated well

Posted 6/18/16

Potsdam and Canton schools are ranked 58th and 59th, the highest in St. Lawrence County, in a survey of all 431 upstate districts. Potsdam and Canton were first and second in the entire three-county …

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Potsdam, Canton schools ranked tops in three-county region; Clifton-Fine, Parishville-Hopkinton rated well

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Potsdam and Canton schools are ranked 58th and 59th, the highest in St. Lawrence County, in a survey of all 431 upstate districts.

Potsdam and Canton were first and second in the entire three-county area covering St. Lawrence, Lewis and Jefferson counties.

Business First’s Schools Guide 2016 includes all 431 districts in the 48 upstate counties that have enrollment of at least 200 students, which includes all the public school districts in St. Lawrence County.

In the survey:

• Clifton-Fine Central came in at 117th

• Parishville-Hopkinton at 131st

• Colton-Pierrepont at 152nd

• Ogdensburg schools at 154th

• Madrid-Waddington at 200th

• Lisbon at 220th

• Massena at 239th

• Norwood-Norfolk at 268th

• Heuvelton at 300th

• Edwards-Knox at 337th

• Hammond at 343rd

• Hermon-DeKalb at 350th

• Morristown at 361st

• Gouverneur at 371st

• Brasher Falls at 400th

The overall rankings are supplemented by separate ratings of all Watertown Area school districts in four core subjects. The regional leaders are Canton in English and Parishville-Hopkinton in math, while the region's overall academic leader, Potsdam, is second in English, second in math, third in science, and sixth in social studies.

The survey also made note of ratings in specialized categories, including an Achievement Index, in which Ogdensburg was singled out as scoring highest among upstate school districts “that manage to post strong academic records, even though a sizable number of their students live in poverty.”

“Each district's rank reflects the collective performance of its elementary, middle and high schools from 2012 to 2015, the most recent four-year period for which comprehensive statistics are available,” Bizjournals notes. The rating formula has “224 components, ranging from English and math tests for third graders up to the full complement of Regents exams for high schoolers.”

The web site’s story can be found at http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2016/06/17/upstatedist1.html