Schools in Fort Drum · Indian River Central School District, Carthage Central School District
Fort Drum’s public schools score below 74% of New York districts
The public schools Fort Drum’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 74% of New York’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
41%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
50%
▼ 12 pts vs NY 62%
2020–21
Math proficiency
33%
▼ 23 pts vs NY 56%
2020–21
Graduate on time
89%
▲ 6 pts vs NY 84%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$27.0K
▼ 22% vs NY $34.6K
FY2024
Schools
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The School Grade
How Fort Drum compares
D Test scoresB− Graduation
New York school districts we grade (781)Better than 26%
Lower resultsHigher results
New York towns with similar household incomes (934)Better than 41%
High confidence. Built on 2,647 tested students and a graduating class of 213; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on New York’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of New York only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Fort Drum (some depend on your address).
8 schools teach Pre-K in Fort Drum’s district. Which one depends on your address: Black River School, Calcium Primary School, Carthage Elementary School and West Carthage Elementary School and more.
8 schools teach K in Fort Drum’s district. Which one depends on your address: Black River School, Calcium Primary School, Carthage Elementary School and West Carthage Elementary School and more.
8 schools teach 1st grade in Fort Drum’s district. Which one depends on your address: Black River School, Calcium Primary School, Carthage Elementary School and West Carthage Elementary School and more.
8 schools teach 2nd grade in Fort Drum’s district. Which one depends on your address: Black River School, Calcium Primary School, Carthage Elementary School and West Carthage Elementary School and more.
8 schools teach 3rd grade in Fort Drum’s district. Which one depends on your address: Black River School, Calcium Primary School, Carthage Elementary School and West Carthage Elementary School and more.
4 schools teach 4th grade in Fort Drum’s district. Which one depends on your address: Black River School, Indian River Intermediate School, Carthage Elementary School and West Carthage Elementary School.
Straight-line distance from the center of Fort Drum. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within New York. Stars are from neighbors.