Schools · Harford

Harford, NY schools

Harford’s public schools score well below New York’s averages: 53% of students are proficient in reading against 62.4% statewide, and 82% of high schoolers graduate on time against 83.5%. Kids attend one of 4 schools through grade 6, then MARATHON HIGH SCHOOL or DRYDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL and DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL or MARATHON HIGH SCHOOL.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

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Harford’s School Grade: C-

The public schools Harford’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 76% of New York’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

C-Test scoresC-Graduation

New York school districts we grade (781)Better than 24%

Lower resultsHigher results

New York towns with similar household incomes (1,177)Better than 30%

Towns in Cortland County (15)Better than 7%

High confidence. Built on 765 tested students and a graduating class of 133; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on New York’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of New York only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in New York with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why 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.

School path

Where Harford kids go to school

Grades PK–6

4 schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Dryden Central School District

Grades 7–12

CMARATHON HIGH SCHOOL or C-DRYDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL Depends on your address Marathon Central School District

Grades 12

A+DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL or CMARATHON HIGH SCHOOL Depends on your address Dryden Central School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Dryden Central)53%

State average 62.4%

Reading (grades 7–12, Marathon Central)51%

State average 62.4%

Math (grades PK–12, Dryden Central)38%

State average 55.9%

Math (grades 7–12, Marathon Central)42%

State average 55.9%

Graduation · class of 2020

82% graduate on time

Graduation rate

82%

NY: 83.5%

Graduating class

133

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

Two districts serve Harford

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Dryden Central School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 5 schools · 1,304 students

$32,055 per studentNY $34,607C-🏫

Marathon Central School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 673 students

$27,143 per studentNY $34,607C

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

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