Leicester’s public schools score below 78% of New York districts
The public schools Leicester’s kids attend trail 78% of New York’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
What Leicester’s schools are like
Less money per student than most
Leicester spends 16% less per student than the state average. Test scores ↓
The gap is biggest in math
Reading proficiency is 55%, 7 points below the state. Math is 41%, 15 points below the state. Test scores ↓
Leicester shares its schools with neighboring towns
Every school on Leicester’s path is shared: York Central Elementary School and York Middle/High School. See the path ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
How Leicester compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on New York’s state tests against the state average. 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.
- 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 Leicester.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Well below the state in reading
Every school in Leicester
0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Leicester families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Leicester
There’s no college in Leicester, but 11 are within 30 miles. The closest is SUNY College at Geneseo in Geneseo, 4.2 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Leicester. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS. 1 more within 30 miles.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results, graded within New York. Stars are from neighbors.