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Schools in South Cairo · Cairo-Durham Central School District

South Cairo’s public schools score below 80% of New York districts

The public schools South Cairo’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 80% of New York’s districts on state tests and graduation.

Reading proficiency
48%
▼ 14 pts vs NY 62%
2020–21
Math proficiency
41%
▼ 15 pts vs NY 56%
2020–21
Graduate on time
82%
▼ 2 pts vs NY 84%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$29.8K
▼ 14% vs NY $34.6K
FY2024
Schools
0
The School Grade

How South Cairo compares

C− Test scoresC− Graduation
New York school districts we grade (781)Better than 20%
Lower resultsHigher results
Good confidence. Built on 385 tested students and a graduating class of 104; 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 South Cairo.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Cairo-Durham Elementary Schoolin Cairo
6–8Cairo-Durham Middle Schoolin Cairo
9–12Cairo-Durham High Schoolin Cairo

Parts of South Cairo are served by Catskill Central School District.

The district

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

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading48%
State average 62.4%
Math41%
State average 55.9%

South Cairo vs. its neighbors

South Cairo’s schools rank 3rd of 3 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among New York districts.

Every school in South Cairo

0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.

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Colleges near South Cairo

There’s no college in South Cairo, but 11 are within 30 miles. The closest is Columbia-Greene Community College in Greenport, 7.9 miles away.

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Straight-line distance from the center of South Cairo. 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 and graduation rates, graded within New York. Stars are from neighbors.

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