City Releases State English, Math Test Results for District 2

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday touted a citywide rise in test scores on state exams for students in third grade through eighth grade. The test scores substantially increased from last year to this year for all grades 3-8 in District 2, which spans almost all of downtown and midtown Manhattan, as well as the Upper East Side.

The percentage of students who scored Level 3 or 4, the highest performing, in math jumped from 59 percent to 66.4 percent from last year to this year. The percentage of students who got a 3 or 4 in English increased from 67.6 percent last year to 68.6 percent this year.

District 2 is part of a citywide increase in state test scores among New York City's 32 school districts across all five boroughs, a press release from Mayor de Blasio said Monday.

The city released state test results broken down by gender, ethnicity and whether the student is eligible for free lunch. When the numbers are broken down by students' ethnicity, the data shows that the district still has work to do. Numbers among black and Hispanic students are still much lower than among white and Asian students. Students who were eligible for free lunch also scored lower than students not eligible for free lunch.

Here's how the test result numbers break down by ethnicity in District 2:

Percentage of students scoring Level 3 or 4 in math:

Black: 31.1 percent in 2015, 29.4 percent in 2016
Hispanic: 37.4 percent in 2015, 40.4 percent in 2016
White: 76.9 percent in 2015, 78.1 percent in 2016
Asian: 80.7 percent in 2015, 86.6 percent in 2016

Percentage of students scoring Level 3 or 4 in English:

Black: 29.4 percent in 2015, 36.4 in 2016
Hispanic: 35.9 percent in 2015, 45.4 percent in 2016
White: 71.9 percent in 2015, 78.5 percent in 2016
Asian: 61.9 percent in 2015, 68.3 percent in 2016
Here's how the test result numbers break down by free lunch eligibility in District 2:

Percentage of students scoring Level 3 or 4 in math:

Free lunch: 54.0 percent in 2015, 54.9 percent in 2016
No free lunch: 76.1 percent in 2015, 76.6 percent in 2016

Percentage of students scoring Level 3 or 4 in English:

Free lunch: 41.6 percent in 2015, 48.9 percent in 2016
No free lunch: 69.7 percent in 2015, 76.5 percent in 2016

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