Best Public Schools in Naples, NY

The city of Naples, New York is home to two schools: Naples Elementary School and Naples High School, both part of the Naples Central School District. While both schools perform reasonably well, Naples High School stands out as the stronger of the two, ranking in the top 21% of high schools statewide.

Naples High School boasts strong academic performance, with high proficiency rates on Regents exams across subjects like Algebra II, English Language Arts, and Living Environment. The school has a 84.3% four-year graduation rate, which is above the state average, and a lower-than-average dropout rate of 4.5%. In contrast, while Naples Elementary School performs well, it is ranked in the middle of the pack for elementary schools statewide, with more mixed proficiency rates on state assessments.

Both schools have a student-teacher ratio of 7.6, which is lower than the state average, and they spend more per student than the state average, with Naples High School spending $35,771 per student and Naples Elementary School spending $29,312 per student. However, Naples Elementary School has a higher percentage of free/reduced lunch recipients at 51.31%, compared to 43.12% at Naples High School, which may be a factor in the differences in academic performance. Additionally, Naples High School has a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate of 31.5%, which could be impacting student achievement.