Cortland Counts 2009: Findings:
Positive Development Through the Life Stages
Highlights:
- The majority of childcare slots are located within the city of Cortland as are the majority of places of employment (Table PD-1).
- The majority of 4th grade students improved their scores and are meeting the NYS standards on both the English and Math state exams (Table PD-2).
- The majority of students in Cortland County scored between 65-84 on the math and English regents from 2004-2006 (Table PD-3).
- Cortland County has a significantly higher rate of children and youth in foster care than both Upstate NY, and NYS (Table PD-5)
- In 2005 Cortland County had a higher rate of children and youth living below poverty than both Upstate NY, and NYS (Table PD-6).
- Fewer high school graduates from Cortland County intend to enroll in college compared to those from upstate NY or NYS (Table PD-7).
- Although Cortland County had a lower percentage of annual dropouts for the 2006-2007 school-year than NYS, it was higher than Upstate NY (Table PD-9).
- Cortland County has one of the highest rates of Persons In Need of Supervision (PINS) cases in the state (Table PD-10).
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