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Below are the annual PN NCLEX pass rates for first-time test-takers. In each cell you will find the overall passing percentage above the number of students passing the NCLEX and the number of total students sitting for the test.

Adult programs are those intended for Adult students. Secondary Extended programs are for those individuals who enter the nursing program in the 12th grade of High School and complete the program after High School. Secondary programs are for students who enter the program in the 11th grade of High School and complete the program in the 12th grade of high school.


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  • Secondary Extended Programs Programs | Summary
  • Secondary Programs Programs | Summary
  • All Program Types Summary

Adult Programs
School Name 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
Albany-Schoharie-Schenectady-Saratoga BOCES 72.3%
86/119
70.7%
87/123
71.9%
92/128
65.8%
50/76
76.4%
81/106
Bronx Community College 100.0%
3/3
100.0%
2/2
100.0%
3/3
100.0%
7/7
100.0%
6/6
Broome Delaware Tioga BOCES 90.9%
30/33
77.1%
27/35
97.5%
39/40
89.5%
34/38
92.0%
23/25
Cattaraugus-Allegany-Erie-Wyoming BOCES- Belmont 87.5%
7/8
50.0%
2/4
100.0%
2/2
100.0%
11/11
 
Cattaraugus-Allegany-Erie-Wyoming BOCES- Ellicottville 85.7%
6/7
100.0%
6/6
100.0%
11/11
100.0%
8/8
100.0%
6/6
Cattaraugus-Allegany-Erie-Wyoming BOCES- Olean 83.3%
10/12
88.0%
22/25
84.2%
16/19
100.0%
19/19
96.3%
26/27
Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES 93.1%
27/29
83.3%
25/30
92.3%
24/26
92.0%
23/25
95.5%
21/22
Clinton-Essex-Warren-Washington BOCES 92.9%
26/28
95.5%
21/22
96.4%
27/28
80.7%
21/26
75.9%
22/29
Coler- Goldwater Hospital 76.5%
26/34
91.9%
34/37
87.2%
34/39
95.1%
39/41
75.8%
25/33
Curtis High School 72.0%
18/25
84.6%
33/39
  90.0%
18/20
 
Delaware-Chenango-Madison-Otsego BOCES- Norwich 80.0%
16/20
50.0%
3/6
76.7%
46/60
76.9%
30/39
100.0%
1/1
Delaware-Chenango-Madision-Otsego BOCES- Sidney Center 76.0%
19/25
58.8%
20/34
100.0%
3/3
85.7%
6/7
70.6%
24/34
Dutchess BOCES 81.7%
49/60
90.1%
64/71
82.1%
64/78
69.5%
57/82
74.7%
59/79
Eastern Suffolk BOCES- Adult 82.2%
185/225
76.5%
211/276
70.3%
189/269
60.0%
150/250
63.0%
148/235
Educational Opportunity Center of Rochester 56.9%
37/65
66.7%
40/60
72.5%
58/80
68.9%
31/45
61.5%
32/52
Erie 1 BOCES- Harkness Career and Technical Center 80.2%
69/86
84.4%
54/64
89.0%
73/82
84.1%
37/44
75.5%
40/53
Erie 1 BOCES- Ken-Ton Center 88.2%
45/51
75.0%
27/36
90.9%
40/44
82.1%
23/28
 
Erie 1 BOCES- Niagara Lutheran Home 70.0%
7/10
73.9%
17/23
76.2%
16/21
83.3%
20/24
79.0%
15/19
Erie 1 BOCES- Potter Road Center 100.0%
7/7
100.0%
16/16
86.7%
26/30
91.8%
45/49
79.1%
34/43
Erie 1 BOCES- Southtowns Academy 87.2%
41/47
100.0%
4/4
     
Erie 2 BOCES- Angola 87.5%
21/24
72.0%
18/25
76.0%
19/25
72.2%
13/18
81.3%
13/16
Erie 2 BOCES- Buffalo 91.7%
33/36
48.6%
17/35
71.2%
37/52
48.4%
15/31
70.0%
28/40
Erie 2 BOCES- Jamestown 82.8%
24/29
88.9%
32/36
73.7%
14/19
89.5%
34/38
94.1%
16/17
Erie 2 BOCES- Cassadaga 80.0%
4/5
57.1%
8/14
92.3%
12/13
66.7%
8/12
57.1%
4/7
Genesee-Livingston-Steuben-Wyoming BOCES- Warsaw   100.0%
2/2
     
Genesee-Livingston-Steuben-Wyoming BOCES- Spencerport 66.7%
24/36
87.1%
27/31
77.8%
28/36
   
Genesee-Livingston-Steuben-Wyoming BOCES- Mount Morris 100.0%
18/18
83.3%
10/12
100.0%
13/13
100.0%
21/21
 
Genesee-Livingston-Steuben-Wyoming BOCES- Batavia 80.5%
70/87
76.1%
51/67
90.7%
39/43
80.6%
54/67
74.7%
65/87
Hamilton-Fulton-Montgomery BOCES- Adult 82.6%
19/23
89.5%
17/19
91.7%
11/12
87.5%
14/16
96.2%
25/26
Herkimer-Hamilton-Fulton-Otsego BOCES 71.7%
43/60
79.7%
55/69
74.6%
41/55
70.2%
33/47
81.6%
40/49
Hostos Community College 70.0%
14/20
63.6%
7/11
54.6%
12/22
75.0%
12/16
68.1%
32/47
Isabella Graham Hart School 93.9%
62/66
91.2%
52/57
92.2%
47/51
81.4%
48/59
96.1%
49/51
Jefferson-Lewis-Hamilton-Herkimer BOCES 77.9%
53/68
81.4%
48/59
96.6%
57/59
90.7%
39/43
93.2%
41/44
La Guardia Community College 87.3%
55/63
88.9%
96/108
84.3%
102/121
84.4%
76/90
70.6%
77/109
Madison-Oneida BOCES- Utica 76.0%
19/25
46.2%
6/13
83.3%
25/30
40.0%
2/5
60.9%
14/23
Madison-Oneida BOCES- Rome 84.2%
16/19
83.3%
15/18
82.6%
19/23
43.8%
7/16
80.0%
12/15
Madison-Oneida BOCES- Verona 76.2%
16/21
75.0%
18/24
86.2%
25/29
79.2%
19/24
72.2%
13/18
Maria College 90.6%
29/32
88.9%
24/27
92.0%
23/25
92.3%
24/26
82.4%
28/34
Marion S Whelan School 100.0%
11/11
84.2%
16/19
93.3%
14/15
96.8%
30/31
95.7%
22/23
Medgar Evers College 48.4%
15/31
74.4%
29/39
86.5%
32/37
75.9%
22/29
95.8%
23/24
Mildred Elley School- Albany 72.1%
44/61
62.1%
64/103
67.3%
37/55
100.0%
4/4
 
Mildred Elley School- New York City 40.3%
75/186
57.9%
11/19
     
Monroe College 84.4%
27/32
100.0%
25/25
93.8%
30/32
95.0%
19/20
94.4%
17/18
Niagara County Community College- Niagara Falls
CLOSED - 07/2009
      77.8%
7/9
100.0%
17/17
Niagara County Community College- Sanborn 100.0%
17/17
93.3%
14/15
100.0%
26/26
90.2%
37/41
94.4%
17/18
North Country Community College- Malone 100.0%
7/7
50.0%
1/2
100.0%
3/3
  100.0%
2/2
North Country Community College- Ticonderoga 100.0%
5/5
80.0%
4/5
75.0%
3/4
100.0%
3/3
100.0%
3/3
North Country Community College- Saranac Lake 85.9%
61/71
87.3%
62/71
89.6%
60/67
88.1%
52/59
87.1%
54/62
NYC Dept of Ed- Brooklyn Adult Learning Center 91.2%
31/34
94.2%
49/52
91.0%
61/67
90.0%
63/70
78.7%
59/75
NYC Dept of Ed- Manhattan Adult Learning Center 90.2%
46/51
84.2%
48/57
88.5%
54/61
91.5%
43/47
82.6%
38/46
Onondaga-Cortland-Madison BOCES- Liverpool 78.0%
92/118
82.8%
101/122
78.7%
96/122
73.6%
64/87
 
Onondaga-Cortland-Madison BOCES- Syracuse 50.0%
10/20
63.3%
19/30
82.1%
23/28
80.5%
62/77
73.3%
121/165
Onondaga-Cortland-Madison BOCES- Cortland 91.2%
31/34
73.9%
17/23
73.9%
34/46
75.0%
18/24
100.0%
3/3
Orange-Ulster BOCES 86.2%
50/58
80.7%
46/57
92.8%
64/69
80.4%
45/56
80.0%
52/65
Orleans-Niagara BOCES- Medina 100.0%
6/6
85.7%
18/21
92.9%
13/14
55.6%
5/9
 
Orleans-Niagara BOCES- Sanborn 100.0%
34/34
100.0%
1/1
95.7%
22/23
100.0%
1/1
78.6%
11/14
Oswego BOCES 84.2%
16/19
73.9%
17/23
67.2%
39/58
65.7%
23/35
62.3%
33/53
Otsego-Delaware-Schoharie-Greene BOCES 75.0%
30/40
84.0%
21/25
90.9%
30/33
89.2%
33/37
72.0%
18/25
Putnam-Westchester BOCES 82.9%
29/35
91.2%
31/34
78.6%
33/42
78.6%
44/56
74.0%
37/50
Rensselaer-Columbia-Greene BOCES- Troy 60.0%
21/35
50.0%
15/30
67.9%
19/28
67.7%
21/31
67.7%
21/31
Rensselaer-Columbia-Greene BOCES- Hudson 54.6%
18/33
48.5%
16/33
78.6%
33/42
62.5%
15/24
70.8%
17/24
Rockland BOCES 90.6%
48/53
79.4%
54/68
88.0%
44/50
96.2%
50/52
85.7%
42/49
Samaritan Hospital 76.9%
20/26
86.4%
19/22
100.0%
17/17
94.4%
17/18
100.0%
18/18
Schuyler-Steuben-Chemung-Tioga-Allegany BOCES- Warsaw
CLOSED - 08/2007
        75.0%
3/4
Schuyler-Steuben-Chemung-Tioga-Allegany BOCES-Painted Post 94.7%
18/19
95.2%
60/63
100.0%
18/18
100.0%
1/1
100.0%
2/2
Schuyler-Steuben-Chemung-Tioga-Allegany BOCES- Elmira 89.7%
61/68
73.3%
11/15
91.3%
42/46
87.0%
47/54
88.0%
22/25
Southern Westchester BOCES 85.9%
67/78
87.2%
68/78
91.9%
79/86
91.9%
68/74
88.8%
79/89
Suffolk County Community College- Eastern Campus 95.8%
23/24
88.9%
24/27
81.8%
27/33
50.0%
1/2
 
Sullivan County BOCES 92.0%
23/25
93.1%
27/29
81.8%
9/11
96.7%
29/30
 
SUNY College of Technology at Delhi 100.0%
33/33
85.3%
29/34
80.0%
28/35
76.7%
23/30
84.6%
33/39
SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale 95.0%
19/20
100.0%
15/15
90.5%
19/21
86.7%
20/23
67.9%
19/28
SUNY College of Technology at Canton 57.1%
4/7
52.6%
10/19
63.6%
14/22
   
Syracuse Central Technical 72.4%
21/29
68.0%
17/25
81.3%
26/32
 
89.5%
34/38
90.0%
27/30
Trocaire College 60.0%
39/65
67.3%
37/55
79.6%
39/49
84.2%
32/38
84.1%
37/44
Ulster BOCES 84.8%
67/79
80.5%
70/87
85.7%
72/84
85.5%
59/69
80.8%
59/73
Vocational Education and Extension Board (VEEB) of Nassau County 76.3%
148/194
87.1%
115/132
89.9%
152/169
89.2%
141/158
85.9%
134/156
Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES- Saratoga Springs 58.3%
7/12
90.0%
18/20
83.3%
10/12
100.0%
21/21
84.2%
16/19
Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES- Hudson Falls 86.8%
46/53
84.6%
33/39
92.1%
58/63
77.4%
24/31
81.8%
18/22
Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES- Newark 76.7%
33/43
80.4%
37/46
86.0%
43/50
80.6%
29/36
85.7%
48/56
Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES- Rochester (Evening) 64.9%
24/37
74.4%
29/39
85.2%
23/27
80.0%
16/20
 
Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES- Rochester 75.6%
34/45
79.0%
30/38
76.2%
32/42
70.8%
34/48
74.4%
29/39
Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES- Fairport
CLOSED - 08/2009
        60.0%
3/5
Westchester Community College 100.0%
21/21
100.0%
2/2
100.0%
34/34
92.3%
24/26
97.1%
34/35
Western Suffolk BOCES 87.9%
51/58
93.7%
59/63
81.8%
54/66
91.3%
42/46
87.5%
42/48

Adult Program Summary
  2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
New York State 78.7%
2717/3453
79.9%
2,607/3,262
83.2%
2,857/3,433
80.8%
2,369/2,932
78.9%
2,250/2,852

Secondary Extended Programs
School Name 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
Eastern Suffolk BOCES 52.9%
9/17
64.2%
34/53
61.3%
19/31
59.1%
26 / 44
50.0%
18/36
Orange-Ulster BOCES   100.0%
1/1
0.0%
0/1
50.0%
1/2
66.7%
4/6
Rockland BOCES         100.0%
1/1
Ulster County BOCES     100.0%
1/1
100.0%
5/5
0.0%
0/0
Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES-Hudson Falls 66.7%
2/3
    50.0
2/4
100.0%
3/3

Secondary Extended Program Summary
  2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
New York State 55.0%
11/20
64.8%
35/54
60.6%
20/33
55.6%
30/54
54.3%
25/46

Secondary Program
School Name 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
Clara Barton High School 83.3%
15/18
43.8%
14/32
33.3%
3/9
22.2%
2/9
37.5%
6/16
Curtis High School 84.9%
28/33
44.4%
8/18
65.0%
13/20
63.0%
17/27
86.7%
13/15
Madison-Oneida BOCES- Verona
CLOSED - 12/2011
  25.0%
2/8
45.5%
5/11
40.0%
2/5
0.0%
0/8
Rensselaer-Columbia-Greene BOCES- Troy 0.0%
0/1
20.0%
1/5
50.0%
3/6
100.0%
1/1
0.0%
0/3
Rensselaer-Columbia-Greene BOCES- Hudson 25.0%
2/8
20.0%
1/5
  20.0%
1/5
33.3%
2/6

Secondary Program Summary
  2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
New York State 75.0%
45/60
38.2%
26/68
52.2%
24/46
48.9%
23/47
43.8%
21/48

Summary For All Program Types
  2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
New York State 78.5%
2,773/3,533
78.8%
2,668/3,384
82.6%
2,901/3,512
79.9%
2,422/ 3,033
77.9%
2,296/2,946

If you do not see your program within this list, have found an error or have questions in regards to the above information please call New York State Education Department Professional Education Program Review at (518) 474-3817 ext. 360 or e-mail OPPROGS@nysed.gov and we will do our best to further assist you.