Test scores for New York City students from third through eighth grade have gone up this year, but the Bronx still lags.

Scores released by the state Department of Education show 46.7 percent of all New York City public students met proficiency standards in the English test, according to city officials. They also saw 42.7 percent of students pass the math test. A borough breakdown shows 32.3 percent of Bronx students from third to eighth grade passed their English test, according to raw data by the state Education Department.

This year represents a “reset moment” as Mayor Bill de Blasio put it at a news conference Sept. 27 at the Morris Heights School since the test scores could not be compared to the 2017 since testing standards were restructured. That’s because the test was untimed and administered three days instead of two, giving an added advantage to students.

De Blasio, joined by Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza, hailed the test scores but downplayed their overall significance since they can’t be measured by last year’s test outcomes.

“So, when you see positive numbers of New York City’s performance versus the rest of the state, that’s always encouraging,” said de Blasio. “But we know this is not a perfect direct comparison because the standards changed. The fact is it’s powerful to have a baseline but I also want to note and put in perspective that as an administration we never want to overrate standardized tests to begin with. They are one of multiple measures.”

In the Bronx, 24.1 percent of level three and four students in the fifth grade met proficiency standards in English, representing the worst, according to the state’s raw data. More eighth graders scored the highest in the English exam with 37.1 percent.

Level three and four students in the third grade in the Bronx scored the second highest in the English test with 36.6 percent. They also had more third graders pass the math test compared to other grades, with 35.7 percent in Level three and four. Eighth grade students did not do as well, with only 21,7 percent of them passing proficiency standards.

It’s third grade proficiency rates de Blasio will pay attention to carefully next year and after as it will be the time when most New York City students were enrolled in the universal pre-K program that rolled out in 2014.

“Next year will be the first time we see the pre-K expansion expressed in the third grade test scores but remember that’s when we went from 20,000 kids in pre-K to 53,000,” said de Blasio.

Editor’s Note: While the data indicating 46.7 percent of New York City public school students was presented by the city, the latter figures in this article differ from the state’s since they were released in August. City officials were able to get an update on the data, but did not release all figures to the public.