NE New York Today

The majority of students in Essex County schools during the 2021-22 school year were white, according to the New York State Education Department.

Of the 3,858 students attending Essex County schools, 95.9% were white. Multiracial students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 1.5% of Essex County students.

In the previous school year, white was also the most common student ethnicity in Essex County, representing 96.6% of the student body.

Keene Central School had the most diverse student body in Essex County, with white, Hispanic, multiracial, American Indian or Alaska Native, Black, and Asian or Pacific Islander.

Compared to the previous year, total enrollment in public schools in the county dropped by 0.1% in the 2021-22 school year.

In 2022, New York had roughly one teacher for every 12 students, which is lower than the national average of one teacher for every 16 students. A lower student-to-teacher ratio has been found to help improve students' school performance.

A 2021 report from the NYC Center for Innovation Through Data Intelligence revealed racial and gender groups were seeing better outcomes compared to 2013, though significant disparities remained between different groups. Persistent and substantial gaps were observed, particularly between Black and Hispanic students.

School name	Most prevalent ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Ausable Forks Elementary School	White	92.9%	225
Bloomingdale School	White	97%	101
Crown Point Central School	White	98.7%	319
Keene Central School	White	89%	163
Lake Placid Elementary School	White	90%	241
Lake Placid Junior-Senior High School	White	94.2%	313
Lake View Campus	White	99.1%	221
Minerva Central School	White	95%	121
Moriah Elementary School	White	99.2%	371
Moriah Junior-Senior High School	White	98.4%	318
Mountain View Campus	White	96.6%	206
Newcomb Central School	White	86.6%	67
Schroon Lake Central School	White	97.9%	236
Ticonderoga Elementary School	White	98.3%	351
Ticonderoga Junior-Senior High School	White	97.5%	362
Willsboro Central School	White	90.9%	243