NE New York Today

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

Of the 6,839 students attending Franklin County schools, 83.3% were white. American Indian or Alaska Native students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 12.6% of Franklin County students.

In the previous school year, white was also the most common student ethnicity in Franklin County, representing 83.6% of the student body.

Franklin Academy High School, Malone Middle School, and Tupper Lake Middle-High School had the most diverse student body in Franklin County, with white, multiracial, American Indian or Alaska Native, Hispanic, Asian or Pacific Islander, and Black.

Compared to the previous year, total enrollment in public schools in the county dropped by 0.5% 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
Brushton Grade School	White	96%	424
Brushton-Moira High School	White	98%	343
Chateaugay Elementary School	White	98.6%	293
Chateaugay High School	White	97.5%	242
Davis Elementary School	White	97.2%	528
Flanders Elementary School	White	99%	208
Franklin Academy High School	White	95.7%	680
L. P. Quinn Elementary School	White	96.5%	369
Malone Middle School	White	95.9%	507
Petrova Elementary School	White	97.4%	344
Saint Joseph's Elementary School	White	95.5%	221
Saint Regis Falls Central School	White	94.1%	255
Saint Regis Mohawk School	American Indian or Alaska Native	91.3%	358
Salmon River Elementary School	White	63.9%	305
Salmon River High School	American Indian or Alaska Native	64.2%	402
Salmon River Middle School	American Indian or Alaska Native	57.1%	322
Saranac Lake Middle School	White	98.6%	289
Saranac Lake Senior High School	White	96.4%	362
Tupper Lake Middle-High School	White	93.5%	387