NE New York Today

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

Of the 10,534 students attending Clinton County schools, 93.6% were white. Black students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 2.1% of Clinton County students.

In the previous school year, white was also the most common student ethnicity in Clinton County, representing 93.6% of the student body.

Arthur P. Momot Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, with 78.9% white students, 9.5% Black students, 6.2% Hispanic students, 4.6% multiracial students, 0.5% Asian or Pacific Islander students, and 0.3% American Indian or Alaska Native students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county increased 0.2% when compared to the previous 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, particularly between Black and Hispanic students.

School name	Most prevalent ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Arthur P. Momot Elementary School	White	78.9%	369
Ausable Valley High School	White	94.9%	351
Ausable Valley Middle School	White	97.9%	193
Beekmantown Elementary School	White	98%	491
Beekmantown High School	White	94.7%	546
Beekmantown Middle School	White	94.9%	450
Chazy Central Rural Elementary School	White	97.6%	251
Chazy Central Rural Junior-Senior High School	White	91.5%	211
Cumberland Head Elementary School	White	94.1%	538
Keeseville Primary School	White	97.6%	413
Mooers Elementary School	White	96.9%	322
Morrisonville Elementary School	White	95.3%	358
Northeastern Clinton Middle School	White	97.8%	277
Northeastern Clinton Senior High School	White	97%	362
Northern Adirondack Elementary School	White	96.1%	387
Northern Adirondack Middle/High School	White	98.3%	421
Oak Street School	White	80.4%	209
Peru Elementary School	White	93.6%	866
Peru High School	White	92.6%	567
Peru Middle School	White	93.7%	426
Plattsburgh Senior High School	White	86.2%	551
Rouses Point Elementary School	White	96.9%	258
Saranac Elementary School	White	94%	351
Saranac High School	White	95.9%	414
Saranac Middle School	White	96.8%	371
Stafford Middle School	White	87.1%	372
Thomas E. Glasgow Elementary School	White	83.7%	209