Essex County school's student body predominantly comprised of white students in 2022-23 school year

NY State Education Department Board of Regents Member Dr. Frances Wills | education.wisc.edu

By NE New York Today

Jul 26, 2024

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 3,834 students attending Essex County schools, 96.3% were white. Multiracial students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 1.3% of Essex County students.

In the previous school year, white was also the most common student ethnicity in Essex County, representing 96.5% of the student body.

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

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped to 0.6% 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.

Most Prevalent Ethnicities in Essex County Schools in 2022-23 School Year

School name	Most prevalent ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Ausable Forks Elementary School	White	92.9%	225
Bloomingdale School	White	96%	100
Crown Point Central School	White	99.7%	322
Keene Central School	White	91%	167
Lake Placid Elementary School	White	90.6%	244
Lake Placid Junior-Senior High School	White	94.9%	294
Lake View Campus	White	100%	207
Minerva Central School	White	92.4%	119
Moriah Elementary School	White	99.2%	385
Moriah Junior-Senior High School	White	98.7%	316
Mountain View Campus	White	99%	192
Newcomb Central School	White	92.7%	55
Schroon Lake Central School	White	98.7%	238
Ticonderoga Elementary School	White	97.8%	360
Ticonderoga Junior-Senior High School	White	98.1%	359
Willsboro Central School	White	89.6%	251