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 10,580 students attending Clinton County schools, 93% were white. Black students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 2.3% of Clinton County students.

In the previous school year, white was also the most common student ethnicity in Clinton County, representing 93.2% of the student body.

Arthur P. Momot Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, with 74.9% white students, 11.6% Black students, 7.7% Hispanic students, 4.7% multiracial students, and 1.1% Asian or Pacific Islander students.

In the 2023-24 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county increased 0.4% 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	74.9%	363
Ausable Valley High School	White	95.7%	349
Ausable Valley Middle School	White	98.1%	158
Beekmantown Elementary School	White	98.8%	486
Beekmantown High School	White	94.5%	577
Beekmantown Middle School	White	94.6%	446
Chazy Central Rural Elementary School	White	98.3%	238
Chazy Central Rural Junior-Senior High School	White	92.6%	230
Cumberland Head Elementary School	White	94.3%	540
Keeseville Primary School	White	97.5%	402
Mooers Elementary School	White	95.4%	326
Morrisonville Elementary School	White	93.8%	368
Northeastern Clinton Middle School	White	97.4%	274
Northeastern Clinton Senior High School	White	97.3%	375
Northern Adirondack Elementary School	White	95.9%	390
Northern Adirondack Middle/High School	White	98.1%	429
Oak Street School	White	79.7%	207
Peru Elementary School	White	92.3%	830
Peru High School	White	92.3%	545
Peru Middle School	White	92.7%	413
Plattsburgh Senior High School	White	86.1%	560
Rouses Point Elementary School	White	96.5%	256
Saranac Elementary School	White	95.1%	366
Saranac High School	White	94.3%	440
Saranac Middle School	White	97%	370
Stafford Middle School	White	83.3%	401
Thomas E. Glasgow Elementary School	White	81.3%	241