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 3,835 students attending Essex County schools, 96.1% 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 96.3% of the student body.

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

In the 2023-24 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county increased 0% 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
Ausable Forks Elementary School	White	92.5%	239
Bloomingdale School	White	96.9%	98
Crown Point Central School	White	100%	318
Keene Central School	White	91.6%	166
Lake Placid Elementary School	White	91.9%	235
Lake Placid Junior-Senior High School	White	92.9%	311
Lake View Campus	White	100%	189
Minerva Central School	White	92.2%	102
Moriah Elementary School	White	97.3%	376
Moriah Junior-Senior High School	White	98.7%	310
Mountain View Campus	White	98.5%	200
Newcomb Central School	White	98%	49
Schroon Lake Central School	White	97.9%	233
Ticonderoga Elementary School	White	97.9%	390
Ticonderoga Junior-Senior High School	White	98%	358
Willsboro Central School	White	89.7%	261