Finger Lakes Today

Cayuga County enrolled 8,441 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the New York State Education Department.

It had the 25th lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

The number of students in the halls of Cayuga County schools fell by 2.4% compared to the year before.

In the 2021-22 school year, 50.8% of students were boys, and 49.2% were girls.

Most of the students were white, representing 83.4% of the Cayuga County student body.

Within Cayuga County, Auburn High School had the highest enrollment numbers in the school year, welcoming 1,198 students.

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 improve students' school performance.

School name	Total enrollment in 2020-21	Total enrollment in 2021-22	% Change From Previous School Year
Auburn High School	1,225	1,198	-2.2%
Auburn Junior High School	638	594	-6.9%
William H. Seward Elementary School	488	497	1.8%
Moravia Junior-Senior High School	486	486	0%
Cato-Meridian Elementary School	488	482	-1.2%
Herman Avenue Elementary School	456	456	0%
Casey Park Elementary School	453	416	-8.2%
A. A. Gates Elementary School	386	392	1.6%
Weedsport Junior-Senior High School	379	391	3.2%
Millard Fillmore Elementary School	385	384	-0.3%
Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School	399	384	-3.8%
Owasco Elementary School	363	366	0.8%
Andrew J. Smith Elementary School	361	360	-0.3%
Port Byron Senior High School	362	358	-1.1%
Southern Cayuga Elementary School	356	345	-3.1%
Weedsport Elementary School	368	324	-12%
Genesee Street Elementary School	333	316	-5.1%
Southern Cayuga 7-12 Secondary School	303	295	-2.6%
Union Springs High School	233	220	-5.6%
Union Springs Middle School	181	177	-2.2%