Finger Lakes Today

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

Of the 12,835 students attending Wayne County schools, 81.9% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 9% of Wayne County students.

In the previous school year, white was also the most common student ethnicity in Wayne County, representing 82.8% of the student body.

Sodus Intermediate School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, with 52.1% white students, 29.2% Hispanic students, 10% multiracial students, 7.9% Black students, and 0.8% Asian or Pacific Islander students.

Compared to the previous year, total enrollment in public schools in the county dropped by 0.4% in the 2021-22 school 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. Persistent and substantial gaps were observed, particularly between Black and Hispanic students.

School name	Most prevalent ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Clyde-Savannah Elementary School	White	83.7%	423
Clyde-Savannah High School	White	85.3%	170
Clyde-Savannah Junior High School	White	81.7%	180
Gananda Middle School	White	79.5%	210
Lincoln Elementary School	White	65.7%	207
Lyons Elementary School	White	79.1%	454
Lyons Middle School	White	71.7%	145
Lyons Senior High School	White	73.3%	243
Margaret W. Cuyler Elementary School	White	96.8%	373
Marion Elementary School	White	85.8%	367
Marion Junior-Senior High School	White	87.2%	274
Newark Middle School	White	67.5%	461
Newark Senior High School	White	69.3%	610
Norman R. Kelley Intermediate School	White	68.9%	392
North Rose-Wolcott Elementary School	White	83.7%	386
North Rose-Wolcott High School	White	87.7%	358
North Rose-Wolcott Middle School	White	82.4%	363
Palmyra-Macedon Intermediate School	White	93.6%	362
Palmyra-Macedon Middle School	White	92.3%	402
Palmyra-Macedon Primary School	White	87.8%	419
Palmyra-Macedon Senior High School	White	90.8%	597
Perkins Elementary School	White	65.3%	271
Red Creek High School	White	95.7%	235
Red Creek Middle School	White	94.3%	210
Richard Mann Elementary School	White	84.9%	450
Ruben A. Cirillo High School	White	84.8%	237
Sodus Elementary School	White	59.6%	337
Sodus Intermediate School	White	52.1%	240
Sodus Junior/Senior High School	White	61.2%	430
Wayne Central Elementary School	White	92.5%	305
Wayne Central Middle School	White	91.1%	627
Wayne Central Primary School	White	93.6%	421
Wayne Senior High School	White	91.6%	665
Williamson Elementary School	White	81.3%	395
Williamson Middle School	White	80.8%	292
Williamson Senior High School	White	80.9%	324