Finger Lakes Today

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

Of the 9,924 students attending Tompkins County schools, 73.6% were white. Multiracial students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 9.8% of Tompkins County students.

In the previous school year, white was also the most common student ethnicity in Tompkins County, representing 74.8% of the student body.

Beverly J. Martin Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, with 45.5% white students, 23.6% Black students, 13.8% Hispanic students, 12% multiracial students, 4.7% Asian or Pacific Islander students, and 0.4% American Indian or Alaska Native students.

Compared to the previous year, total enrollment in public schools in the county dropped by 1.9% 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
Belle Sherman School	White	51%	300
Beverly J. Martin Elementary School	White	45.5%	275
Boynton Middle School	White	64.4%	534
Caroline Elementary School	White	80.1%	276
Cassavant Elementary School	White	90.1%	81
Cayuga Heights Elementary School	White	67.6%	324
Charles O. Dickerson High School	White	83.9%	299
Dewitt Middle School	White	64%	472
Dryden Elementary School	White	81.6%	484
Dryden High School	White	87.3%	370
Dryden Middle School	White	86.6%	283
Enfield School	White	65.2%	155
Fall Creek Elementary School	White	63.4%	216
Freeville Elementary School	White	80.6%	72
George Junior Republic School	White	70.6%	126
Groton Elementary School	White	84.6%	390
Groton Junior/Senior High School	White	94.1%	410
Ithaca Senior High School	White	62.1%	1,254
Lansing High School	White	80.6%	386
Lansing Middle School	White	77.8%	351
Lehman Alternative Community School	White	73.2%	280
Newfield Elementary School	White	79.1%	335
Newfield Middle School	White	82.5%	171
Newfield Senior High School	White	86.2%	203
Northeast School	White	52.1%	382
Raymond C. Buckley Elementary School	White	80.1%	423
Russell I. Doig Middle School	White	83.1%	301
South Hill School	White	74.5%	392
Trumansburg Elementary School	White	85%	379