Finger Lakes Today

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

Of the 1,914 students attending Schuyler County schools, 93.2% were white. Multiracial students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 3.7% of Schuyler County students.

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

Watkins Glen Central High School had the most diverse student body in Schuyler County, with white, multiracial, Hispanic, Asian or Pacific Islander, Black, and American Indian or Alaska Native.

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
B. C. Cate Elementary School	White	93.4%	227
Bradford Central School	White	98.4%	254
Howard A. Hanlon Elementary School	White	92.1%	228
Odessa-Montour Junior/Senior High School	White	94.5%	274
Watkins Glen Central High School	White	89.3%	457
Watkins Glen Elementary School	White	93.7%	474