Finger Lakes Today

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

Of the 3,713 students attending Seneca County schools, 86.2% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 5.4% of Seneca County students.

In the previous school year, white was also the most common student ethnicity in Seneca County, representing 88.5% of the student body.

Frank M. Knight Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, with 77.6% white students, 8.7% multiracial students, 6.5% Hispanic students, 3.4% American Indian or Alaska Native students, 2.3% Asian or Pacific Islander students, and 1.5% Black students.

Compared to the previous year, total enrollment in public schools in the county dropped by 1.2% 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
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Elementary School	White	80.6%	252
Frank M. Knight Elementary School	White	77.6%	263
La Fayette School	White	86.7%	345
Mynderse Academy	White	79.6%	367
Romulus Central School	White	91.4%	442
Seneca Falls Middle School	White	80.6%	278
Skoi-Yase School	White	79.7%	340
South Seneca Elementary School	White	98.3%	302
South Seneca Middle/High School	White	94.3%	317
Waterloo High School	White	87.3%	471
Waterloo Middle School	White	87.8%	336