Finger Lakes Today

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

Of the 8,392 students attending Cayuga County schools, 82.6% were white. Multiracial students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 7.6% of Cayuga County students.

In the previous school year, white was also the most common student ethnicity in Cayuga County, representing 83.9% of the student body.

Genesee Street Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, with 57% white students, 17.1% Black students, 15% multiracial students, 9.7% Hispanic students, 0.9% Asian or Pacific Islander students, and 0.3% American Indian or Alaska Native students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped to 0.6% when compared to the previous 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, particularly between Black and Hispanic students.

School name	Most prevalent ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
A. A. Gates Elementary School	White	93.7%	413
Andrew J. Smith Elementary School	White	90.3%	339
Auburn High School	White	77%	1,181
Auburn Junior High School	White	76.3%	598
Casey Park Elementary School	White	60.5%	392
Cato-Meridian Elementary School	White	93.9%	489
Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High School	White	92.9%	378
Genesee Street Elementary School	White	57%	321
Herman Avenue Elementary School	White	72.5%	443
Millard Fillmore Elementary School	White	97.9%	387
Moravia Junior-Senior High School	White	93.7%	474
Owasco Elementary School	White	77.8%	370
Port Byron Senior High School	White	91.3%	355
Southern Cayuga 7-12 Secondary School	White	80.5%	297
Southern Cayuga Elementary School	White	83.1%	362
Union Springs High School	White	87.2%	234
Union Springs Middle School	White	86.6%	172
Weedsport Elementary School	White	90.6%	329
Weedsport Junior-Senior High School	White	91.7%	373
William H. Seward Elementary School	White	73.2%	485