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 9,968 students attending Tompkins County schools, 73.2% were white. Multiracial students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 10% of Tompkins County students.

In the previous school year, white was also the most common student ethnicity in Tompkins County, representing 73.3% of the student body.

Beverly J. Martin Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, with 45.6% white students, 22.3% Black students, 16.1% multiracial students, 10.9% Hispanic students, 4.7% Asian or Pacific Islander students, and 0.4% American Indian or Alaska Native students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county increased 0.4% 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
Belle Sherman School	White	50.8%	307
Beverly J. Martin Elementary School	White	45.6%	274
Boynton Middle School	White	67.3%	526
Caroline Elementary School	White	80.2%	293
Cassavant Elementary School	White	90.1%	81
Cayuga Heights Elementary School	White	64.4%	303
Charles O. Dickerson High School	White	84%	281
Dewitt Middle School	White	63.2%	478
Dryden Elementary School	White	80.9%	487
Dryden High School	White	87.3%	363
Dryden Middle School	White	86.9%	275
Enfield School	White	61%	164
Fall Creek Elementary School	White	68.1%	232
Freeville Elementary School	White	85.9%	78
George Junior Republic School	White	66.7%	117
Groton Elementary School	White	83.4%	380
Groton Junior/Senior High School	White	94%	402
Ithaca Senior High School	White	61%	1,342
Lansing High School	White	78.5%	382
Lansing Middle School	White	76.8%	366
Lehman Alternative Community School	White	75.9%	286
Newfield Elementary School	White	80.6%	341
Newfield Middle School	White	82.8%	157
Newfield Senior High School	White	84.8%	191
Northeast School	White	50.4%	385
Raymond C. Buckley Elementary School	White	78.1%	406
Russell I. Doig Middle School	White	86.8%	302
South Hill School	White	74.2%	380
Trumansburg Elementary School	White	84.6%	389