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 3,644 students attending Seneca County schools, 85.2% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 5.8% of Seneca County students.

In the previous school year, white was also the most common student ethnicity in Seneca County, representing 88.2% of the student body.

La Fayette School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, with 77.3% white students, 10.4% Hispanic students, 7.1% multiracial students, 3.6% Black students, 1.3% Asian or Pacific Islander students, and 0.3% American Indian or Alaska Native students.

In the 2023-24 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped to 2.1% 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
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Elementary School	White	78.1%	274
Frank M. Knight Elementary School	White	83.9%	267
La Fayette School	White	77.3%	309
Mynderse Academy	White	78.3%	368
Romulus Central School	White	90.6%	438
Seneca Falls Middle School	White	80.8%	271
Skoi-Yase School	White	78.4%	338
South Seneca Elementary School	White	99%	295
South Seneca Middle/High School	White	93.5%	339
Waterloo High School	White	88.7%	398
Waterloo Middle School	White	85.9%	347