Finger Lakes Today

Seneca County enrolled 3,722 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the New York State Education Department.

Seneca County had the fifth lowest enrollment numbers among all counties in the state during the 2022-23 school year.

The number of students in the halls of Seneca County schools grew by 0.2% compared to the year before.

In the 2022-23 school year, 51.5% of students were boys, and 48.5% were girls.

Most of the students were white, representing 86.4% of the Seneca County student body.

Within Seneca County, Romulus Central School had the highest enrollment numbers in the school year, welcoming 450 students.

New York State has proposed a $45.8 billion education budget for 2025. This represents a $1.5 billion increase compared to the previous year. The most significant portion of this budget is allocated to schools, with a total of $35.3 billion proposed. The new budget aims to increase funds for Foundation Aid by $507 million, mainly driven by concerns over rising inflation in the U.S.

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 improve students' school performance.

School name	Total enrollment in 2021-22	Total enrollment in 2022-23	% Change From Previous School Year
Romulus Central School	442	450	1.8%
Waterloo High School	471	438	-7%
Mynderse Academy	367	377	2.7%
Skoi-Yase School	340	349	2.6%
Waterloo Middle School	336	338	0.6%
South Seneca Middle/High School	317	321	1.3%
South Seneca Elementary School	302	315	4.3%
La Fayette School	345	308	-10.7%
Frank M. Knight Elementary School	263	287	9.1%
Seneca Falls Middle School	278	277	-0.4%
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Elementary School	252	262	4%