Finger Lakes Today

Seneca County enrolled 3,644 students in the 2023-24 school year, according to the New York State Education Department.

Seneca County had the fourth lowest enrollment numbers among all counties in the state during the 2023-24 school year.

The number of students in the halls of Seneca County schools fell by 2.1% compared to the year before.

In the 2023-24 school year, 51.3% of students were boys, and 48.7% were girls.

Most of the students were white, representing 85.2% of the Seneca County student body.

Within Seneca County, Romulus Central School had the highest enrollment numbers in the school year, welcoming 438 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 2022-23	Total enrollment in 2023-24	% Change From Previous School Year
Romulus Central School	450	438	-2.7%
Waterloo High School	438	398	-9.1%
Mynderse Academy	377	368	-2.4%
Waterloo Middle School	338	347	2.7%
South Seneca Middle/High School	321	339	5.6%
Skoi-Yase School	349	338	-3.2%
La Fayette School	308	309	0.3%
South Seneca Elementary School	315	295	-6.3%
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Elementary School	262	274	4.6%
Seneca Falls Middle School	277	271	-2.2%
Frank M. Knight Elementary School	287	267	-7%