North Country Leader

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

Of the 4,050 students attending Lewis County schools, 94.8% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 2% of Lewis County students.

In the previous school year, white was also the most common student ethnicity in Lewis County, representing 92.2% of the student body.

Harrisville Elementary School, Lowville High School, and Lowville Middle School had the most diverse student body in Lewis County, with white, multiracial, Hispanic, American Indian or Alaska Native, Black, and Asian or Pacific Islander.

Compared to the previous year, total enrollment in public schools in the county increased by 3.2% in the 2021-22 school 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. Persistent and substantial gaps were observed, particularly between Black and Hispanic students.

School name	Most prevalent ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Beaver River Elementary School	White	97.3%	404
Beaver River Middle School	White	99.5%	185
Beaver River Senior High School	White	97.6%	253
Copenhagen Central School	White	93.7%	477
Harrisville Elementary School	White	93.8%	178
Harrisville Junior-Senior High School	White	94.1%	170
Lowville Elementary School	White	92.1%	629
Lowville High School	White	94%	386
Lowville Middle School	White	90.6%	276
South Lewis Elementary School	White	96.5%	403
South Lewis High School	White	94.9%	256
South Lewis Middle School	White	95%	300
West Leyden Elementary School	White	98.5%	133