North Country Leader

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

Of the 14,051 students attending St. Lawrence County schools, 93.2% were white. American Indian or Alaska Native students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 2.1% of St. Lawrence County students.

In the previous school year, white was also the most common student ethnicity in St. Lawrence County, representing 93.5% of the student body.

J. William Leary Junior High School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, with 79.4% white students, 13.7% American Indian or Alaska Native students, 2.3% Black students, 1.8% Hispanic students, 1.5% Asian or Pacific Islander students, and 1.3% multiracial students.

Compared to the previous year, total enrollment in public schools in the county increased by 0.3% 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
A. A. Kingston Middle School	White	93.4%	376
Clifton-Fine Elementary School	White	93.4%	136
Clifton-Fine Junior-Senior High School	White	92.4%	118
Colton-Pierrepont Central School	White	100%	392
Edwards-Knox Elementary School	White	93%	300
Edwards-Knox Junior-Senior High School	White	98.1%	212
F. S. Banford Elementary School	White	92.4%	445
Gouverneur Elementary School	White	94.9%	528
Gouverneur High School	White	98.2%	457
Gouverneur Middle School	White	96.1%	462
H. C. Williams Senior High School	White	92.9%	339
Hammond Central School	White	97.1%	239
Hermon-Dekalb Central School	White	95.2%	373
Heuvelton Central School	White	96.1%	533
J. M. Mckenney Middle School	White	93.5%	339
J. William Leary Junior High School	White	79.4%	394
Jefferson Elementary School	White	83.6%	403
John F. Kennedy School	White	97.7%	482
Lawrence Avenue Elementary School	White	86.1%	546
Lisbon Central School	White	95.5%	573
Madill School	White	97.5%	279
Madison Elementary School	White	88.3%	443
Madrid-Waddington Elementary School	White	95.5%	337
Madrid-Waddington Junior-Senior High School	White	96.3%	323
Massena Senior High School	White	82.5%	836
Morristown Central School	White	95%	342
Nightengale Elementary School	White	88.5%	401
Norwood-Norfolk Elementary School	White	99.2%	370
Norwood-Norfolk Middle School	White	95.4%	305
Norwood-Norfolk School	White	96.3%	327
Ogdensburg Free Academy	White	98.3%	727
Parishville-Hopkinton Elementary School	White	97.7%	175
Parishville-Hopkinton Junior-Senior High School	White	96.5%	170
Potsdam Senior High School	White	91.4%	395
Saint Lawrence Elementary School	White	92%	376
Saint Lawrence High School	White	91%	279
St. Lawrence Middle School	White	95%	319