North Country Leader

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

Of the 16,518 students attending Jefferson County schools, 78% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 8.8% of Jefferson County students.

In the previous school year, white was also the most common student ethnicity in Jefferson County, representing 76.6% of the student body.

Evans Mills Primary School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, with 49.3% white students, 24% Hispanic students, 12.1% Black students, 11.1% multiracial students, 3.2% Asian or Pacific Islander students, and 0.3% American Indian or Alaska Native students.

Compared to the previous year, total enrollment in public schools in the county increased by 2.8% 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
Alexandria Central Elementary School	White	95.5%	247
Alexandria Central High School	White	92%	225
Antwerp Primary School	White	68%	172
Bashaw Elementary School	White	96.3%	136
Belleville Henderson Central School	White	93.8%	500
Black River School	White	65.8%	459
Brownville School	White	92.2%	422
Calcium Primary School	White	56.5%	536
Carthage Elementary School	White	73.1%	349
Carthage Middle School	White	74.8%	919
Carthage Senior High School	White	77.2%	832
Case Middle School	White	70.7%	607
Clarke Middle School	White	94.5%	434
Dexter Elementary School	White	93%	314
Evans Mills Primary School	White	49.3%	371
General Brown Junior-Senior High School	White	93.8%	634
Guardino Elementary School	White	93.3%	283
Harold T. Wiley School	White	63.7%	617
Indian River High School	White	72.5%	794
Indian River Intermediate School	White	60.5%	506
Indian River Middle School	White	67.7%	719
Knickerbocker School	White	70.1%	351
La Fargeville Central School	White	92.5%	493
Lyme Central School	White	92.1%	330
Mannsville Manor Elementary School	White	95.7%	325
Maynard P. Wilson Elementary School	White	95.7%	529
North Elementary School	White	65.4%	454
Ohio Street School	White	62.3%	310
Philadelphia Primary School	White	80%	100
Sackets Harbor Central School	White	87.7%	397
Sherman School	White	67.7%	331
South Jefferson High School	White	94.5%	577
Starbuck Elementary School	White	57.1%	168
Theresa Primary School	White	80.9%	183
Thousand Islands High School	White	87.5%	255
Thousand Islands Middle School	White	89.4%	218
Watertown Senior High School	White	71.3%	1,068
West Carthage Elementary School	White	79.6%	353