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 13,903 students attending St. Lawrence County schools, 92.9% were white. American Indian or Alaska Native students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 2.2% of St. Lawrence County students.

In the previous school year, white was also the most common student ethnicity in St. Lawrence County, representing 94.2% of the student body.

J. William Leary Junior High School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, with 79.6% white students, 16.3% American Indian or Alaska Native students, 1.4% Hispanic students, 1.1% multiracial students, 0.8% Black students, and 0.8% Asian or Pacific Islander students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped to 1.1% when compared to the previous 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, particularly between Black and Hispanic students.

School name	Most prevalent ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
A. A. Kingston Middle School	White	91.3%	368
Clifton-Fine Elementary School	White	90.7%	129
Clifton-Fine Junior-Senior High School	White	88.6%	123
Colton-Pierrepont Central School	White	99.2%	373
Edwards-Knox Elementary School	White	94.6%	294
Edwards-Knox Junior-Senior High School	White	96.4%	221
F. S. Banford Elementary School	White	91.9%	434
Gouverneur Elementary School	White	95.1%	506
Gouverneur High School	White	97.6%	467
Gouverneur Middle School	White	96.4%	472
H. C. Williams Senior High School	White	93.9%	346
Hammond Central School	White	95.5%	246
Hermon-Dekalb Central School	White	96.1%	381
Heuvelton Central School	White	96.4%	552
J. M. Mckenney Middle School	White	93.2%	337
J. William Leary Junior High School	White	79.6%	368
Jefferson Elementary School	White	82.7%	410
John F. Kennedy School	White	96.1%	462
Lawrence Avenue Elementary School	White	86.2%	551
Lisbon Central School	White	97%	561
Madill School	White	98.2%	281
Madison Elementary School	White	85.8%	422
Madrid-Waddington Elementary School	White	94.8%	327
Madrid-Waddington Junior-Senior High School	White	96%	328
Massena Senior High School	White	81.3%	827
Morristown Central School	White	96%	329
Nightengale Elementary School	White	88.6%	402
Norwood-Norfolk Elementary School	White	99.7%	363
Norwood-Norfolk Middle School	White	95.3%	295
Norwood-Norfolk School	White	96.5%	314
Ogdensburg Free Academy	White	98.3%	714
Parishville-Hopkinton Elementary School	White	98.9%	176
Parishville-Hopkinton Junior-Senior High School	White	99.4%	169
Potsdam Senior High School	White	90.1%	373
Saint Lawrence Elementary School	White	92.6%	363
Saint Lawrence High School	White	91.2%	308
St. Lawrence Middle School	White	92.9%	311