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 16,499 students attending Jefferson County schools, 77.8% 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 78.1% of the student body.

Evans Mills Primary School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, with 53.3% white students, 20% Hispanic students, 14.7% Black students, 9.9% multiracial students, and 2.1% 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 0.1% 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
Alexandria Central Elementary School	White	95.7%	230
Alexandria Central High School	White	91.6%	227
Antwerp Primary School	White	65.9%	185
Bashaw Elementary School	White	97.6%	125
Belleville Henderson Central School	White	92.2%	502
Black River School	White	65.7%	460
Brownville School	White	91.9%	409
Calcium Primary School	White	59.8%	545
Carthage Elementary School	White	73%	378
Carthage Middle School	White	71.9%	899
Carthage Senior High School	White	75.9%	817
Case Middle School	White	67.4%	626
Clarke Middle School	White	93.3%	434
Dexter Elementary School	White	89.6%	316
Evans Mills Primary School	White	53.3%	375
General Brown Junior-Senior High School	White	92.4%	661
Guardino Elementary School	White	92.2%	293
Harold T. Wiley School	White	65%	574
Indian River High School	White	72.6%	780
Indian River Intermediate School	White	61%	544
Indian River Middle School	White	71.3%	672
Knickerbocker School	White	68.4%	364
La Fargeville Central School	White	92.7%	496
Lyme Central School	White	90.5%	337
Mannsville Manor Elementary School	White	94.7%	319
Maynard P. Wilson Elementary School	White	94.6%	520
North Elementary School	White	62.2%	455
Ohio Street School	White	64.8%	301
Philadelphia Primary School	White	78.1%	114
Sackets Harbor Central School	White	90.5%	409
Sherman School	White	68.1%	320
South Jefferson High School	White	95.5%	553
Starbuck Elementary School	White	60.5%	185
Theresa Primary School	White	79.7%	187
Thousand Islands High School	White	89.1%	247
Thousand Islands Middle School	White	90%	209
Watertown Senior High School	White	71.3%	1,083
West Carthage Elementary School	White	80.7%	348