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 13,655 students attending St. Lawrence County schools, 92.7% were white. American Indian or Alaska Native students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 2.4% of St. Lawrence County students.

In the previous school year, white was also the most common student ethnicity in St. Lawrence County, representing 94.6% of the student body.

Massena Senior High School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, with 79.4% white students, 15.2% American Indian or Alaska Native students, 1.9% Black students, 1.8% Hispanic students, 1.1% Asian or Pacific Islander students, and 0.6% multiracial students.

In the 2023-24 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped to 1.8% 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	89.6%	346
Clifton-Fine Elementary School	White	92.8%	139
Clifton-Fine Junior-Senior High School	White	90.1%	121
Colton-Pierrepont Central School	White	99.5%	381
Edwards-Knox Elementary School	White	96.9%	288
Edwards-Knox Junior-Senior High School	White	97.8%	225
F. S. Banford Elementary School	White	91.9%	408
Gouverneur Elementary School	White	95.1%	513
Gouverneur High School	White	98.7%	462
Gouverneur Middle School	White	95.1%	447
H. C. Williams Senior High School	White	95.3%	341
Hammond Central School	White	97.8%	228
Hermon-Dekalb Central School	White	95.7%	371
Heuvelton Central School	White	96%	553
J. M. Mckenney Middle School	White	92.2%	320
J. William Leary Junior High School	White	81.3%	380
Jefferson Elementary School	White	81.7%	416
John F. Kennedy School	White	95.5%	462
Lawrence Avenue Elementary School	White	85.5%	546
Lisbon Central School	White	96.7%	546
Madill School	White	97.1%	280
Madison Elementary School	White	84.9%	418
Madrid-Waddington Elementary School	White	95.7%	303
Madrid-Waddington Junior-Senior High School	White	95.5%	314
Massena Senior High School	White	79.4%	798
Morristown Central School	White	96.8%	315
Nightengale Elementary School	White	85%	400
Norwood-Norfolk Elementary School	White	99.4%	341
Norwood-Norfolk Middle School	White	97.3%	293
Norwood-Norfolk School	White	95.5%	312
Ogdensburg Free Academy	White	98.5%	676
Parishville-Hopkinton Elementary School	White	97.2%	181
Parishville-Hopkinton Junior-Senior High School	White	98.7%	159
Potsdam Senior High School	White	92.5%	412
Saint Lawrence Elementary School	White	91.7%	363
Saint Lawrence High School	White	91.7%	288
St. Lawrence Middle School	White	92.6%	309