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 16,635 students attending Jefferson County schools, 77.2% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 9.7% of Jefferson County students.

In the previous school year, white was also the most common student ethnicity in Jefferson County, representing 77.2% of the student body.

Evans Mills Primary School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, with 52.9% white students, 23.1% Hispanic students, 11.2% Black students, 8.5% multiracial students, and 4.3% Asian or Pacific Islander students.

In the 2023-24 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county increased 0.8% 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
Alexandria Central Elementary School	White	94.8%	248
Alexandria Central High School	White	92.9%	225
Antwerp Primary School	White	62.4%	157
Bashaw Elementary School	White	98.2%	114
Belleville Henderson Central School	White	91.5%	503
Black River School	White	64.1%	546
Brownville School	White	89.2%	372
Calcium Primary School	White	55.6%	541
Carthage Elementary School	White	77.2%	404
Carthage Middle School	White	71.5%	931
Carthage Senior High School	White	74.5%	846
Case Middle School	White	65.5%	592
Clarke Middle School	White	95%	404
Dexter Elementary School	White	88.8%	322
Evans Mills Primary School	White	52.9%	329
General Brown Junior-Senior High School	White	92.7%	654
Guardino Elementary School	White	94.3%	264
Harold T. Wiley School	White	67.1%	621
Indian River High School	White	72.2%	796
Indian River Intermediate School	White	60.3%	539
Indian River Middle School	White	66.3%	725
Knickerbocker School	White	71.7%	360
La Fargeville Central School	White	93.1%	467
Lyme Central School	White	89%	345
Mannsville Manor Elementary School	White	93.3%	330
Maynard P. Wilson Elementary School	White	92.5%	479
North Elementary School	White	64.8%	440
Ohio Street School	White	65.3%	311
Philadelphia Primary School	White	81.8%	121
Sackets Harbor Central School	White	88.2%	399
Sherman School	White	71.5%	309
South Jefferson High School	White	93.5%	589
Starbuck Elementary School	White	56.2%	185
Theresa Primary School	White	85.5%	193
Thousand Islands High School	White	90.9%	253
Thousand Islands Middle School	White	93.2%	192
Watertown Senior High School	White	70.9%	1,139
West Carthage Elementary School	White	78.7%	390