North Country Leader

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

Of the 4,160 students attending Lewis County schools, 93.4% were white. Multiracial students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 2.8% of Lewis County students.

In the previous school year, white was also the most common student ethnicity in Lewis County, representing 93.7% of the student body.

Copenhagen Central School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, with 91.1% white students, 4.8% Hispanic students, 2.7% multiracial students, 1% Black students, and 0.4% Asian or Pacific Islander students.

In the 2023-24 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county increased 0.9% 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
Beaver River Elementary School	White	95.4%	416
Beaver River Middle School	White	97.5%	199
Beaver River Senior High School	White	97.7%	257
Copenhagen Central School	White	91.1%	483
Harrisville Elementary School	White	93.5%	169
Harrisville Junior-Senior High School	White	93%	171
Lowville Elementary School	White	90%	632
Lowville High School	White	91.9%	370
Lowville Middle School	White	90.1%	284
South Lewis Elementary School	White	96%	454
South Lewis High School	White	93%	287
South Lewis Middle School	White	94.3%	315
West Leyden Elementary School	White	97.6%	123