North Country Leader

Jefferson County enrolled 16,499 students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the New York State Education Department.

Jefferson County had the 25th highest enrollment numbers among all counties in the state during the 2022-23 school year.

The number of students in the halls of Jefferson County schools fell by 0.1% compared to the year before.

In the 2022-23 school year, 51% of students were boys, and 49% were girls.

Most of the students were white, representing 77.8% of the Jefferson County student body.

Within Jefferson County, Watertown Senior High School had the highest enrollment numbers in the school year, welcoming 1,083 students.

New York State has proposed a $45.8 billion education budget for 2025. This represents a $1.5 billion increase compared to the previous year. The most significant portion of this budget is allocated to schools, with a total of $35.3 billion proposed. The new budget aims to increase funds for Foundation Aid by $507 million, mainly driven by concerns over rising inflation in the U.S.

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 improve students' school performance.

School name	Total enrollment in 2021-22	Total enrollment in 2022-23	% Change From Previous School Year
Watertown Senior High School	1,068	1,083	1.4%
Carthage Middle School	919	899	-2.2%
Carthage Senior High School	832	817	-1.8%
Indian River High School	794	780	-1.8%
Indian River Middle School	719	672	-6.5%
General Brown Junior-Senior High School	634	661	4.3%
Case Middle School	607	626	3.1%
Harold T. Wiley School	617	574	-7%
South Jefferson High School	577	553	-4.2%
Calcium Primary School	536	545	1.7%
Indian River Intermediate School	506	544	7.5%
Maynard P. Wilson Elementary School	529	520	-1.7%
Belleville Henderson Central School	500	502	0.4%
La Fargeville Central School	493	496	0.6%
Black River School	459	460	0.2%
North Elementary School	454	455	0.2%
Clarke Middle School	434	434	0%
Sackets Harbor Central School	397	409	3%
Brownville School	422	409	-3.1%
Carthage Elementary School	349	378	8.3%
Evans Mills Primary School	371	375	1.1%
Knickerbocker School	351	364	3.7%
West Carthage Elementary School	353	348	-1.4%
Lyme Central School	330	337	2.1%
Sherman School	331	320	-3.3%
Mannsville Manor Elementary School	325	319	-1.8%
Dexter Elementary School	314	316	0.6%
Ohio Street School	310	301	-2.9%
Guardino Elementary School	283	293	3.5%
Thousand Islands High School	255	247	-3.1%
Alexandria Central Elementary School	247	230	-6.9%
Alexandria Central High School	225	227	0.9%
Thousand Islands Middle School	218	209	-4.1%
Theresa Primary School	183	187	2.2%
Starbuck Elementary School	168	185	10.1%
Antwerp Primary School	172	185	7.6%
Bashaw Elementary School	136	125	-8.1%
Philadelphia Primary School	100	114	14%