Syracuse Sun

Cortland County enrolled 5,556 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the New York State Education Department.

It had the 12th lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

The number of students in the halls of Cortland County schools remained unchanged compared to the year before.

In the 2021-22 school year, 51.6% of students were boys, and 48.3% were girls.

Most of the students were white, representing 91.2% of the Cortland County student body.

Within Cortland County, Cortland High School had the highest enrollment numbers in the school year, welcoming 623 students.

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 2020-21	Total enrollment in 2021-22	% Change From Previous School Year
Cortland High School	639	623	-2.5%
Homer Senior High School	601	584	-2.8%
Homer Elementary School	435	478	9.9%
Homer Junior High School	458	454	-0.9%
Franklyn S. Barry Primary School	424	435	2.6%
William Appleby Elementary School	347	403	16.1%
Homer Intermediate School	359	361	0.6%
Cortland Junior High School	352	333	-5.4%
Marathon High School	290	315	8.6%
Mcgraw Secondary School	318	303	-4.7%
Randall Middle School	296	278	-6.1%
Fe Smith Intermediate School	288	256	-11.1%
Mcgraw Elementary School	216	234	8.3%
Cincinnatus Elementary School	203	193	-4.9%
Cincinnatus High School	157	157	0%
Cincinnatus Middle School	173	149	-13.9%