Syracuse Sun

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

Of the 17,356 students attending Oswego County schools, 92.7% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 3.2% of Oswego County students.

In the previous school year, white was also the most common student ethnicity in Oswego County, representing 92.9% of the student body.

Leighton Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, with 84.2% white students, 6.8% Hispanic students, 5.8% multiracial students, 1.4% Black students, 1.1% Asian or Pacific Islander students, and 0.7% American Indian or Alaska Native students.

Compared to the previous year, total enrollment in public schools in the county dropped by 0.1% in the 2021-22 school 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. Persistent and substantial gaps were observed, particularly between Black and Hispanic students.

School name	Most prevalent ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Elementary School	White	93.8%	549
Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Junior/Senior High School	White	93%	503
Aura A. Cole Elementary School	White	96%	379
Central Square Middle School	White	93.9%	818
Charles E. Riley Elementary School	White	85.6%	368
Emerson J. Dillon Middle School	White	94.1%	527
Fairgrieve School	White	88.5%	427
Fairley School	White	99.6%	466
Fitzhugh Park Elementary School	White	93.1%	361
Fulton Junior High School	White	87.9%	514
G. Ray Bodley High School	White	90.1%	963
Granby Elementary School	White	84.3%	478
Hannibal High School	White	94.2%	364
Hastings Mallory Elementary School	White	97.5%	398
J. E. Lanigan School	White	89.8%	422
John C. Birdlebough High School	White	95.1%	490
Kenney Middle School	White	96.9%	357
Kingsford Park Elementary School	White	91%	421
Leighton Elementary School	White	84.2%	278
Mexico Elementary School	White	93.4%	347
Mexico High School	White	94.1%	578
Mexico Middle School	White	92.9%	589
Michael A. Maroun Elementary School	White	96.2%	665
Millard Hawk Elementary School	White	96.6%	468
Minetto Elementary School	White	95.5%	378
New Haven Elementary School	White	92.2%	231
Oswego High School	White	88.1%	1,067
Oswego Middle School	White	88.8%	587
Palermo Elementary School	White	95.5%	202
Paul V. Moore High School	White	93.6%	1,109
Pulaski Elementary School	White	95.3%	424
Pulaski Middle-High School	White	96.2%	526
Sandy Creek Elementary School	White	94.5%	382
Sandy Creek High School	White	96%	202
Sandy Creek Middle School	White	96%	198
Volney Elementary School	White	94.7%	320