Onondaga County schools: Which ethnicity was most represented in 2021-22 school year?

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By Syracuse Sun

Sep 30, 2023

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

Of the 63,425 students attending Onondaga County schools, 62.3% were white. Black students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 17.8% of Onondaga County students.

In the previous school year, white was also the most common student ethnicity in Onondaga County, representing 63.2% of the student body.

Grant Middle School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, with 34.3% Black students, 24.8% white students, 17% Asian or Pacific Islander students, 12.7% Hispanic students, 10.6% multiracial students, and 0.8% American Indian or Alaska Native students.

Compared to the previous year, total enrollment in public schools in the county dropped by 0.9% 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.

Ethnicities in Onondaga County in 2021-22 School Year

Most Prevalent Ethnicities in Onondaga County Schools in 2021-22 School Year

School name	Most prevalent ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Allen Road Elementary School	White	81.9%	315
Bellevue Elementary School	Black	50.4%	377
Brewerton Elementary School	White	89%	401
Brighton Academy	Black	76.1%	360
C. Grant Grimshaw School	White	76.7%	318
C. S. Driver Middle School	White	93%	528
Camillus Middle School	White	84.4%	684
Catherine M. Mcnamara Elementary School	White	84.7%	529
Charles W. Baker High School	White	88.3%	1,267
Cherry Road Elementary School	White	82.1%	408
Chestnut Hill Elementary School	White	60.6%	360
Chestnut Hill Middle School	White	60.6%	345
Cicero Elementary School	White	82.5%	560
Cicero-North Syracuse High School	White	79.3%	1,813
Clary Middle School	Black	60.3%	307
Corcoran High School	Black	56.3%	1,216
Delaware Primary School	Hispanic	41.1%	472
Donald S. Ray School	White	84.9%	841
Donlin Drive Elementary School	White	60%	450
Dr. Weeks Elementary School	Black	47.8%	744
Eagle Hill Middle School	White	76.6%	657
East Hill Elementary School	White	87.3%	323
East Syracuse Elementary School	White	68.7%	364
East Syracuse Minoa Central High School	White	81%	1,149
Edward Smith K-8 School	Black	43.5%	687
Elbridge Elementary School	White	97.3%	451
Elmcrest Elementary School	White	77.8%	428
Enders Road Elementary School	White	78.8%	542
Expeditionary Learning Middle School	Black	35%	177
Fabius-Pompey Elementary School	White	95%	280
Fabius-Pompey Middle School High School	White	92.2%	357
Fayetteville Elementary School	White	84%	468
Fayetteville-Manlius Senior High School	White	78.2%	1,356
Franklin Elementary School	Black	36.1%	689
Frazer K-8 School	Black	40.9%	819
Fremont Elementary School	White	91.2%	328
Gillette Road Middle School	White	82.6%	1,079
Grant Middle School	Black	34.3%	654
Harry E. Elden Elementary School	White	83.4%	469
Henninger High School	Black	45.6%	1,582
Huntington K-8 School	Black	36.3%	878
Hurlbut W. Smith K-8 School	Black	61.9%	812
Institute of Technology at Syracuse Central	Black	51%	567
Jamesville Elementary School	White	73%	296
Jamesville-Dewitt High School	White	74.2%	912
Jamesville-Dewitt Middle School	White	72.6%	778
Jordan-Elbridge High School	White	94.9%	369
Jordan-Elbridge Middle School	White	94%	418
K. C. Heffernan Elementary School	White	92.8%	400
Karl W. Saile Bear Road Elementary School	White	78.6%	276
L. Pearl Palmer Elementary School	White	91.8%	429
La Fayette Junior-Senior High School	White	64.4%	354
Lakeshore Road Elementary School	White	81.8%	660
Lemoyne Elementary School	Black	34.4%	369
Lincoln Middle School	Black	46.8%	553
Liverpool Elementary School	White	75.1%	269
Liverpool High School	White	69.3%	2,173
Liverpool Middle School	White	67.3%	284
Long Branch Elementary School	White	59%	388
Lyncourt School	White	44.9%	403
Mae E. Reynolds School	White	89.2%	436
Main Street Elementary School	White	81.9%	188
Marcellus High School	White	94.3%	505
Mckinley-Brighton Elementary School	Black	70.3%	454
Meachem Elementary School	Black	62.3%	308
Morgan Road Elementary School	White	68.2%	440
Moses Dewitt Elementary School	White	73.1%	219
Mott Road Elementary School	White	79.1%	425
Nate Perry Elementary School	White	56.3%	442
North Syracuse Junior High School	White	79.4%	1,252
Nottingham High School	Black	54%	1,147
Onondaga Hill Middle School	White	79.9%	502
Onondaga Nation School	American Indian or Alaska Native	99.3%	134
Onondaga Road Elementary School	White	79.3%	324
Onondaga Senior High School	White	74.1%	343
Park Hill School	White	79%	238
Pine Grove Middle School	White	81.8%	721
Porter Elementary School	Black	36%	328
Public Service Leadership Academy at Fowler	Black	52%	1,051
Roberts K-8 School	Black	56.9%	596
Rockwell Elementary School	White	72.6%	234
Roxboro Road Elementary School	White	67.6%	411
Roxboro Road Middle School	White	70.2%	748
Salem Hyde Elementary School	Black	35.8%	495
Seymour Dual Language Academy	Hispanic	57.1%	518
Skaneateles Middle School	White	93.9%	295
Skaneateles Senior High School	White	94.8%	441
Smith Road Elementary School	White	78%	567
Solvay Elementary School	White	70.6%	462
Solvay High School	White	68.8%	475
Solvay Middle School	White	69.8%	427
Soule Road Elementary School	White	81.1%	323
Soule Road Middle School	White	77.5%	417
Split Rock Elementary School	White	81.6%	282
State Street Intermediate School	White	90.2%	245
Steam at Dr. King Elementary School	Black	76.6%	440
Stonehedge Elementary School	White	84.5%	695
Syracuse Latin School	White	38.8%	673
Syracuse Stem at Blodgett	Hispanic	45%	371
Tecumseh Elementary School	White	68.2%	324
Theodore R. Durgee Junior High School	White	85.7%	877
Tully Elementary School	White	90.2%	396
Tully Junior-Senior High School	White	95%	337
Van Buren Elementary School	White	87.5%	506
Van Duyn Elementary School	Black	72.7%	428
Walberta Park Primary School	White	76.6%	235
Waterman Elementary School	White	91.1%	259
Webster Elementary School	Black	34.3%	641
Wellwood Middle School	White	78.8%	652
West Genesee Middle School	White	83.7%	656
West Genesee Senior High School	White	86%	1,349
Westhill High School	White	84.7%	570
Wheeler Elementary School	White	73.2%	231
Willow Field Elementary School	White	71.5%	386
Woodland Elementary School	White	79.5%	264