Mohawk Valley Times

Of the many ethnicities represented in New York schools, the most prevalent ethnicity among students enrolled in Westchester schools in the 2021-22 school year were white, according to New York State Education Department.

Of the 139,163 students attending Westchester County schools, 41.9% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 36.6% of Westchester County students.

In the previous school year, white was also the most common student ethnicity in Westchester County, representing 43.2% of the student body.

Pocantico Hills Central School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, with 38% white students, 26.7% Hispanic students, 17.7% Asian or Pacific Islander students, 10.7% Black students, and 7% multiracial students.

Compared to the previous year, total enrollment in public schools in the county dropped by 1.8% 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
Achieve Alternative High School	Hispanic	45.8%	24
Albert Leonard Middle School	White	38.1%	1,088
Alexander Hamilton High School	Hispanic	60.1%	451
Alice E. Grady Elementary School	Hispanic	60.9%	358
Anne Hutchinson School	White	61.4%	425
Anne M. Dorner Middle School	Hispanic	63.8%	1,040
Ardsley High School	White	58%	723
Ardsley Middle School	White	54.6%	725
Bedford Hills Elementary School	White	43.5%	294
Bedford Road School	White	67.7%	561
Bedford Village Elementary School	White	78.5%	293
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School	White	66.7%	481
Benjamin Turner Middle School	Black	80.2%	167
Blind Brook High School	White	80.5%	406
Blind Brook-Rye Middle School	White	75.7%	309
Blue Mountain Middle School	White	53.1%	514
Blythedale School	Hispanic	40.3%	119
Briarcliff High School	White	67.4%	533
Briarcliff Middle School	White	63.7%	267
Bronxville Elementary School	White	79.2%	639
Bronxville High School	White	77.6%	526
Bronxville Middle School	White	77.9%	394
Brookside School	Hispanic	69.7%	732
Brookside School	White	74.8%	496
Bruno M. Ponterio Ridge Street School	White	70.9%	561
Buchanan-Verplanck Elementary School	Hispanic	51.8%	301
Byram Hills High School	White	84.4%	726
Carl L. Dixson Elementary School	Hispanic	59.7%	154
Carrie E. Tompkins School	White	73.3%	555
Casimir Pulaski School	Hispanic	41.3%	555
Cecil H. Parker School	Black	81.4%	279
Cedar Knolls Academy	Hispanic	48.6%	37
Central School	White	69.8%	500
Cesar E. Chavez School	Hispanic	77.9%	579
Chatsworth Avenue School	White	79.2%	648
Church Street School	Hispanic	59.2%	569
Claremont School	Hispanic	67.3%	678
Clark Academy	Black	37.5%	96
Colonial School	White	70.6%	286
Columbus Elementary School	White	76.6%	470
Columbus Elementary School	Hispanic	88.2%	694
Columbus School at the Franko Building	Hispanic	52.1%	445
Coman Hill School	White	80.2%	545
Concord Road Elementary School	White	52.5%	884
Crompond School	White	71%	513
Cross Hill Academy	Hispanic	59.1%	337
Croton-Harmon High School	White	64%	484
Daniel Warren Elementary School	White	58.4%	310
Daniel Webster Elementary School	White	39.2%	469
Denzel Washington School-Arts	Black	81.9%	271
Dobbs Ferry High School	White	66.3%	454
Dobbs Ferry Middle School	White	58.5%	354
Douglas G. Grafflin School	White	66.4%	453
Dows Lane (K-3) School	White	70.4%	514
Early Childhood Program	Hispanic	44.4%	133
Eastchester Middle School	White	66.6%	769
Eastchester Senior High School	White	70.3%	990
Edenwald School	Black	62.5%	80
Edgemont Junior-Senior High School	White	47.5%	956
Edgewood School	White	47.5%	360
Edward Williams School	Black	76.4%	471
Enrico Fermi School for the Performing Arts	Hispanic	90.4%	873
Eugenio Maria De Hostos Microsociety School	Hispanic	82.7%	596
F. E. Bellows Elementary School	White	61.1%	352
Family School 32	Hispanic	56.2%	568
Farragut Middle School	White	72.2%	514
Fox Lane High School	White	50.8%	1,302
Fox Lane Middle School	White	50.3%	833
Fox Meadow School	White	52.4%	429
Frank G. Lindsey Elementary School	White	51.1%	419
Furnace Woods Elementary School	White	62.1%	248
George M. Davis Elementary School	White	42.3%	653
George Washington Elementary School	White	39.9%	419
George Washington School	Hispanic	66.9%	583
Gorton High School	Hispanic	65.3%	1,034
Graham School	Black	73.6%	421
Greenacres School	White	57.5%	339
Greenburgh Academy	Hispanic	49.7%	189
Greenburgh Eleven Elementary School	Black	52.4%	21
Greenburgh Eleven High School	Black	48.9%	45
Greenburgh Eleven Middle School	Hispanic	66.7%	12
Greenvale School	White	60.7%	509
Greenville School	Asian or Pacific Islander	42%	559
Grimes School	Black	75.8%	438
H. C. Crittenden Middle School	White	78.6%	561
Hamilton School	Hispanic	47.9%	336
Harrison Avenue Elementary School	White	86.1%	259
Harrison Avenue Elementary School	White	64.9%	567
Harrison High School	White	64.9%	1,073
Hastings High School	White	69.6%	533
Hawthorne Elementary School	White	79.6%	456
Heathcote School	White	62.4%	362
Hendrick Hudson High School	White	56.2%	726
Henry Barnard School	Hispanic	63.5%	447
Highview School	Hispanic	45%	238
Hillcrest School	Hispanic	74.5%	561
Hillside Elementary School	White	67.9%	554
Holmes School	Black	70.3%	306
Hommocks School	White	67.4%	1,290
Horace Greeley High School	White	74.2%	1,133
Hutchinson School	White	42%	357
Increase Miller Elementary School	White	75.9%	482
Irvington High School	White	70.6%	524
Irvington Middle School	White	69%	420
Isaac E. Young Middle School	Hispanic	70.5%	1,129
Jefferson Elementary School	Hispanic	73.8%	458
John F. Kennedy Elementary School	Hispanic	92.1%	745
John Jay High School	White	80.6%	978
John Jay Middle School	White	77.3%	683
John Paulding School	Hispanic	54.2%	227
Kahlil Gibran School	Hispanic	41.1%	516
Katonah Elementary School	White	77.3%	396
Kensico School	White	55.6%	295
King Street School	Hispanic	73.6%	405
Lakeland High School	White	68%	949
Lakeland-Copper Beech Middle School	White	56.7%	1,275
Lee F. Jackson School	Hispanic	51.1%	274
Lincoln High School	Hispanic	72.8%	1,112
Lincoln School	Black	42.9%	504
Lincoln Titus Elementary School	White	53.8%	413
Linden Hill High School	Hispanic	41.9%	43
Louis M. Klein Middle School	White	62.3%	808
Main Street School School (4-5)	White	69.3%	264
Mamaroneck Avenue School	Hispanic	55.5%	638
Mamaroneck Avenue School	Hispanic	45.7%	604
Mamaroneck High School	White	65.8%	1,627
Martin Luther King Junior High School	Hispanic	43.5%	62
Meadow Pond Elementary School	White	69.7%	347
Midland School	White	77.1%	489
Mildred E. Strang Middle School	White	70.3%	792
Milton School	White	83.3%	330
Mlk Junior High Tech & Computer Magnet School	Hispanic	56.5%	460
Mohansic School	White	73.1%	475
Montessori School 27	Hispanic	65%	346
Montessori School 31	Hispanic	53.4%	322
Mount Kisco Elementary School	Hispanic	76.4%	478
Mount Pleasant-Cottage School	Black	60.2%	123
Mount Vernon High School	Black	73%	1,245
Mount Vernon Steam Academy	Black	62.8%	674
Murray Avenue School	White	82.7%	681
Museum School 25	Hispanic	53.2%	282
Nelson Mandela/Dr. Hosa Zollicoffer School	Black	48.6%	358
New Rochelle High School	Hispanic	50.6%	3,191
North Salem Middle School/High School	White	71.8%	574
Oakside School	Hispanic	76.2%	530
Osborn School	White	63.9%	465
Ossining High School	Hispanic	62.7%	1,531
Paideia School 15	White	46.4%	558
Paideia School 24	Hispanic	62%	334
Palisade Preparatory School	Hispanic	59.4%	747
Park Avenue School	Hispanic	79.2%	424
Park School	Hispanic	65.6%	590
Parsons Memorial School	White	42.1%	468
Patricia A. Dichiaro School	White	45.4%	524
Pearls Hawthorne School	Hispanic	41%	829
Peekskill High School	Hispanic	74.1%	1,029
Peekskill Middle School	Hispanic	73.2%	754
Pelham Memorial High School	White	64.4%	924
Pelham Middle School	White	62.6%	618
Pennington School	Black	51.9%	412
Pequenakonck Elementary School	White	73.9%	445
Pierre Van Cortlandt School	White	70.2%	494
Pleasantville High School	White	76.6%	555
Pleasantville Middle School	White	75.9%	489
Pocantico Hills Central School	White	38%	300
Port Chester Middle School	Hispanic	83.6%	1,032
Port Chester Senior High School	Hispanic	81.7%	1,557
Post Road School	Hispanic	63.8%	563
Pound Ridge Elementary School	White	84.1%	246
Primrose School	White	76.4%	516
Prospect Hill School	White	72.2%	327
Purchase School	White	79.3%	329
Quaker Ridge School	White	60%	513
Reach Academy	White	47.4%	19
Rebecca Turner Elemtnary School	Black	73%	230
Richard J. Bailey School	Hispanic	47%	336
Ridgeway School	Hispanic	48.6%	601
Riverside High School	Hispanic	65.7%	958
Roaring Brook School	White	72.5%	425
Robert C. Dodson School	Hispanic	86.6%	730
Robert E. Bell School	White	69.7%	595
Roosevelt High School - Early College Studies	Hispanic	62.2%	988
Roosevelt School	Hispanic	68.1%	357
Rosemarie Ann Siragusa School	Hispanic	61.5%	488
Rye High School	White	84%	933
Rye Middle School	White	79.5%	696
Rye Neck Middle School	White	64.1%	343
Rye Neck Senior High School	White	62.1%	506
Samuel J. Preston School	White	54.9%	368
Saunders Trades & Technical High School	Hispanic	61.6%	1,108
Scarsdale Middle School	White	59.9%	1,131
Scarsdale Senior High School	White	65.5%	1,471
Scholastic Academy for Academic Excellence	Hispanic	80%	505
School 13	Hispanic	76.7%	576
School 16	Hispanic	64.9%	606
School 17	Hispanic	64.7%	348
School 21	Hispanic	56.1%	374
School 22	Hispanic	60.6%	396
School 23	Hispanic	69.2%	484
School 29	Hispanic	55.7%	614
School 30	Hispanic	45.1%	543
School 5	Hispanic	65.6%	570
School 9	Hispanic	61.8%	267
Seely Place School	White	47.9%	455
Seven Bridges Middle School	White	71.7%	526
Siwanoy School	White	72.2%	281
Sleepy Hollow High School	Hispanic	63.3%	832
Sleepy Hollow Middle School	Hispanic	62.2%	580
Somers Intermediate School	White	78.1%	534
Somers Middle School	White	76.8%	628
Somers Senior High School	White	84.3%	1,031
Springhurst Elementary School	White	66.2%	702
Thomas A. Edison School	Hispanic	90.8%	368
Thomas Cornell Academy	Hispanic	86.5%	312
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	White	67.8%	413
Todd Elementary School	White	64.1%	537
Traphagen School	Black	62.7%	303
Trinity Elementary School	Hispanic	57.6%	833
Tuckahoe High School	White	61.8%	301
Tuckahoe Middle School	White	68%	253
Uriah Hill School	Hispanic	69.9%	173
Valhalla High School	White	53.6%	416
Valhalla Middle School	White	49.8%	311
Van Cortlandtville School	White	50.1%	559
Virginia Road Elementary School	White	54%	335
W. L. Morse School	Hispanic	58.2%	361
Walter Panas High School	White	60.9%	901
Wampus School	White	77.3%	481
Washington Irving Interm School	Hispanic	58.8%	571
Waverly Early Childhood Center	White	63.3%	444
West Patent Elementary School	White	52.2%	268
Westlake High School	White	79.4%	528
Westlake Middle School	White	78%	431
Westorchard School	White	69.2%	406
White Plains Middle School	Hispanic	59%	1,544
White Plains Senior High School	Hispanic	61.8%	2,249
William B. Ward Elementary School	White	42.3%	958
William Boyce Thompson School	Hispanic	63%	408
William E. Cottle School	White	66.5%	541
Woodlands Middle/High School	Hispanic	43.6%	658
Woodside School	Hispanic	74.5%	533
Yonkers Early Childhood Academy	Hispanic	59%	315
Yonkers High School	Hispanic	53.1%	1,064
Yonkers Middle School	Hispanic	58.5%	588
Yonkers Montessori Academy	Hispanic	48.6%	1,241
Yorktown High School	White	71.9%	1,116
Ziccolella Elementary School	Black	38.6%	44
Ziccolella Middle School	Hispanic	66.7%	3