Capital District Times

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

Of the 8,983 students attending Sullivan County schools, 51.2% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 33% of Sullivan County students.

In the previous school year, white was also the most common student ethnicity in Sullivan County, representing 53.4% of the student body.

Kenneth L. Rutherford School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, with 40.4% Hispanic students, 31.5% white students, 15.4% Black students, 10.2% multiracial students, and 2.4% Asian or Pacific Islander 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.

School name	Most prevalent ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Benjamin Cosor Elementary School	Hispanic	56%	784
Eldred Junior-Senior High School	White	85.2%	210
Emma C. Chase School	White	56.4%	225
Fallsburg Junior Senior High School	Hispanic	54.1%	663
George L. Cooke School	Hispanic	40.1%	461
George Ross Mackenzie Elementary School	White	77.8%	248
Kenneth L. Rutherford School	Hispanic	40.4%	492
Liberty Elementary School	Hispanic	46.8%	698
Liberty High School	Hispanic	44.9%	564
Liberty Middle School	Hispanic	49.3%	548
Livingston Manor Elementary School	White	79.7%	237
Livingston Manor High School	White	76.7%	189
Monticello High School	White	43.7%	877
Robert J. Kaiser Middle School	Hispanic	37.7%	634
Roscoe Central School	White	83.3%	227
Sullivan West Elementary School	White	84%	543
Sullivan West High School at Lake Huntington	White	84.1%	483
Tri-Valley Elementary School	White	71.7%	463
Tri-Valley Secondary School	White	81.7%	437