Capital District Times

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

Of the 21,567 students attending Schenectady County schools, 50.6% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 14.5% of Schenectady County students.

In the previous school year, white was also the most common student ethnicity in Schenectady County, representing 51.3% of the student body.

Mont Pleasant Middle School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, with 26.1% Black students, 25.4% Hispanic students, 23% Asian or Pacific Islander students, 13% multiracial students, and 12.4% white students.

In the 2023-24 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county increased 0.5% when compared to the previous 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, particularly between Black and Hispanic students.

School name	Most prevalent ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Birchwood Elementary School	White	62.8%	387
Central Park Middle School	Asian or Pacific Islander	28.3%	584
Craig Elementary School	White	58.8%	403
Dr. Martin Luther King School Junior Elementary School	Asian or Pacific Islander	30.4%	391
Draper Middle School	White	67.4%	680
Duanesburg Elementary School	White	92.6%	363
Duanesburg High School	White	94.1%	303
Glen-Worden Elementary School	White	82.5%	206
Glendaal School	White	92.9%	210
Hamilton Elementary School	Hispanic	31.5%	429
Herman L. Bradt Elementary School	White	72.6%	620
Hillside School	White	65.9%	381
Howe Elementary School	Black	23.9%	414
Iroquois Middle School	White	63.6%	613
Jefferson Elementary School	White	77.2%	685
Jessie T. Zoller Elementary School	Black	24.4%	442
Lincoln Elementary School	Black	28%	311
Lincoln School	White	81.6%	212
Mohonasen Senior High School	White	71.3%	890
Mont Pleasant Middle School	Black	26.1%	708
Niskayuna High School	White	63%	1,363
Oneida Middle School	Black	27.4%	606
Paige Elementary School	Asian or Pacific Islander	31.5%	454
Pashley Elementary School	White	85.9%	481
Pinewood Elementary School	White	68.4%	604
Pleasant Valley Elementary School	Hispanic	27.6%	369
Richard H. O'rourke Middle School	White	90.3%	720
Rosendale School	White	67.6%	374
Sacandaga School	White	81.8%	313
Schalmont High School	White	81.5%	541
Schalmont Middle School	White	81.1%	555
Schenectady High School	Black	27%	2,860
Scotia-Glenville Middle School	White	86.7%	495
Scotia-Glenville Senior High School	White	89.5%	712
Van Antwerp Middle School	White	61.6%	422
Van Corlaer Elementary School	Hispanic	27.4%	413
William C. Keane Elementary School	Asian or Pacific Islander	37%	257
Woodlawn Elementary School	White	27.8%	478
Yates Elementary School	Hispanic	28%	318