Monroe NY News

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

Of the 5,371 students attending Orleans County schools, 80.9% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 8.5% of Orleans County students.

In the previous school year, white was also the most common student ethnicity in Orleans County, representing 81.5% of the student body.

Carl I. Bergerson Middle School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, with 72.9% white students, 14.9% Black students, 10.7% Hispanic students, 1% Asian or Pacific Islander students, and 0.5% American Indian or Alaska Native students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped to 0.6% 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
Carl I. Bergerson Middle School	White	72.9%	402
Charles D'amico High School	White	74.3%	513
Clifford Wise Intermediate School	White	74.7%	395
Holley Elementary School	White	87.3%	543
Holley Junior Senior High School	White	84.9%	423
Kendall Elementary School	White	89.6%	355
Kendall Junior-Senior High School	White	90.2%	325
L. A. Webber Middle-High School	White	87.2%	235
Lyndonville Elementary School	White	89.7%	358
Medina Junior-Senior High School	White	79.8%	614
Oak Orchard Primary School	White	73.9%	387
Ronald L. Sodoma Elementary School	White	76.6%	821