2021-22 School Year: Which ethnicity was most represented in Monroe County schools?

NY State Education Department Board of Regents Member Dr. Frances Wills | education.wisc.edu

By NYC Gazette

Sep 27, 2023

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

Of the 93,899 students attending Monroe County schools, 54.8% were white. Black students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 19.5% of Monroe County students.

In the previous school year, white was also the most common student ethnicity in Monroe County, representing 55.9% of the student body.

School 15-Children's School of Rochester had the most even distribution of races among county schools, with 30.6% Black students, 24.6% Asian or Pacific Islander students, 23.7% white students, 18.6% Hispanic students, and 2.4% multiracial students.

Compared to the previous year, total enrollment in public schools in the county dropped by 1.1% 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 Monroe County in 2021-22 School Year

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

School name	Most prevalent ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
A. D. Oliver Middle School	White	76.2%	701
A. M. Cosgrove Middle School	White	76%	838
Allen Creek School	White	74.7%	348
Anna Murray-Douglass Academy	Black	44.6%	668
Arcadia High School	White	58.5%	1,058
Arcadia Middle School	White	55.2%	723
Athena High School	White	59.3%	1,042
Athena Middle School	White	56.2%	771
Autumn Lane Elementary School	White	52.4%	307
Barclay Elementary School	White	78.6%	440
Barker Road Middle School	White	69.7%	654
Bay Trail Middle School	White	81.4%	1,051
Briarwood School	White	69%	158
Brighton High School	White	69.2%	1,227
Brockport High School	White	77.2%	962
Brooks Hill School	White	80.6%	582
Brookside Elementary School Campus	White	59.3%	359
Brookview School	White	67.5%	157
Buckman Heights Elementary School	White	54.5%	358
Calkins Road Middle School	White	71.3%	656
Canal View Elementary School	White	80.6%	448
Charles H. Roth Junior High School	White	57.6%	533
Chestnut Ridge Elementary School	White	60%	542
Churchville Elementary School	White	78.3%	414
Churchville-Chili Middle School	White	74.5%	1,159
Churchville-Chili Senior High School	White	77.6%	1,174
Cobbles Elementary School	White	83.7%	552
Colebrook School	White	77.9%	145
Council Rock Primary School	White	63.7%	623
Craig Hill Elementary School	White	45.5%	279
Dake Junior High School	White	69.4%	594
David B. Crane Elementary School	White	42.6%	333
Dewitt Road Elementary School	White	84.3%	492
Dr. Alice Holloway Young School of Excellence	Black	69.4%	337
Dr. Walter Cooper Academy	Black	78.1%	356
Dudley School	White	86.1%	599
Durand-Eastman Intermediate School	White	46.8%	325
East Irondequoit Middle School	White	42.5%	676
East Lower School	Black	51.3%	357
East Rochester Elementary School	White	71.9%	466
East Rochester Junior-Senior High School	White	66.9%	519
East Upper High School	Black	51.7%	710
Eastridge Senior High School	White	42.1%	840
Edison Career and Technology High School	Black	57.3%	1,395
Emma E. Sherman Elementary School	White	57.5%	527
English Village Elementary School	White	48.3%	418
Ethel K. Fyle Elementary School	White	37.7%	416
Fairbanks Road Elementary School	White	82.9%	461
Fairport Senior High School	White	84.3%	1,299
Florence Brasser School	White	61.7%	386
Floyd S. Winslow Elementary School	White	63.3%	482
Franklin Lower School	Black	57.6%	337
Franklin Upper School	Black	55.7%	1,028
Fred W. Hill School	White	75.1%	449
French Road Elementary School	White	66%	697
Gates-Chili High School	White	54.1%	1,151
Gates-Chili Middle School	White	49.3%	824
Ginther Elementary School	White	80.7%	507
Harris Hill Elementary School	White	83.8%	408
Helendale Road Primary School	White	46.4%	302
Henry V. Burger Junior High School	White	57.2%	657
Hilton High School	White	89.6%	1,427
Holmes Road Elementary School	White	57.8%	341
Honeoye Falls-Lima Middle School	White	91.8%	487
Honeoye Falls-Lima Senior High School	White	90%	683
Indian Landing Elementary School	White	82.7%	543
Irondequoit High School	White	65.2%	1,143
Iroquois Middle School	White	78.5%	395
Ivan L. Green Primary School	White	46.8%	374
James Monroe Upper School	Hispanic	56.8%	680
Jefferson Avenue School	White	87.5%	616
Jefferson Road School	White	76.1%	476
Johanna Perrin Middle School	White	83.4%	592
Joseph C. Wilson Foundation Academy	Black	74%	454
Joseph C. Wilson Magnet High School	Black	69.2%	707
Klem Road North Elementary School	White	79.9%	562
Klem Road South Elementary School	White	72.8%	522
Lakeshore Elementary School	White	45.2%	372
Laurelton-Pardee Intermediate School	White	41.7%	278
Leadership Academy for Young Men	Black	60.3%	506
Leo Bernabi School	White	81.7%	399
Listwood School	White	79.1%	182
Longridge School	White	43.1%	728
Manor Intermediate School	White	91.3%	598
Martha Brown Middle School	White	84.4%	678
Mary K. Vollmer Elementary School	White	52.1%	697
Mendon Center Elementary School	White	56.9%	643
Merton Williams Middle School	White	87.8%	673
Minerva Deland School	White	85.3%	435
Monica B. Leary Elementary School	White	54.5%	492
Monroe Lower School	Hispanic	53.2%	250
Neil Armstrong School	White	43.4%	376
Northeast College Preparatory High School	Black	66.5%	641
Northside School	White	85.6%	606
Northwest College Preparatory High School	Black	57.8%	275
Northwood Elementary School	White	85.7%	761
Odyssey Academy	White	49.4%	943
Olympia High School	White	48.2%	1,105
Paddy Hill Elementary School	White	66.9%	550
Park Road School	White	75.2%	423
Paul Road School	White	56.3%	407
Penfield Senior High School	White	80.6%	1,377
Pine Brook Elementary School	White	68.2%	465
Pittsford Sutherland High School	White	71.6%	877
Pittsford-Mendon High School	White	73.4%	967
Plank Road North Elementary School	White	76.6%	565
Plank Road South Elementary School	White	83.7%	577
Quest Elementary School	White	87.2%	444
Rise Community School	Black	46.7%	360
Rochester Early College International High School	Black	60.1%	343
Rogers Middle School	White	65%	414
Rush-Henrietta Senior High School	White	56%	1,228
Schlegel Road Elementary School	White	82.9%	451
School 15-Children's School of Rochester	Black	30.6%	333
School 16-John Walton Spencer	Black	77.4%	385
School 17-Enrico Fermi	Hispanic	60.7%	664
School 19-Dr Charles T. Lunsford	Black	76.6%	321
School 2-Clara Barton	Black	78.1%	301
School 22-Lincoln School	Hispanic	63.5%	534
School 23-Francis Parker	White	40.2%	291
School 25-Nathaniel Hawthorne	Black	52.8%	288
School 28-Henry Hudson	Hispanic	60.1%	636
School 29-Adlai E. Stevenson	Black	66.5%	254
School 33-John James Audubon	Hispanic	48.7%	991
School 34-Dr Louis A. Cerulli	Black	58.2%	440
School 35-Pinnacle	Hispanic	52%	398
School 39-Andrew J. Townson	Black	57.3%	445
School 4-George Mather Forbes	Black	74.8%	309
School 42-Abelard Reynolds	Black	45.8%	493
School 45-Mary Mcleod Bethune	Black	57.2%	556
School 46-Charles Carroll	Black	40.9%	301
School 5-John Williams	Black	45.7%	647
School 50-Helen Barrett Montgomery	Black	41.5%	627
School 52-Frank Fowler Dow	Black	47.3%	292
School 53 Montessori Academy	Black	65.2%	253
School 54-Flower City Community School	Black	57.9%	361
School 58-World of Inquiry School	Black	62.2%	981
School 7-Virgil Grissom	Black	55.6%	480
School 8-Roberto Clemente	Black	56.4%	523
School 9-Dr Martin Luther King Junior	Hispanic	71.1%	681
School Without Walls	Black	53.4%	253
School of the Arts	Black	46.1%	1,077
Scribner Road Elementary School	White	77.4%	561
Seneca School	White	72.1%	165
Southlawn School	White	67.9%	234
Spencerport High School	White	78.6%	1,105
Spry Middle School	White	80.4%	950
State Road Elementary School	White	79.6%	504
T. J. Connor Elementary School	White	72.3%	332
Terry Taylor Elementary School	White	84.4%	430
Thomas High School	White	86.6%	1,263
Thornell Road School	White	74.4%	461
Twelve Corners Middle School	White	64.6%	831
Village Elementary School	White	83.3%	960
Walt Disney School	White	48.4%	409
Webster-Schroeder High School	White	81.6%	1,282
West Ridge Elementary School	White	41.3%	346
Wheatland-Chili High School	White	66%	338
William C. Munn School	White	67.7%	344
Willink Middle School	White	80.2%	904