West NY News

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

Of the 17,842 students attending Chautauqua County schools, 74.1% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 17.6% of Chautauqua County students.

In the previous school year, white was also the most common student ethnicity in Chautauqua County, representing 74.8% of the student body.

George Washington Middle School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, with 50.3% white students, 32.4% Hispanic students, 11.1% multiracial students, 5.1% Black students, 0.6% Asian or Pacific Islander students, and 0.4% American Indian or Alaska Native students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county increased 0.2% 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
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School	White	74.8%	377
Bemus Point Elementary School	White	96.8%	283
Brocton Elementary School	White	76.5%	217
Brocton Middle High School	White	79.4%	277
Carlyle C. Ring Elementary School	White	53.6%	386
Cassadaga Valley Middle/High School	White	93.1%	391
Chautauqua Lake Elementary School	White	93.5%	338
Chautauqua Lake Secondary School	White	95%	379
Clinton V. Bush Elementary School	White	62%	276
Clymer Central School	White	90.3%	360
Dunkirk Middle School	Hispanic	58.5%	588
Dunkirk Senior High School	Hispanic	56.9%	882
Falconer Middle/High School	White	92.1%	629
Forestville Central High School	White	88.6%	201
Forestville Elementary School	White	86.5%	237
Fredonia Elementary School	White	73%	400
Fredonia High School	White	79.9%	463
Fredonia Middle School	White	75.8%	426
Frewsburg Junior-Senior High School	White	94.6%	352
George Washington Middle School	White	50.3%	469
Harvey C. Fenner Elementary School	White	91%	233
Jamestown High School	White	60.8%	1,316
Maple Grove Junior/Senior High School	White	95.9%	319
Milton J. Fletcher Elementary School	White	64.9%	530
Panama High School	White	94.9%	197
Panama K-6 School	White	93%	242
Paul B. D. Temple Elementary School	White	92.8%	263
Persell Middle School	White	71.5%	417
Pine Valley Central Junior-Senior High School	White	89%	219
Pine Valley Elementary School	White	89.3%	307
Ripley Central School	White	90.6%	149
Robert H. Jackson Elementary School	White	95%	398
Samuel G. Love Elementary School	White	46.8%	297
School 3	Hispanic	61.9%	147
School 4	Hispanic	53.4%	204
School 5	Hispanic	65%	140
School 7	Hispanic	58.6%	174
Sherman Elementary School	White	95.9%	241
Sherman High School	White	96%	198
Silver Creek Elementary School	White	70.5%	440
Silver Creek High School	White	74%	308
Silver Creek Middle School	White	70.6%	231
Sinclairville Elementary School	White	92.2%	411
Southwestern Elementary School	White	84.9%	583
Southwestern Middle School	White	83.7%	307
Southwestern Senior High School	White	86.9%	429
Thomas Jefferson Middle School	White	63.3%	406
Westfield Elementary School	White	88.9%	298
Westfield High School	White	86.4%	198
Westfield Middle School	White	86.6%	142
Wheelock Primary School	White	70.1%	167