West NY News

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

Of the 12,868 students attending Wayne County schools, 81.4% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 9.1% of Wayne County students.

In the previous school year, white was also the most common student ethnicity in Wayne County, representing 81.7% of the student body.

Sodus Intermediate School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, with 55.6% white students, 28.4% Hispanic students, 9.5% multiracial students, 6% Black students, and 0.4% Asian or Pacific Islander students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county increased 0.3% 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
Clyde-Savannah Elementary School	White	84.1%	428
Clyde-Savannah High School	White	82.6%	155
Clyde-Savannah Junior High School	White	80.9%	188
Gananda Middle School	White	81.6%	196
Lincoln Elementary School	White	64%	203
Lyons Elementary School	White	77%	492
Lyons Middle School	White	73.4%	124
Lyons Senior High School	White	71%	259
Margaret W. Cuyler Elementary School	White	97.8%	371
Marion Elementary School	White	85.7%	371
Marion Junior-Senior High School	White	87%	277
Newark Middle School	White	67.9%	445
Newark Senior High School	White	67.9%	602
Norman R. Kelley Intermediate School	White	67.7%	387
North Rose-Wolcott Elementary School	White	83.2%	417
North Rose-Wolcott High School	White	86.4%	367
North Rose-Wolcott Middle School	White	82.5%	343
Palmyra-Macedon Intermediate School	White	92.3%	363
Palmyra-Macedon Middle School	White	92.9%	367
Palmyra-Macedon Primary School	White	91.1%	440
Palmyra-Macedon Senior High School	White	91.4%	606
Perkins Elementary School	White	65.3%	288
Red Creek High School	White	94.2%	243
Red Creek Middle School	White	94.7%	188
Richard Mann Elementary School	White	83%	442
Ruben A. Cirillo High School	White	81.4%	242
Sodus Elementary School	White	57.9%	354
Sodus Intermediate School	White	55.6%	232
Sodus Junior/Senior High School	White	59.6%	443
Wayne Central Elementary School	White	92.2%	309
Wayne Central Middle School	White	90.2%	625
Wayne Central Primary School	White	90.7%	439
Wayne Senior High School	White	90%	669
Williamson Elementary School	White	84.4%	423
Williamson Middle School	White	80.6%	279
Williamson Senior High School	White	80.4%	291