West NY News

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

Of the 10,922 students attending Cattaraugus County schools, 82.3% were white. Multiracial students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 6.1% of Cattaraugus County students.

In the previous school year, white was also the most common student ethnicity in Cattaraugus County, representing 83% of the student body.

Prospect Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, with 41.7% white students, 30.8% American Indian or Alaska Native students, 17.6% multiracial students, 9.2% Hispanic students, 0.5% Black students, and 0.2% Asian or Pacific Islander students.

In the 2023-24 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
Allegany-Limestone Elementary School	White	90%	482
Allegany-Limestone Middle-High School	White	92.4%	556
Cattaraugus-Little Valley Elementary School	White	91.4%	338
Cattaraugus-Little Valley High School	White	93.7%	253
Cattaraugus-Little Valley Middle School	White	90.4%	239
Delevan Elementary School	White	93.3%	358
East View Elementary School	White	84.1%	359
Ellicottville Elementary School	White	90.1%	233
Ellicottville Middle School High School	White	91.8%	306
Franklinville Elementary School	White	91.2%	274
Franklinville Junior-Senior High School	White	93.5%	306
G. N. Chapman Elementary School	White	89.2%	427
Gowanda High School	White	63.4%	273
Gowanda Middle School	White	63.5%	329
Hinsdale Central School	White	89.2%	369
Olean Intermediate-Middle School	White	77.3%	543
Olean Senior High School	White	78.1%	658
Pioneer Middle School	White	94%	649
Pioneer Senior High School	White	94.7%	684
Portville Elementary School	White	89%	534
Portville Junior-Senior High School	White	92.1%	469
Prospect Elementary School	White	41.7%	415
Randolph Academy	White	63.4%	82
Randolph Senior High School	White	89.4%	385
Salamanca High School	White	46.9%	508
Seneca Intermediate School	White	45.1%	384
Washington West Elementary School	White	85.2%	305
West Valley Central School	White	93.1%	204