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

Of the 10,615 students attending Chemung County schools, 78% were white. Multiracial students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 9.5% of Chemung County students.

In the previous school year, white was also the most common student ethnicity in Chemung County, representing 79% of the student body.

Fassett Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, with 58.8% white students, 18.6% Black students, 17% multiracial students, 5% Hispanic students, 0.3% American Indian or Alaska Native students, and 0.3% Asian or Pacific Islander students.

Compared to the previous year, total enrollment in public schools in the county dropped by 0.9% 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.

School name	Most prevalent ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Big Flats School	White	87.4%	358
Broadway Academy	White	68.7%	470
Broadway Elementary School	White	87.5%	367
Center Street School	White	83.7%	307
Cohen Elementary School	White	85.4%	473
Cohen Middle School	White	86.5%	230
Diven School	White	68.8%	324
Elmira High School	White	72.3%	1,250
Ernie Davis Academy	White	72%	880
Fassett Elementary School	White	58.8%	323
Gardner Road Elementary School	White	79.4%	457
Hendy Avenue School	White	70.3%	435
Horseheads Intermediate School	White	87.6%	508
Horseheads Middle School	White	85.9%	576
Horseheads Senior High School	White	87.1%	1,172
Parley Coburn School	White	61.7%	439
Pine City School	White	80.8%	334
Ridge Road School	White	91.1%	358
Riverside Elementary	White	65.4%	379
Spencer-Van Etten Elementary School	White	93.1%	320
Thomas A. Edison High School	White	85.8%	288
Thomas K. Beecher School	White	59.7%	367