SC New York News

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

Of the 5,391 students attending Cortland County schools, 91.1% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 3.4% of Cortland County students.

In the previous school year, white was also the most common student ethnicity in Cortland County, representing 93.1% of the student body.

Cortland Junior High School, Fe Smith Intermediate School, and Franklyn S. Barry Primary School had the most diverse student body in Cortland County, with white, multiracial, Hispanic, Black, Asian or Pacific Islander, and American Indian or Alaska Native.

In the 2023-24 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped to 1.6% 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
Cincinnatus Elementary School	White	97.5%	197
Cincinnatus High School	White	96.9%	162
Cincinnatus Middle School	White	98.5%	134
Cortland High School	White	85.5%	592
Cortland Junior High School	White	84.5%	277
Fe Smith Intermediate School	White	90.8%	272
Franklyn S. Barry Primary School	White	83.4%	459
Homer Elementary School	White	89%	465
Homer Intermediate School	White	91.9%	409
Homer Junior High School	White	91.5%	388
Homer Senior High School	White	92.1%	558
Marathon High School	White	97.2%	319
Mcgraw Elementary School	White	96.9%	226
Mcgraw Secondary School	White	95.1%	266
Randall Middle School	White	83.7%	263
William Appleby Elementary School	White	99%	404