Saratoga Standard

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

Of the 7,890 students attending Washington County schools, 93.1% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 2.6% of Washington County students.

In the previous school year, white was also the most common student ethnicity in Washington County, representing 94.9% of the student body.

Hudson Falls Middle School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, with 87.6% white students, 7.2% multiracial students, 2.6% Hispanic students, 1.8% Black students, 0.6% Asian or Pacific Islander students, and 0.2% American Indian or Alaska Native students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped to 1.7% 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
Argyle Elementary School	White	93.2%	264
Argyle Junior/Senior High School	White	94.8%	229
Cambridge Elementary School	White	90.9%	417
Cambridge Junior-Senior High School	White	90.6%	392
Floyd Harwood Elementary School	White	95.4%	151
Fort Ann Elementary School	White	91.3%	231
Fort Ann Middle/High School	White	93%	227
Fort Edward School	White	87.7%	383
Granville Elementary School	White	95%	202
Granville Junior-Senior High School	White	94.4%	497
Greenwich Elementary School	White	96.8%	466
Greenwich Junior-Senior High School	White	94.6%	429
Hartford Middle/High School	White	94.5%	237
Hudson Falls High School	White	88%	694
Hudson Falls Intermediate School	White	91.5%	316
Hudson Falls Middle School	White	87.6%	498
Hudson Falls Primary School	White	94.9%	429
Margaret Murphy Kindergarten Center	White	95.4%	239
Mary J. Tanner Primary School	White	95.2%	312
Putnam Central School	White	95.7%	47
Salem Elementary School	White	98.1%	311
Salem High School	White	94.3%	247
Whitehall Elementary School	White	96.9%	353
Whitehall Junior-Senior High School	White	97.2%	319