New York Public Schools

New York is the #3 largest school system in the United States, serving 2,732,103 students across 4,758 public schools. There are 135 Blue Ribbon Schools, 114 magnet schools, 169 charter schools, and 85 special education schools. The student ethnicity breakdown in the state is show below:

Student by Ethnicity

(NY) School Average
% American Indian		 1%
% Asian		 8%
% Hispanic		 23%
% Black		 20%
% White		 49%
Unknown		 n/a

New York Public Schools by County

County
# High
# Middle
# Elementary
1. Albany County 14 20 45
2. Allegany County 12 11 15
3. Bronx County 135 124 217
4. Broome County 12 13 31
5. Cattaraugus County 15 9 19
6. Cayuga County 7 6 12
7. Chautauqua County 17 14 31
8. Chemung County 5 5 15
9. Chenango County 8 7 12
10. Clinton County 8 7 16
11. Columbia County 7 4 9
12. Cortland County 5 2 11
13. Delaware County 12 12 13
14. Dutchess County 15 17 44
15. Erie County 59 48 137
16. Essex County 11 10 12
17. Franklin County 7 4 13
18. Fulton County 5 2 12
19. Genesee County 9 6 15
20. Greene County 6 5 8
21. Hamilton County 4 4 6
22. Herkimer County 11 7 14
23. Jefferson County 11 11 24
24. Kings County 155 153 329
25. Lewis County 5 4 8
26. Livingston County 8 8 12
27. Madison County 10 9 18
28. Monroe County 47 35 123
29. Montgomery County 6 5 10
30. Nassau County 63 57 214
31. New York County 133 103 196
32. Niagara County 10 13 35
33. Oneida County 16 15 42
34. Onondaga County 25 28 81
35. Ontario County 8 8 14
36. Orange County 15 18 57
37. Orleans County 5 2 6
38. Oswego County 9 9 23
39. Otsego County 12 10 16
40. Putnam County 5 5 12
41. Queens County 85 78 228
42. Rensselaer County 10 9 26
43. Richmond County 13 19 52
44. Rockland County 12 20 38
45. Saint Lawrence County 17 13 27
46. Saratoga County 11 11 32
47. Schenectady County 6 9 32
48. Schoharie County 6 5 7
49. Schuyler County 3 3 5
50. Seneca County 4 4 7
51. Steuben County 14 9 22
52. Suffolk County 61 75 223
53. Sullivan County 8 3 10
54. Tioga County 6 5 9
55. Tompkins County 9 9 17
56. Ulster County 10 10 31
57. Warren County 8 6 13
58. Washington County 10 5 13
59. Wayne County 11 10 17
60. Westchester County 61 53 149
61. Wyoming County 4 4 8
62. Yates County 3 2 3

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