Empire State Today

There were 305,702 Black students enrolled in New York schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4.1% less than in the previous school year, according to the New York State Education Department.

Data showed that New York welcomed a total of 2,308,907 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 13.2% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the state.

Among the 4,395 schools in New York, Albany High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 1,219 students.

The number of students attending New York state schools decreased to 2,308,907 in the 2022-23 school year, down from 2,332,329 in the prior school year.

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.

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.

Ethnic group	Percent of Total Student Body
White	43
Hispanic	28.6
Black	13.2
Asian and Pacific Islander	10.7
Multiracial	3.8
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.7