Empire State Today

Graduation rates of white students in New York schools fell 0.5% from the previous year, according to the New York State Education Department.

There were 70,384 white students who graduated in the 2021-22 school year, compared to 73,868 in the previous year.

Statewide, Westchester County had the highest graduation rate of white students at 97.1%. Allegany County suffered the lowest graduation rate of 9.7%.

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 2021 report from the NYC Center for Innovation Through Data Intelligence found that outcomes for different racial and gender groups had improved since 2013. However, despite the observed improvements, substantial gaps still persisted, particularly among Black and Hispanic students.

County	Total Number of Students	Number of Graduates	Overall Graduation Rate (%)	Number of White Students	Graduation Rate of White Students (%)
Westchester County	139,163	10,153	91.6%	58,263	97.1%
Putnam County	13,126	1,099	94.2%	7,924	96.9%
Rockland County	38,830	2,855	88.7%	13,148	96.9%
Nassau County	193,986	14,997	94.2%	84,156	96.4%
Suffolk County	220,691	17,313	90.9%	106,378	96.3%
Richmond County	59,485	3,850	87.9%	24,248	94.4%
Monroe County	93,899	6,349	87.1%	51,412	93.1%
Orange County	56,618	4,259	89%	25,450	93.1%
Dutchess County	36,804	2,698	87.5%	20,844	92.2%
Ulster County	20,228	1,576	88.4%	12,669	91.5%
Wayne County	12,835	902	90.4%	10,512	91.1%
Niagara County	26,329	1,917	89.2%	18,730	91.1%
Saratoga County	30,752	2,342	92.6%	25,802	89.7%
Albany County	35,235	2,516	89.3%	20,103	89.5%
Sullivan County	8,983	524	79.3%	4,600	87.3%
New York County	125,064	12,110	84.6%	24,495	87.1%
Chemung County	10,615	647	83.7%	8,277	86%
Onondaga County	63,425	4,339	85.5%	39,515	85.7%
Columbia County	6,175	443	89.7%	4,442	85.5%
Erie County	108,418	7,670	88.3%	67,516	85.4%
Queens County	250,978	16,034	87.2%	29,444	84.2%
Kings County	246,607	15,892	82.6%	46,780	82.3%
Yates County	2,179	125	80.6%	2,011	80.9%
Ontario County	14,662	1,043	89.9%	11,801	80.4%
Tompkins County	9,924	679	87.6%	7,303	80.3%
Broome County	23,467	1,561	87.1%	16,733	79.4%
Schenectady County	21,561	1,387	81.6%	11,338	79.4%
Oswego County	17,356	1,137	85.9%	16,097	78.2%
Madison County	8,968	641	92%	8,144	76%
Orleans County	5,403	329	77.4%	4,378	75.4%
Rensselaer County	18,152	1,265	90.3%	13,082	75.3%
Warren County	8,117	603	88.5%	7,353	74.7%
Jefferson County	16,518	951	85.1%	12,887	72.7%
Fulton County	7,334	429	85%	6,475	72%
Cortland County	5,556	372	85.1%	5,069	66.8%
Bronx County	164,228	9,674	82.2%	7,867	65.7%
Clinton County	10,510	721	88.6%	9,864	64.9%
Cayuga County	8,441	552	81.9%	7,038	63.7%
Greene County	5,195	365	87.3%	4,238	63%
Chautauqua County	17,800	1,143	85%	13,340	61.2%
Oneida County	31,570	2,092	87.6%	22,193	61.1%
Seneca County	3,713	234	87.3%	3,199	60.3%
Schuyler County	1,914	119	86.9%	1,783	58.3%
Steuben County	13,285	922	88.2%	12,082	56.5%
St. Lawrence County	14,051	939	86.4%	13,093	56.3%
Cattaraugus County	11,101	804	89.9%	9,274	54.7%
Herkimer County	8,510	598	90.9%	7,870	53.8%
Montgomery County	6,777	461	85.7%	4,302	49.9%
Livingston County	7,445	512	90.5%	6,663	48.2%
Otsego County	6,262	397	86.1%	5,545	47.5%
Schoharie County	3,763	298	90.3%	3,479	43.5%
Wyoming County	4,310	266	92.4%	4,030	40.7%
Franklin County	6,839	472	87.1%	5,697	39.2%
Genesee County	7,522	556	94.9%	6,432	35.6%
Delaware County	5,418	393	91.4%	4,935	34.7%
Lewis County	4,050	249	91.9%	3,838	33.3%
Washington County	8,026	508	83.7%	7,489	32.6%
Essex County	3,858	255	88.9%	3,701	32%
Tioga County	7,135	497	91%	6,668	29%
Chenango County	6,901	459	87.9%	6,450	24.5%
Allegany County	5,866	398	90.5%	5,532	9.7%