Empire State Today

New York had a dropout rate of 1.8% among 19,952 Asian and Pacific Islander 12th-graders in the 2021-22 school year. This represents a 0.1% decrease from the previous year, according to the New York State Education Department.

In the 2021-22 school year, New York's average dropout rate among 12th grade students was 4.5%, 1.8% lower than the average of the previous five years.

The highest dropout rate in the state was found in Yates County, at 12.9%, while Nassau County was reported to have the lowest, with a rate of 1.6%.

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 enrollment	Asian and Pacific Islander Enrollment	Dropout rate
Oneida County	31,570	2,175	6.1%
Schenectady County	21,561	2,851	5.1%
Steuben County	13,285	192	4%
Ontario County	14,662	230	3.6%
Queens County	250,978	73,898	3%
Kings County	246,607	49,111	2.4%
Ulster County	20,228	463	1.9%
Richmond County	59,485	8,736	1.8%
Erie County	108,418	7,543	1.7%
New York County	125,064	17,905	1.4%
Onondaga County	63,425	3,110	1.3%
Broome County	23,467	910	1.3%
Monroe County	93,899	4,209	1%
Bronx County	164,228	9,543	0.9%
Saratoga County	30,752	1,425	0.9%
Suffolk County	220,691	10,524	0.8%
Albany County	35,235	3,883	0.7%
Orange County	56,618	1,750	0.6%
Nassau County	193,986	33,104	0.3%
Westchester County	139,163	9,382	0.1%