Empire State Today

New York had a dropout rate of 2.7% among 4,130 multiracial 12th-graders in the 2021-22 school year. This represents a 0.4% increase 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	Multiracial Enrollment	Dropout rate
Chautauqua County	17,800	927	18.3%
Chemung County	10,615	1,005	16.7%
Cayuga County	8,441	613	16.7%
Ontario County	14,662	707	11.1%
Fulton County	7,334	249	10%
Cortland County	5,556	192	10%
Broome County	23,467	1,761	8.1%
Niagara County	26,329	2,096	7%
Rensselaer County	18,152	1,190	6.7%
Ulster County	20,228	1,277	5.9%
Saratoga County	30,752	1,254	5.4%
Onondaga County	63,425	3,861	5.3%
Columbia County	6,175	414	5.3%
Dutchess County	36,804	1,743	4.9%
Greene County	5,195	307	4.8%
Jefferson County	16,518	1,041	4.7%
Sullivan County	8,983	483	4%
Cattaraugus County	11,101	598	3.8%
Erie County	108,418	4,743	3.5%
Wayne County	12,835	644	2.9%
Monroe County	93,899	4,724	2.9%
Oswego County	17,356	415	2.6%
Schenectady County	21,561	1,453	2.4%
Albany County	35,235	2,246	1.7%
Oneida County	31,570	1,222	1.6%
Tompkins County	9,924	972	1.6%
Suffolk County	220,691	6,104	1.2%
Queens County	250,978	4,372	0.6%
New York County	125,064	5,177	0.5%
Westchester County	139,163	5,216	0.4%
Kings County	246,607	4,782	0.3%