East Hudson Valley News

The majority of students in Columbia County schools during the 2021-22 school year were white, according to the New York State Education Department.

Of the 6,086 students attending Columbia County schools, 71.7% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 12.5% of Columbia County students.

In the previous school year, white was also the most common student ethnicity in Columbia County, representing 73% of the student body.

Hudson Junior High School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, with 38.6% white students, 19.1% Black students, 17.8% Hispanic students, 16.2% multiracial students, and 8.4% Asian or Pacific Islander students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped to 1.4% when compared to the previous year.

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 lower student-to-teacher ratio has been found to help improve students' school performance.

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, particularly between Black and Hispanic students.

School name	Most prevalent ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Chatham High School	White	86.7%	323
Chatham Middle School	White	84.4%	186
Germantown Elementary School	White	86.2%	276
Germantown Junior-Senior High School	White	86.1%	209
Hudson High School	White	38.9%	453
Hudson Junior High School	White	38.6%	383
Ichabod Crane Elementary School	White	77.6%	486
Ichabod Crane Middle School	White	77.2%	650
Ichabod Crane Senior High School	White	86.1%	560
Mary E. Dardess Elementary School	White	91.4%	360
Montgomery C. Smith Elementary School	White	41.8%	723
New Lebanon Junior-Senior High School	White	83.6%	183
Taconic Hills Elementary School	White	77.4%	562
Taconic Hills Junior/Senior High School	White	77.9%	502
Walter B. Howard Elementary School	White	93.9%	230