Buffalo Ledger

Otsego County enrolled 6,262 students in the 2021-22 school year, according to the New York State Education Department.

It had the 15th lowest enrollment numbers in the state.

The number of students in the halls of Otsego County schools grew by 1.8% compared to the year before.

In the 2021-22 school year, 51% of students were boys, and 48.9% were girls.

Most of the students were white, representing 88.5% of the Otsego County student body.

Within Otsego County, Oneonta Senior High School had the highest enrollment numbers in the school year, welcoming 459 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. A lower student-to-teacher ratio has been found to improve students' school performance.

School name	Total enrollment in 2020-21	Total enrollment in 2021-22	% Change From Previous School Year
Oneonta Senior High School	489	459	-6.1%
Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School	416	447	7.5%
Cooperstown Elementary School	399	433	8.5%
Milford Central School	347	371	6.9%
Cooperstown Junior/Senior High School	385	371	-3.6%
Edmeston Central School	341	362	6.2%
Oneonta Middle School	374	361	-3.5%
Unadilla Elementary School	301	332	10.3%
Worcester School	309	316	2.3%
Morris Central School	307	315	2.6%
Laurens Central School	286	296	3.5%
Greater Plains Elementary School	280	279	-0.4%
Schenevus Central School	287	268	-6.6%
Valleyview Elementary School	265	266	0.4%
Richfield Springs Elementary School	215	237	10.2%
Riverside Elementary School	228	227	-0.4%
Unatego Junior-Senior High School	234	208	-11.1%
Gilbertsville-Mount Upton Elementary School	164	200	22%
Richfield Springs Junior/Senior High School	190	186	-2.1%
Unatego Middle School	188	178	-5.3%
Gilbertsville-Mount Upton Junior-Senior High School	146	150	2.7%