SARANAC LAKE — A group of eight school officials, teachers and community members met on Wednesday to start discussing the future of the Saranac Lake Central School District. As the district’s enrollment continues to shrink, the school board set up this advisory committee to make ...

PAUL SMITHS — Paul Smith’s College President Dan Kelting and Executive Vice President of Advancement and Enrollment Kathy Bonavist were “giddy” on Monday. The numbers for their student census had just come in and they showed that the private college started its fall semester with ...

SARANAC LAKE — For the first time in years, Saranac Lake Central School District’s student enrollment has dipped below 1,000 on opening day. The district reported 984 students enrolled on opening day — 60 fewer than reported on opening day last year and a drop into the triple ...

Classes at public and private schools around the region kicked off on Thursday with class sizes mostly staying the same, some dropping to the lowest they’ve been in years and others rising slightly. Tupper Lake Central School District’s enrollment dropped to the lowest it’s been in ...

Read about local school enrollment for 2025-26 and see more back-to-school photos at here.

BLOOMINGDALE — All students in third, fourth and fifth grades in the Saranac Lake Central School District will attend Petrova Elementary in the fall as the district cuts one of its four classrooms in these grade levels amid staffing cuts, funding shrinkage and declining student ...