Percentage of S.I. teachers who are white has decreased minimally, data shows Updated Dec 16, 2020; Posted Dec 16, 2020 This Sept. 29, 2020, file photo shows students getting their temperature checked before entering PS 56 in Woodrow. Data from the city Department of Education shows that on Staten Island, 84% of teachers were white in the 2019-2020 school year — a decrease compared to 86% in the 2017-2018 school year. (Staten Island Advance/ Jan Somma-Hammel) Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — While the percentage of white teachers working in New York City public schools — including on Staten Island, dropped slightly last school year, they still represent a majority of the workforce, new data shows.