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Amherst Central School District
A public school district in Amherst, New York, with 4 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 3,033
- Students enrolled
- 270
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 533.7
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $21,084
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 3,033 in 2024–25
- Ranks 3,218th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 158th of 1,040 in New York. Larger than 81% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $21,084 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 77% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Amherst Central School District spent $22,571 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $11,539 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Source: The College Scorecard
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $22,571 | $68.7 million | 3,043 |
| FY2023 | $21,084 | $62.5 million | 2,964 |
| FY2022 | $20,441 | $61.3 million | 3,001 |
| FY2021 | $18,248 | $54.5 million | 2,989 |
| FY2020 | $16,797 | $51.2 million | 3,047 |
| FY2019 | $17,674 | $53.1 million | 3,002 |
| FY2018 | $17,699 | $52.3 million | 2,955 |
| FY2017 | $17,502 | $51.5 million | 2,944 |
| FY2016 | $16,925 | $50.3 million | 2,970 |
| FY2015 | $18,510 | $54.5 million | 2,943 |
| FY2014 | $15,953 | $47.0 million | 2,944 |
| FY2013 | $14,567 | $44.0 million | 3,017 |
| FY2012 | $14,359 | $43.5 million | 3,030 |
| FY2011 | $14,055 | $41.9 million | 2,982 |
| FY2010 | $13,710 | $40.6 million | 2,965 |
| FY2009 | $13,252 | $39.5 million | 2,984 |
| FY2008 | $12,680 | $38.8 million | 3,062 |
| FY2007 | $12,128 | $37.2 million | 3,071 |
| FY2006 | $12,028 | $36.7 million | 3,048 |
| FY2005 | $11,539 | $36.0 million | 3,124 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $5.4 million | 7.0% |
| State | $26.9 million | 35.1% |
| Local | $44.5 million | 57.9% |
| Total | $76.8 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
4 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Amherst Central High School | 865 |
| Amherst Middle School | 646 |
| Smallwood Drive School | 708 |
| Windermere BLVD School | 738 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- AMHERST CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 3602920
Elsewhere
- Public schools in New York — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in New York — A to Z, each with its page.
- New York on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 30, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2024.
Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built
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