Dunkirk City School District
A public school district in Dunkirk, New York, with 5 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 1,980
- Students enrolled
- 212.8
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 422.9
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $25,704
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 1,980 in 2024–25
- Ranks 4,612th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 240th of 1,040 in New York. Larger than 74% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $25,704 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 88% 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
Dunkirk City School District spent $25,704 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $16,049 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.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
The figures behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $25,704 | $51.8 million | 2,015 |
| FY2022 | $23,542 | $48.5 million | 2,060 |
| FY2021 | $21,970 | $43.9 million | 1,996 |
| FY2020 | $21,639 | $45.5 million | 2,104 |
| FY2019 | $20,153 | $44.9 million | 2,227 |
| FY2018 | $19,519 | $42.9 million | 2,197 |
| FY2017 | $18,605 | $38.4 million | 2,065 |
| FY2016 | $18,109 | $37.9 million | 2,095 |
| FY2015 | $17,963 | $37.9 million | 2,112 |
| FY2014 | $18,056 | $36.9 million | 2,041 |
| FY2013 | $18,900 | $37.5 million | 1,982 |
| FY2012 | $18,354 | $36.5 million | 1,991 |
| FY2011 | $18,305 | $36.5 million | 1,993 |
| FY2010 | $18,313 | $36.6 million | 1,999 |
| FY2009 | $18,301 | $37.0 million | 2,020 |
| FY2008 | $17,793 | $36.4 million | 2,044 |
| FY2007 | $17,118 | $36.5 million | 2,134 |
| FY2006 | $17,178 | $36.1 million | 2,103 |
| FY2005 | $16,049 | $33.1 million | 2,061 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $8.7 million | 14.4% |
| State | $41.1 million | 67.9% |
| Local | $10.7 million | 17.7% |
| Total | $60.6 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
5 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Dunkirk Intermediate School | 575 |
| Dunkirk Senior High School | 882 |
| School 3 | 157 |
| School 5 | 152 |
| School 7 | 134 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- DUNKIRK CITY 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
- 3609420
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 25, 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 2023
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 2023.
Data retrieved