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Hempstead Union Free School District
A public school district in Hempstead, New York, with 8 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 5,677
- Students enrolled
- 280
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 835.6
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $35,470
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 5,677 in 2024–25
- Ranks 1,691st of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 53rd of 1,040 in New York. Larger than 90% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $35,470 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 96% 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
Hempstead Union Free School District spent $36,593 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $18,317 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: NCES
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $36,593 | $232.1 million | 6,343 |
| FY2023 | $35,470 | $216.9 million | 6,114 |
| FY2022 | $32,011 | $207.2 million | 6,473 |
| FY2021 | $27,122 | $181.9 million | 6,708 |
| FY2020 | $25,394 | $192.1 million | 7,563 |
| FY2019 | $26,315 | $202.6 million | 7,700 |
| FY2018 | $23,203 | $191.6 million | 8,258 |
| FY2017 | $21,621 | $181.4 million | 8,392 |
| FY2016 | $22,230 | $178.5 million | 8,029 |
| FY2015 | $23,117 | $182.4 million | 7,891 |
| FY2014 | $24,776 | $174.9 million | 7,059 |
| FY2013 | $25,226 | $164.4 million | 6,517 |
| FY2012 | $25,551 | $159.2 million | 6,231 |
| FY2011 | $24,006 | $155.8 million | 6,491 |
| FY2010 | $24,319 | $146.8 million | 6,037 |
| FY2009 | $23,908 | $145.6 million | 6,090 |
| FY2008 | $23,976 | $142.0 million | 5,923 |
| FY2007 | $22,043 | $139.5 million | 6,330 |
| FY2006 | $20,775 | $132.6 million | 6,384 |
| FY2005 | $18,317 | $126.6 million | 6,913 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $22.5 million | 7.2% |
| State | $202.8 million | 64.9% |
| Local | $87.2 million | 27.9% |
| Total | $312.5 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
8 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Alverta B Gray Schultz Middle School | 748 |
| Barack Obama Elementary School | 439 |
| David Paterson School | 388 |
| Hempstead High School | 1,879 |
| Jackson Main Elementary School | 436 |
| Joseph McNeil School | 359 |
| Prospect Elementary School | 441 |
| Rhodes Academy of Humanities and the Arts | 631 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- HEMPSTEAD UNION FREE 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
- 3614130
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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