Ithaca City School District
A public school district in Ithaca, New York, with 12 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 5,133
- Students enrolled
- 482.9
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 1,123.4
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $27,800
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 5,133 in 2024–25
- Ranks 1,872nd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 72nd of 1,040 in New York. Larger than 89% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $27,800 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 91% 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
Ithaca City School District spent $27,800 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $14,513 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 | $27,800 | $141.5 million | 5,090 |
| FY2022 | $26,808 | $133.8 million | 4,990 |
| FY2021 | $24,709 | $125.2 million | 5,067 |
| FY2020 | $22,558 | $120.5 million | 5,341 |
| FY2019 | $22,681 | $122.3 million | 5,392 |
| FY2018 | $21,220 | $115.9 million | 5,464 |
| FY2017 | $20,615 | $110.5 million | 5,360 |
| FY2016 | $19,895 | $106.6 million | 5,356 |
| FY2015 | $19,775 | $106.5 million | 5,384 |
| FY2014 | $19,975 | $106.6 million | 5,337 |
| FY2013 | $19,518 | $102.9 million | 5,273 |
| FY2012 | $18,164 | $97.4 million | 5,365 |
| FY2011 | $18,151 | $94.7 million | 5,217 |
| FY2010 | $17,677 | $95.0 million | 5,374 |
| FY2009 | $17,443 | $94.9 million | 5,441 |
| FY2008 | $16,512 | $91.7 million | 5,556 |
| FY2007 | $16,253 | $89.8 million | 5,528 |
| FY2006 | $15,213 | $84.2 million | 5,537 |
| FY2005 | $14,513 | $81.0 million | 5,579 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $8.7 million | 5.4% |
| State | $41.2 million | 25.7% |
| Local | $110.5 million | 68.9% |
| Total | $160.4 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
12 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Belle Sherman School | 347 |
| Beverly J Martin Elementary School | 258 |
| Boynton Middle School | 513 |
| Caroline Elementary School | 273 |
| Cayuga Heights Elementary School | 270 |
| Dewitt Middle School | 559 |
| Enfield School | 165 |
| Fall Creek Elementary School | 217 |
| Ithaca Senior High School | 1,411 |
| Lehman Alternative Community School | 265 |
| Northeast School | 347 |
| South Hill School | 363 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- ITHACA 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
- 3615570
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