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Schenectady City School District
A public school district in Schenectady, New York, with 15 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 9,117
- Students enrolled
- 796.5
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 1,799.4
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $25,644
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 9,117 in 2024–25
- Ranks 999th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 18th of 1,040 in New York. Larger than 94% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $25,644 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
Schenectady City School District spent $27,988 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $12,620 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 | $27,988 | $257.1 million | 9,185 |
| FY2023 | $25,644 | $232.2 million | 9,053 |
| FY2022 | $22,134 | $206.4 million | 9,325 |
| FY2021 | $19,604 | $181.9 million | 9,281 |
| FY2020 | $19,710 | $192.1 million | 9,745 |
| FY2019 | $19,467 | $189.8 million | 9,750 |
| FY2018 | $18,915 | $183.4 million | 9,697 |
| FY2017 | $17,915 | $175.8 million | 9,816 |
| FY2016 | $17,306 | $168.0 million | 9,706 |
| FY2015 | $16,624 | $167.3 million | 10,066 |
| FY2014 | $16,400 | $162.7 million | 9,921 |
| FY2013 | $16,085 | $157.5 million | 9,790 |
| FY2012 | $16,262 | $159.7 million | 9,821 |
| FY2011 | $16,015 | $158.8 million | 9,918 |
| FY2010 | $15,674 | $155.2 million | 9,903 |
| FY2009 | $15,096 | $153.3 million | 10,152 |
| FY2008 | $14,654 | $140.3 million | 9,572 |
| FY2007 | $13,412 | $127.8 million | 9,531 |
| FY2006 | $12,987 | $121.7 million | 9,371 |
| FY2005 | $12,620 | $116.3 million | 9,212 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $37.9 million | 13.2% |
| State | $186.4 million | 64.9% |
| Local | $63.1 million | 22.0% |
| Total | $287.4 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
15 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- SCHENECTADY 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
- 3626010
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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