April 30, 2004

School grades, expenditures

The print edition of today's Ithaca Journal contains a "Grading Our Schools" supplement which lists test results for schools and school districts in the area, including Dryden, Ithaca, and many more. It also lists spending per pupil for the 2000-2001 years (which is odd, given that the test results are for 2002-3). For comparison, here are the expenditures per student for all the districts listed:

DistrictExpenditure per Student
South Seneca$13,865
Ithaca$12,742
Lansing$12,577
State average$12,265
Southern Cayuga$11,502
Dryden$11,463
Newfield$11,460
Moravia$11,342
Trumansburg$11,050
Groton$10,909
Newark Valley$10,877
Candor$10,874
Cortland$10,854
Spencer-Van Etten$9,986
Homer$9,210

This is about 1% of the data provided in that booklet, which is a huge information overload if you try to look at everything at once. While total expenditure is not the right way to compare school districts, it's the easiest piece to extract from this for a blog entry. I strongly encourage you to pick up the Journal today or visit the New York State Department of Education's data.

Posted by simonstl at April 30, 2004 12:47 PM
Note on photos
Comments
Comment
-->