At $46,520 per pupil, Bolton Central School District ranks #28 of 986 New York districts by per-pupil spending (New York districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Bolton Central School District operates 1 public schools serving 177 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New York. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Warren County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $46,520 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 99 of 986 New York districts by per-pupil spending. See how New York compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 86.2% local, 10.5% state, and 3.3% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), a 164:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 57.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.7% White, 3.0% Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Bolton Central School, enrolling 164 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Bolton Central School accounts for 92.7% of all Bolton Central School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Bolton Central School District a distant remainder — means Bolton Central School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Bolton Central School District student-counselor ratio is 164:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Bolton Central School District chronic absenteeism rate is 57.3% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to Bolton Central School District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Bolton Central School District?
Bolton Central School District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 177 students.
How much does Bolton Central School District spend per student?
Bolton Central School District spends $46,520 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Bolton Central School District?
Bolton Central School District students are 92.7% White, 3.0% Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% Asian, 1.2% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.