At $63,140 per pupil, Fishers Island Union Free School District ranks #15 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
Fishers Island Union Free School District operates 1 public schools serving 57 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 Suffolk County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $63,140 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 91.6% local, 8.4% state, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
a 56:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 21.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 76.8% White, 10.7% Hispanic or Latino, 3.6% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Fishers Island School, enrolling 56 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Fishers Island School accounts for 98.2% of all Fishers Island Union Free School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Fishers Island Union Free School District a distant remainder — means Fishers Island Union Free 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.
Fishers Island Union Free School District student-counselor ratio is 56:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Fishers Island Union Free School District chronic absenteeism rate is 21.4% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Fishers Island Union Free School District is typically wider than the Fishers Island Union Free School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Fishers Island Union Free 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 Fishers Island Union Free School District?
Fishers Island Union Free School District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 57 students.
How much does Fishers Island Union Free School District spend per student?
Fishers Island Union Free School District spends $63,140 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Fishers Island Union Free School District?
Fishers Island Union Free School District students are 76.8% White, 10.7% Hispanic or Latino, 3.6% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.