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Forestville, New York - 2 schools
An equity score of 57/100 ranks Forestville Central School District #284 of 941 districts in New York (state average 45). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $22,754 per pupil, Forestville Central School District ranks #677 of 999 New York districts by per-pupil spending (New York districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Forestville Central School District operates 2 public schools serving 455 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New York. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Chautauqua County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $22,754 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 999 New York districts by per-pupil spending. See how New York compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 25.7% local, 61.1% state, and 13.2% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 57/100, ranked #284 of 941 in New York against a state average of 45, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 198:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 43.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.9% White, 7.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Forestville Elementary School, enrolling 211 students (53% of the district's total enrollment).
Forestville Elementary School accounts for 46.4% of all Forestville Central School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Forestville Central School District a distant remainder — means Forestville Central School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Forestville Central School District student-counselor ratio is 198:1 — 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.
Forestville Central School District chronic absenteeism rate is 43.5% — 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 Forestville 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 Forestville Central School District?
Forestville Central School District has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 455 students.
How much does Forestville Central School District spend per student?
Forestville Central School District spends $22,754 per student. The district has an equity score of 57/100, ranking #284 in New York.
What is the demographic composition of Forestville Central School District?
Forestville Central School District students are 88.9% White, 7.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Forestville Central School District?
Forestville Central School District has an equity score of 57/100, ranking #284 out of 941 districts in New York.