At $82,905 per pupil, George Junior Republic Union Free School District ranks #5 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
George Junior Republic Union Free School District operates 1 public schools serving 95 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 Tompkins County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $82,905 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 87.8% local, 0.9% state, and 11.3% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
and 40.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 60.7% White, 22.4% African American, 9.3% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is George Junior Republic School, enrolling 107 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 3.4% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (117 to 121 students), while the student-teacher ratio widened by 0.9 students per teacher, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $8,423,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 70.5% went to instruction, 23% to support services, and 1.3% to capital outlay, unusually instruction-forward, with a larger-than-typical share reaching classrooms directly. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
George Junior Republic School accounts for 100.0% of all George Junior Republic Union Free School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of George Junior Republic Union Free School District a distant remainder — means George Junior Republic 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.
George Junior Republic Union Free School District reports 87.2% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
George Junior Republic Union Free School District chronic absenteeism rate is 40.2% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to George Junior Republic 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 George Junior Republic Union Free School District?
George Junior Republic Union Free School District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 95 students.
How much does George Junior Republic Union Free School District spend per student?
George Junior Republic Union Free School District spends $82,905 per student.
What is the demographic composition of George Junior Republic Union Free School District?
George Junior Republic Union Free School District students are 60.7% White, 22.4% African American, 9.3% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.