At $48,383 per pupil, Indian Lake Central School District ranks #24 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
Indian Lake Central School District operates 1 public schools serving 128 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 Hamilton County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $48,383 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 81.2% local, 14.9% state, and 3.9% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
a 126:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 23.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.2% White, 3.2% African American, 0.8% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Indian Lake Central School, enrolling 126 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses fell 4% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (126 to 121 students), and the student-teacher ratio held roughly steady, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $7,111,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 56.1% went to instruction, 28.8% to support services, and 10.5% to capital outlay, a fairly typical instruction/support/capital split for a public school district. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Indian Lake Central School accounts for 98.4% of all Indian Lake Central School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Indian Lake Central School District a distant remainder — means Indian Lake 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.
Indian Lake Central School District student-counselor ratio is 126:1 — 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.
Indian Lake Central School District chronic absenteeism rate is 23.8% — 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 Indian Lake Central School District is typically wider than the Indian Lake Central School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Indian Lake 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 Indian Lake Central School District?
Indian Lake Central School District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 128 students.
How much does Indian Lake Central School District spend per student?
Indian Lake Central School District spends $48,383 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Indian Lake Central School District?
Indian Lake Central School District students are 95.2% White, 3.2% African American, 0.8% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.