At $94,124 per pupil, Mount Pleasant-Cottage Union Free School District ranks #2 of 986 New York districts by per-pupil spending (New York districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
193
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$94,124
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mount Pleasant-Cottage Union Free School District operates 2 public schools serving 193 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 Westchester County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $94,124 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 90.9% local, 2.0% state, and 7.1% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
. Demographically, the student body averages 53.4% African American, 31.3% Hispanic or Latino, 9.8% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Mount Pleasant-Cottage School, enrolling 122 students (59% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses fell 11.7% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (214 to 189 students), and the student-teacher ratio widened by 0.7 students per teacher despite the decline, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $19,281,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 59.7% went to instruction, 34.5% to support services, and 0.1% 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.
Mount Pleasant-Cottage School accounts for 58.7% of all Mount Pleasant-Cottage Union Free School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Mount Pleasant-Cottage Union Free School District a distant remainder — means Mount Pleasant-Cottage 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.
Mount Pleasant-Cottage Union Free School District reports 91.3% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. 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.
Comparisons are relative to Mount Pleasant-Cottage 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 Mount Pleasant-Cottage Union Free School District?
Mount Pleasant-Cottage Union Free School District has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 193 students.
How much does Mount Pleasant-Cottage Union Free School District spend per student?
Mount Pleasant-Cottage Union Free School District spends $94,124 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Mount Pleasant-Cottage Union Free School District?
Mount Pleasant-Cottage Union Free School District students are 53.4% African American, 31.3% Hispanic or Latino, 9.8% White, 1.0% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.