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Pleasantville, New York - 2 schools
At $88,739 per pupil, Mount Pleasant-Cottage Union Free School District ranks #2 of 999 New York districts by per-pupil spending (New York districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
193
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$88,739
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 $88,739 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 100 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 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).
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 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.
Mount Pleasant-Cottage Union Free School District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 92.0% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
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 $88,739 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.