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Ripley, New York - 1 schools
At $44,146 per pupil, Ripley Central School District ranks #34 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
Ripley Central School District operates 1 public schools serving 152 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 Chautauqua County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $44,146 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 14.2% local, 71.1% state, and 14.7% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 57.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 85.0% White, 5.4% African American, 3.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Ripley Central School, enrolling 147 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Ripley Central School accounts for 96.7% of all Ripley Central School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Ripley Central School District a distant remainder — means Ripley 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.
Ripley Central School District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 51.7% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants 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.
Ripley Central School District chronic absenteeism rate is 57.8% — 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 Ripley 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 Ripley Central School District?
Ripley Central School District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 152 students.
How much does Ripley Central School District spend per student?
Ripley Central School District spends $44,146 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Ripley Central School District?
Ripley Central School District students are 85.0% White, 5.4% African American, 3.4% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.