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Shelter Island, New York - 1 schools
At $61,326 per pupil, Shelter Island Union Free School District ranks #13 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
Shelter Island Union Free School District operates 1 public schools serving 176 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 Suffolk County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $61,326 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 89.6% local, 7.9% state, and 2.5% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (7 AP courses district-wide), a 183:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 30.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 65.0% White, 30.1% Hispanic or Latino, 2.2% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Shelter Island School, enrolling 183 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Shelter Island School accounts for 100.0% of all Shelter Island Union Free School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Shelter Island Union Free School District a distant remainder — means Shelter Island 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.
Shelter Island Union Free School District student-counselor ratio is 183:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Shelter Island Union Free School District chronic absenteeism rate is 30.6% — 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 Shelter Island 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 Shelter Island Union Free School District?
Shelter Island Union Free School District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 176 students.
How much does Shelter Island Union Free School District spend per student?
Shelter Island Union Free School District spends $61,326 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Shelter Island Union Free School District?
Shelter Island Union Free School District students are 65.0% White, 30.1% Hispanic or Latino, 2.2% Asian, 0.5% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.