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Van Hornesville, New York - 1 schools
At $31,212 per pupil, Van Hornesville-Owen D Young Central School District ranks #178 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
Van Hornesville-Owen D Young Central School District operates 1 public schools serving 181 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 Herkimer County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $31,212 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half 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 27.4% local, 60.1% state, and 12.5% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 159:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 20.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.6% White, 2.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Owen D Young Central School, enrolling 159 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Owen D Young Central School accounts for 87.8% of all Van Hornesville-Owen D Young Central School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Van Hornesville-Owen D Young Central School District a distant remainder — means Van Hornesville-Owen D Young 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.
Van Hornesville-Owen D Young Central School District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 60.9% 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.
Van Hornesville-Owen D Young Central School District student-counselor ratio is 159:1 — 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.
Van Hornesville-Owen D Young Central School District chronic absenteeism rate is 20.1% — 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 Van Hornesville-Owen D Young Central School District is typically wider than the Van Hornesville-Owen D Young Central School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Van Hornesville-Owen D Young 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 Van Hornesville-Owen D Young Central School District?
Van Hornesville-Owen D Young Central School District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 181 students.
How much does Van Hornesville-Owen D Young Central School District spend per student?
Van Hornesville-Owen D Young Central School District spends $31,212 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Van Hornesville-Owen D Young Central School District?
Van Hornesville-Owen D Young Central School District students are 95.6% White, 2.5% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.