At $32,055 per pupil, Van Hornesville-Owen D Young Central School District ranks #206 of 986 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 $32,055 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half 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 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).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses fell 6.9% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (174 to 162 students), and the student-teacher ratio held roughly steady, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $6,855,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 42.7% went to instruction, 41.5% to support services, and 10.6% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
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 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.
Van Hornesville-Owen D Young Central School District reports 60.9% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. 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.
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 $32,055 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.