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Whitesville, New York - 1 schools
At $32,861 per pupil, Whitesville Central School District ranks #128 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
Whitesville Central School District operates 1 public schools serving 153 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 Allegany County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $32,861 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 16.7% local, 72.9% state, and 10.4% 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 112:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 58.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.1% White, 8.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Whitesville Central School, enrolling 112 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Whitesville Central School accounts for 73.2% of all Whitesville Central School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Whitesville Central School District a distant remainder — means Whitesville 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.
Whitesville Central School District student-counselor ratio is 112:1 — 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.
Whitesville Central School District chronic absenteeism rate is 58.9% — 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 Whitesville 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 Whitesville Central School District?
Whitesville Central School District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 153 students.
How much does Whitesville Central School District spend per student?
Whitesville Central School District spends $32,861 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Whitesville Central School District?
Whitesville Central School District students are 91.1% White, 8.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.