Table 6: Largest Tax Increases Among School Districts Outside New York City With 205-999 Students, 1985-95

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School District Increase in Taxes Per Student, 1985-95 Increase in Total Tax Collections, 1985-95 1995 Taxes Per Student 1985 Taxes Per Student Increase in State Aid Per Student, 1985-95 1995 State Aid Per Student 1995 Enrollment Enrollment change, 1985-95
ROXBURY 272.5% 244.6% $5,612 $1,506 160.5% $3,910 419 -7.5%
ORISKANY* 226.7% 175.9% 3,249 995 94.6% 5,420 788 -15.5%
FORT ANN 219.4% 224.8% 3,526 1,104 64.6% 4,892 664 1.7%
BRADFORD* 216.7% 144.6% 2,872 907 117.4% 7,158 302 -22.8%
MORRISTOWN* 207.4% 130.5% 3,875 1,261 119.5% 6,631 402 -25.0%
ANDOVER* 202.9% 164.7% 2,737 904 137.0% 5,750 457 -12.6%
HARRISVILLE 190.1% 168.2% 3,346 1,153 59.1% 5,670 515 -7.5%
ALEXANDRIA 182.0% 178.8% 4,961 1,759 65.0% 3,464 707 -1.1%
BROOKFIELD 174.6% 158.2% 2,152 784 181.5% 9,019 283 -6.0%
DUANESBURG 172.6% 183.1% 3,382 1,241 47.5% 3,731 892 3.8%
POLAND* 171.1% 128.2% 4,623 1,705 100.0% 4,050 761 -15.8%
CANASERAGA* 170.8% 137.4% 3,134 1,157 134.1% 6,388 334 -12.3%
CHESTER 170.1% 179.8% 6,826 2,527 37.2% 3,332 872 3.6%
JOHNSBURG* 169.4% 119.0% 6,497 2,411 174.7% 4,886 417 -18.7%
WEST VALLEY* 166.3% 136.2% 2,815 1,057 132.3% 6,707 447 -11.3%
WYOMING* 165.9% 104.3% 2,848 1,071 126.3% 6,555 272 -23.2%
NEW LEBANON 163.5% 141.2% 6,130 2,327 30.3% 2,639 648 -8.5%
FLORIDA 161.4% 189.5% 6,074 2,324 43.3% 3,374 678 10.8%
NORTHVILLE* 161.3% 131.2% 3,611 1,382 106.7% 4,626 615 -11.5%
ROMULUS* 160.9% 120.3% 2,301 882 130.0% 6,041 559 -15.6%
WATERFORD-HALFMOON 158.4% 134.5% 6,484 2,509 89.4% 3,030 905 -9.2%
GEORGETOWN-SOUTH 155.5% 131.8% 2,991 1,171 165.9% 7,877 490 -9.3%
ELLICOTTVILLE 153.0% 159.4% 3,937 1,556 85.4% 3,884 736 2.5%
WHITESVILLE 152.7% 179.9% 2,130 843 95.5% 6,098 309 10.8%
ARKPORT 152.5% 137.8% 2,535 1,004 307.2% 9,256 550 -5.8%
All districts outside NYC 98.1% 100.5% $5,387 $2,719 74.3% $3,866 1,702,931 1.2%
*Districts with percentage enrollment change in boldface italics had relatively large enrollment declines.
Large changes in enrollment make changes in per-student figures larger than if enrollment had remained constant.

Inflation during period: 35%
 
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