18
Jun
1997
(Districts ranked by increase in taxes per student)
| 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 |
| SACHEM* | 213.7% | 141.2% | $5,355 | $1,707 | 75.9% | $4,732 | 14,358 | -23.1% |
| BRENTWOOD | 180.6% | 165.1% | 5,416 | 1,930 | 48.9% | 5,217 | 12,596 | -5.5% |
| MIDDLE COUNTRY* | 163.5% | 122.0% | 5,072 | 1,925 | 82.4% | 5,681 | 10,152 | -15.7% |
| WAPPINGERS | 140.4% | 117.3% | 5,250 | 2,184 | 41.6% | 2,809 | 11,132 | -9.6% |
| WILLIAMSVILLE | 121.0% | 167.1% | 6,256 | 2,831 | 20.0% | 2,094 | 10,492 | 20.9% |
| NEWBURGH | 78.2% | 98.5% | 3,220 | 1,807 | 65.4% | 4,927 | 11,228 | 11.4% |
| YONKERS | 53.2% | 69.9% | 6,593 | 4,303 | 195.1% | 4,014 | 20,987 | 10.9% |
| ROCHESTER | 49.1% | 58.7% | 3,617 | 2,427 | 170.3% | 5,832 | 34,881 | 6.5% |
| GREECE | 33.3% | 70.0% | 4,445 | 3,334 | 106.3% | 3,044 | 13,749 | 27.5% |
| SYRACUSE | 20.5% | 28.9% | 2,549 | 2,116 | 151.6% | 5,801 | 22,680 | 7.0% |
| BUFFALO | 8.0% | 10.3% | 1,855 | 1,718 | 148.6% | 6,596 | 45,454 | 2.1% |
| 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 held constant.
Inflation during period: 35%
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