SCHOOL TAX WATCH
New York State School District Tax and Spending Proposals, 2002-03 School Year Over 2001-02 Year
School District Change in Taxes Per Student Change in Spending Per Student Change in Enrollment Taxes Per Student, 2002-03 Spending Per Student, 2002-03 Total Spending, 2002-03 Estimated Tax Levy, 2002-03 Projected Enrollment, 2002-03 Taxes Per Student, 2001-02 Estimated Tax Levy, 2001-02
Putnam County
BREWSTER
+ 9.9% + 7.2% + 1.7% 12,076 15,343 54,788,346 43,122,727 3,571 10,991 38,599,077
CARMEL
+ 8.5% + 5.2% + 2.0% 9,757 13,139 67,009,723 49,758,624 5,100 8,995 44,972,511
GARRISON
+ 10.2% + 7.7% + 1.0% 13,177 15,237 6,384,155 5,521,083 419 11,952 4,960,010
HALDANE
+ 1.4% + 0.5% + 4.0% 9,895 12,943 11,907,336 9,103,780 920 9,756 8,634,324
MAHOPAC
+ 9.9% + 6.0% + 2.3% 9,464 13,350 70,645,940 50,084,122 5,292 8,612 44,539,767
PUTNAM VALLEY
+ 9.3% + 4.2% + 4.5% 12,442 15,762 29,917,057 23,614,673 1,898 11,382 20,668,934
Rensselaer County
AVERILL PARK
+ 11.7% - 10.2% + 2.5% 4,831 11,112 39,991,596 17,387,928 3,599 4,326 15,193,445
BERLIN
+ 16.6% + 5.3% - 4.1% 5,640 12,367 14,073,719 6,418,505 1,138 4,839 5,743,745
BRUNSWICK
+ 13.2% + 5.5% + 0.4% 5,824 11,688 16,363,287 8,153,806 1,400 5,144 7,171,000
EAST GREENBUSH
+ 7.3% + 2.5% + 0.5% 7,087 11,986 53,587,232 31,688,128 4,471 6,604 29,368,052
HOOSIC VALLEY
+ 11.7% - 0.0% + 1.2% 5,526 11,416 13,984,656 6,769,476 1,225 4,948 5,987,623
HOOSICK FALLS
+ 20.0% + 6.0% - 1.7% 4,620 10,491 13,733,170 6,047,119 1,309 3,850 5,127,746
LANSINGBURGH
+ 11.0% + 1.8% + 1.6% 4,553 10,268 25,403,338 11,264,262 2,474 4,103 9,986,048
RENSSELAER
+ 6.0% + 0.6% - 1.0% 5,484 13,791 14,135,869 5,620,664 1,025 5,172 5,352,766
SCHODACK
+ 10.9% + 1.7% - 0.5% 6,504 11,846 14,641,098 8,038,737 1,236 5,864 7,282,551
TROY
+ 41.0% - 0.7% - 2.0% 5,040 12,791 62,652,468 24,683,993 4,898 3,574 17,868,308
WYNANTSKILL
- 7.2% - 2.1% + 5.3% 7,601 15,308 5,786,543 2,873,043 378 8,187 2,938,959
Rockland County
CLARKSTOWN
+ 4.1% + 1.6% + 0.1% 9,527 12,845 116,208,783 86,191,803 9,047 9,151 82,710,266
EAST RAMAPO
+ 7.9% + 6.4% + 0.8% 11,036 16,633 154,716,987 102,655,119 9,302 10,225 94,355,280
HAVERSTRAW-STONY PT.
+ 9.5% + 4.3% + 3.9% 12,297 16,148 133,394,793 101,583,655 8,261 11,230 89,292,537
NANUET
+ 8.0% + 4.8% + 3.9% 15,128 16,981 37,884,640 33,750,755 2,231 14,007 30,088,105
NYACK
+ 5.4% + 3.4% + 1.5% 13,175 16,951 50,412,489 39,182,394 2,974 12,502 36,643,258
PEARL RIVER
+ 2.8% + 1.3% + 0.9% 12,554 15,069 37,174,910 30,971,440 2,467 12,213 29,861,060
RAMAPO
+ 7.4% + 4.5% + 2.1% 13,192 16,569 75,437,286 60,063,677 4,553 12,282 54,788,921
S. ORANGETOWN
+ 3.9% + 2.6% + 2.2% 12,933 15,769 51,626,154 42,343,062 3,274 12,443 39,843,794
St. Lawrence County
BRASHER FALLS
+ 7.8% + 2.2% - 2.6% 2,023 10,683 11,452,698 2,168,416 1,072 1,876 2,065,158
CANTON
+ 8.9% + 5.5% - 4.1% 3,404 11,655 17,890,000 5,225,720 1,535 3,125 4,999,675
CLIFTON FINE
+ 20.2% + 8.3% - 4.0% 7,643 17,391 7,077,990 3,110,770 407 6,357 2,695,455
COLTON-PIERREPONT
+ 4.2% + 3.3% + 0.7% 9,553 16,945 7,082,833 3,993,272 418 9,168 3,804,557
EDWARDS-KNOX
+ 10.0% - 0.0% - 1.8% 1,224 9,825 7,614,148 948,840 775 1,114 878,555
GOUVERNEUR
+ 6.2% - 4.4% - 2.2% 2,162 11,778 21,966,096 4,032,365 1,865 2,036 3,881,006
HERMON-DEKALB
+ 12.5% + 4.4% - 4.4% 3,329 16,065 6,907,761 1,431,295 430 2,959 1,331,440
HEUVELTON
+ 14.4% + 4.0% - 8.2% 2,499 11,778 8,067,950 1,711,500 685 2,185 1,630,000
LISBON
+ 7.6% - 29.0% - 1.9% 3,113 14,252 8,694,020 1,899,000 610 2,894 1,800,000
MADRID-WADDINGTON
+ 4.3% - 12.6% + 0.5% 3,060 12,317 10,260,053 2,549,381 833 2,933 2,431,581
MASSENA
+ 4.6% + 4.6% + 0.4% 4,035 10,912 31,098,222 11,498,696 2,850 3,858 10,952,052
MORRISTOWN
+ 12.9% - 1.6% + 0.0% 4,712 14,137 5,937,720 1,979,020 420 4,175 1,753,555
NORWOOD-NORFOLK
+ 12.7% + 1.8% - 4.3% 2,879 11,998 13,197,383 3,166,388 1,100 2,554 2,934,558
OGDENSBURG
+ 6.8% + 8.7% - 5.2% 2,201 11,775 25,480,264 4,763,515 2,164 2,062 4,707,024
PARISHVILLE
+ 6.0% + 3.2% - 0.4% 3,778 12,190 6,485,184 2,009,684 532 3,564 1,903,403
POTSDAM
+ 7.2% + 3.5% + 1.2% 4,934 11,224 17,880,237 7,859,962 1,593 4,601 7,241,934
Saratoga County
BALLSTON SPA
+ 4.4% + 0.5% + 2.0% 5,601 10,436 47,141,193 25,300,175 4,517 5,364 23,755,427
BURNT HILLS
+ 8.5% + 4.2% + 0.3% 6,273 10,891 37,137,158 21,391,566 3,410 5,782 19,654,128
CORINTH
+ 6.4% + 0.0% + 1.1% 4,419 11,708 15,290,638 5,771,472 1,306 4,153 5,365,996
GALWAY
+ 11.4% + 3.2% - 0.2% 4,868 10,935 13,209,514 5,879,984 1,208 4,370 5,287,200
S. GLENS FALLS
+ 16.9% - 0.1% + 2.2% 4,485 10,347 35,592,628 15,428,060 3,440 3,835 12,905,964
SARATOGA SPRINGS
+ 8.2% + 4.2% - 0.5% 6,868 11,544 79,754,288 47,448,009 6,909 6,349 44,084,931
SCHUYLERVILLE
+ 5.3% + 1.9% + 1.9% 5,777 13,756 22,394,283 9,405,351 1,628 5,488 8,769,329
SHENENDEHOWA
+ 5.9% + 4.3% + 0.5% 7,355 11,015 101,417,805 67,721,453 9,207 6,947 63,645,668
STILLWATER
+ 1.7% - 2.7% + 1.9% 3,785 11,581 15,356,216 5,018,956 1,326 3,721 4,840,628
WATERFORD
+ 9.0% + 3.9% + 1.5% 6,920 12,744 11,966,810 6,498,091 939 6,349 5,872,437
Schenectady County
DUANESBURG
+ 8.2% + 3.1% + 0.7% 5,115 10,876 10,060,552 4,731,297 925 4,725 4,342,563
MOHONASEN
+ 6.8% + 1.9% + 1.1% 4,240 9,581 32,239,783 14,268,491 3,365 3,972 13,222,764
NISKAYUNA
+ 3.6% + 2.2% + 0.9% 7,553 11,124 46,909,205 31,852,205 4,217 7,288 30,457,505
SCHENECTADY
+ 6.2% + 5.2% + 1.7% 4,200 10,328 93,467,189 38,006,913 9,050 3,956 35,209,843
SCOTIA-GLENVILLE
+ 6.9% + 1.7% - 1.1% 5,799 10,948 33,598,639 17,796,510 3,069 5,423 16,826,533
Schoharie County
COBLESKILL-RICHMONDVILLE
+ 15.6% + 0.1% - 3.4% 3,685 11,908 26,316,946 8,143,375 2,210 3,186 7,287,109
GILBOA-CONESVILLE
+ 16.6% + 16.1% - 7.4% 10,243 18,152 6,553,047 3,697,694 361 8,783 3,425,504
JEFFERSON
+ 11.0% - 4.5% + 3.0% 4,918 11,772 3,637,501 1,519,651 309 4,431 1,329,243
MIDDLEBURGH
+ 11.3% + 11.9% + 1.4% 5,030 12,732 14,005,000 5,532,703 1,100 4,520 4,904,000
SCHOHARIE
+ 16.9% - 1.1% - 1.2% 4,784 11,423 13,295,992 5,568,035 1,164 4,093 4,822,058
SHARON SPRINGS
+ 10.5% - 24.7% - 1.3% 4,505 15,693 5,806,274 1,666,668 370 4,077 1,529,053
Schuyler County
ODESSA-MONTOUR
+ 58.2% + 0.1% - 2.0% 3,546 11,477 11,247,347 3,474,877 980 2,241 2,241,106
WATKINS GLEN
+ 3.9% + 0.3% + 0.0% 3,594 12,850 18,452,777 5,160,912 1,436 3,457 4,964,895
Seneca County
ROMULUS
+ 13.2% + 0.6% + 0.7% 4,589 11,071 6,775,371 2,808,429 612 4,055 2,465,522
SENECA FALLS
+ 8.2% + 8.5% - 0.6% 4,777 10,853 16,604,549 7,309,361 1,530 4,415 6,793,937
SOUTH SENECA
+ 7.2% - 7.7% + 2.5% 4,055 12,358 13,284,676 4,359,194 1,075 3,784 3,969,025
WATERLOO
- 0.5% - 8.6% + 0.5% 3,145 10,709 21,943,041 6,445,076 2,049 3,161 6,445,076
Steuben County
ADDISON
+ 3.8% + 3.2% - 0.8% 3,499 11,710 15,621,640 4,667,768 1,334 3,369 4,531,813
ARKPORT
+ 8.9% + 0.1% + 0.9% 3,636 10,137 6,589,363 2,363,102 650 3,337 2,149,137
AVOCA
+ 2.8% + 4.7% - 2.1% 2,649 11,220 7,853,955 1,854,000 700 2,577 1,842,425
BATH
+ 8.6% + 1.9% - 1.8% 2,279 11,864 24,523,160 4,709,944 2,067 2,099 4,418,232
BRADFORD
+ 2.1% + 4.6% + 4.4% 3,319 12,669 4,497,500 1,178,247 355 3,251 1,105,214
CAMPBELL-SAVONA
+ 7.9% - 12.1% + 2.0% 1,276 12,468 15,896,933 1,626,363 1,275 1,182 1,478,005
CANISTEO
+ 8.7% - 4.1% - 0.6% 3,147 13,551 12,602,378 2,926,864 930 2,895 2,710,059
CORNING
+ 4.3% - 2.4% + 0.5% 4,759 10,266 60,119,945 27,870,975 5,856 4,562 26,587,721
HORNELL
+ 14.8% + 2.1% - 0.0% 2,012 9,323 19,027,224 4,106,645 2,041 1,752 3,578,577
JASPER-TROUPSBURG
+ 10.6% + 1.0% + 1.7% 2,312 11,944 7,166,355 1,387,380 600 2,090 1,233,100
PRATTSBURG
+ 9.7% - 20.5% - 0.5% 2,502 9,981 5,978,347 1,498,894 599 2,282 1,373,815
WAYLAND-COHOCTON
+ 19.8% - 14.1% - 2.4% 2,083 11,696 23,146,202 4,121,736 1,979 1,739 3,525,678
Suffolk County
AMITYVILLE
+ 8.1% + 5.4% + 0.3% 10,860 15,533 51,259,534 35,836,712 3,300 10,045 33,048,977
BABYLON
+ 5.3% + 4.0% + 1.0% 11,006 14,280 28,816,710 22,210,910 2,018 10,455 20,899,551
BAY SHORE
+ 4.4% + 4.0% + 2.3% 9,853 15,878 90,331,502 56,053,380 5,689 9,435 52,449,926
BAYPORT-BLUE POINT
+ 5.1% + 1.6% + 3.1% 10,126 16,004 39,257,000 24,840,000 2,453 9,638 22,937,427
BRENTWOOD
+ 1.3% + 1.9% + 3.3% 4,105 11,516 198,845,525 70,883,022 17,267 4,054 67,796,662
CENTER MORICHES
+ 10.8% + 6.8% + 0.6% 7,112 15,237 21,255,700 9,921,083 1,395 6,417 8,894,500
CENTRAL ISLIP
+ 9.3% + 2.1% + 5.0% 8,126 16,553 114,218,490 56,069,490 6,900 7,437 48,863,110
COLD SPRING HARBOR
+ 7.7% + 5.4% + 2.8% 13,990 15,689 32,272,670 28,777,993 2,057 12,994 26,000,982
COMMACK
+ 6.2% + 3.4% + 3.4% 9,882 13,762 100,184,452 71,943,152 7,280 9,304 65,533,934
COMSEWOGUE
+ 4.3% + 1.1% + 3.2% 6,825 13,065 51,725,469 27,018,789 3,959 6,545 25,120,249
CONNETQUOT
+ 7.9% + 4.6% + 2.1% 9,992 14,950 106,759,976 71,351,976 7,141 9,264 64,792,369
COPIAGUE
+ 6.3% + 4.9% + 1.9% 8,122 13,993 64,705,935 37,556,435 4,624 7,643 34,697,266
DEER PARK
+ 4.5% + 0.5% + 3.9% 10,241 14,727 66,343,925 46,136,575 4,505 9,797 42,489,593
EAST HAMPTON
- 2.2% - 1.2% + 7.2% 11,089 17,031 35,100,490 22,854,901 2,061 11,344 21,803,448
EAST ISLIP
+ 7.7% + 3.6% + 1.0% 7,174 13,429 71,094,157 37,980,676 5,294 6,661 34,914,423
EAST MORICHES
+ 1.1% + 2.8% + 1.6% 7,179 14,311 14,181,982 7,114,675 991 7,105 6,926,900
EAST QUOGUE
+ 3.1% + 3.0% + 3.8% 24,562 28,114 12,370,270 10,807,098 440 23,817 10,098,492
EASTPORT
+ 24.7% + 12.5% + 8.6% 7,534 11,131 11,408,835 7,722,674 1,025 6,040 5,701,399
EASTPORT S M CHS
+ 6.1% + 14.4% + 8.0% 16,169 26,882 31,398,409 18,885,191 1,168 15,236 16,469,754
ELWOOD
+ 3.4% + 1.7% + 4.2% 9,555 13,002 31,972,510 23,494,585 2,459 9,242 21,812,120
GREENPORT
+ 6.9% + 5.0% + 0.0% 11,560 15,540 10,256,631 7,629,334 660 10,812 7,136,218
HALF HOLLOW HILLS
+ 4.7% + 2.7% + 3.9% 12,252 14,615 132,400,535 110,993,028 9,059 11,704 102,021,507
HAMPTON BAYS
+ 8.1% + 6.3% + 4.4% 11,676 13,226 23,145,167 20,432,185 1,750 10,802 18,114,235
HARBORFIELDS
+ 8.2% + 5.1% + 3.8% 10,565 13,220 44,973,403 35,940,977 3,402 9,760 31,991,837
HAUPPAUGE
+ 6.2% + 4.2% + 1.7% 12,015 15,672 61,997,510 47,532,790 3,956 11,317 44,024,038
HUNTINGTON
+ 6.9% + 5.5% + 1.6% 14,857 17,467 73,361,389 62,399,889 4,200 13,900 57,433,672
ISLIP
+ 8.6% + 4.5% + 3.5% 7,561 13,270 46,576,499 26,539,869 3,510 6,961 23,597,386
KINGS PARK
+ 5.2% + 2.0% + 3.0% 9,089 12,922 51,417,140 36,165,429 3,979 8,642 33,374,823
LINDENHURST
+ 7.6% + 5.4% + 1.5% 6,615 11,836 91,590,778 51,189,212 7,738 6,147 46,849,616
LONGWOOD
+ 7.3% + 2.5% + 2.4% 6,912 13,907 142,034,272 70,591,253 10,213 6,442 64,229,401
MIDDLE COUNTRY
+ 6.6% + 1.2% + 2.1% 5,065 11,634 136,492,202 59,427,631 11,732 4,753 54,598,500
MILLER PLACE
+ 7.6% + 4.8% + 1.1% 8,371 12,821 38,860,000 25,372,000 3,031 7,777 23,321,993
MOUNT SINAI
+ 8.3% + 2.2% + 3.2% 8,292 14,590 35,525,540 20,190,540 2,435 7,659 18,075,430
NORTH BABYLON
+ 8.1% + 6.2% + 1.7% 7,350 13,760 73,205,375 39,100,055 5,320 6,798 35,551,952
NORTHPORT
+ 4.9% + 4.6% + 3.2% 13,087 15,272 95,648,534 81,964,266 6,263 12,472 75,681,613
OYSTERPONDS
+ 3.5% + 2.5% + 1.5% 14,827 17,127 3,562,328 3,084,009 208 14,322 2,936,079
PATCHOGUE-MEDFORD
+ 9.1% + 2.8% + 1.1% 5,270 11,612 107,505,000 48,785,713 9,258 4,832 44,228,803
PORT JEFFERSON
+ 6.8% + 6.6% - 1.7% 17,987 23,877 27,959,444 21,063,322 1,171 16,835 20,050,315
REMSENBURG
+ 3.7% + 1.7% + 2.9% 17,456 20,248 6,438,818 5,551,113 318 16,827 5,199,584
RIVERHEAD
+ 4.6% + 3.6% + 5.3% 10,760 13,989 71,120,126 54,703,401 5,084 10,289 49,676,648
ROCKY POINT
+ 19.7% + 10.1% + 1.5% 7,369 12,222 44,720,164 26,961,932 3,659 6,157 22,188,445
SACHEM
+ 5.8% + 5.2% + 1.3% 7,414 13,736 210,571,706 113,651,722 15,330 7,010 106,099,181
SAG HARBOR
+ 10.7% + 10.2% + 1.9% 20,126 21,862 19,762,860 18,194,297 904 18,178 16,123,462
SAYVILLE
+ 8.3% + 3.6% + 1.6% 9,256 15,016 54,884,787 33,830,537 3,655 8,550 30,771,097
SHELTER ISLAND
+ 2.0% + 1.6% + 5.2% 20,714 21,974 6,240,635 5,882,635 284 20,303 5,481,806
SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER
+ 3.4% - 1.9% + 3.0% 9,765 13,369 36,162,587 26,415,643 2,705 9,446 24,796,475
SMITHTOWN
+ 7.3% + 5.5% + 3.9% 11,120 14,357 141,055,658 109,255,658 9,825 10,368 98,028,622
SOUTH COUNTRY
+ 10.7% + 4.0% + 1.3% 7,192 15,168 71,969,858 34,126,563 4,745 6,500 30,431,221
SOUTH HUNTINGTON
+ 6.8% + 4.8% + 2.2% 11,050 14,764 90,622,216 67,822,216 6,138 10,348 62,140,740
SOUTH MANOR
+ 18.0% + 11.1% + 0.8% 3,732 11,447 10,886,365 3,549,565 951 3,163 2,982,269
SOUTHAMPTON
+ 5.1% + 5.3% + 1.3% 17,385 21,340 37,771,361 30,770,961 1,770 16,545 28,919,982
SOUTHOLD
+ 2.3% + 2.2% + 4.1% 13,929 15,373 15,849,810 14,361,265 1,031 13,611 13,474,405
SPRINGS
+ 2.5% + 4.7% + 0.9% 18,142 21,507 12,366,796 10,431,550 575 17,691 10,084,065
THREE VILLAGE
+ 10.8% + 5.3% + 3.6% 9,560 14,000 113,018,656 77,181,859 8,073 8,628 67,206,873
TUCKAHOE
+ 9.5% + 7.6% + 0.5% 18,255 20,051 8,521,500 7,758,427 425 16,676 7,054,157
WEST BABYLON
+ 3.7% + 2.1% + 1.4% 7,746 13,085 63,986,789 37,879,767 4,890 7,467 35,999,509
WEST ISLIP
+ 4.9% + 4.6% + 1.0% 7,292 12,520 73,554,715 42,837,688 5,875 6,952 40,426,010
WESTHAMPTON BEACH
+ 7.4% + 5.2% + 1.0% 8,403 16,739 29,895,290 15,007,292 1,786 7,826 13,835,506
WILLIAM FLOYD
+ 7.6% + 4.2% + 1.2% 4,296 12,708 132,691,991 44,862,328 10,442 3,993 41,194,719
Sullivan County
ELDRED
+ 8.3% + 4.2% + 1.7% 8,064 11,810 9,448,263 6,451,160 800 7,445 5,859,319
FALLSBURGH
+ 9.4% + 5.5% + 1.4% 8,536 17,202 23,102,663 11,463,527 1,343 7,805 10,342,160
LIBERTY
+ 11.8% + 1.2% + 1.8% 6,935 13,125 24,937,204 13,175,726 1,900 6,201 11,576,718
LIVINGSTON MANOR
+ 6.5% + 0.2% + 1.1% 6,285 13,745 10,377,456 4,745,053 755 5,900 4,407,070
MONTICELLO
+ 10.7% + 6.0% + 0.5% 7,791 14,185 49,845,405 27,376,405 3,514 7,036 24,610,396
ROSCOE
+ 4.9% + 6.5% + 0.0% 7,741 13,851 4,709,417 2,631,916 340 7,379 2,508,956
TRI VALLEY
+ 5.1% - 4.5% + 8.5% 10,198 15,717 20,321,686 13,186,441 1,293 9,700 11,562,955
WEST SULLIVAN
+ 7.8% + 0.2% + 2.0% 6,476 14,305 25,247,590 11,430,239 1,765 6,009 10,395,163
Average/total for all districts
+ 7.7% + 3.3% + 0.9% 7,504 12,888 20,985,546,864 12,197,211,483 1,631,626 6,967 11,226,455,399

Data: New York State Education Department
Analysis by The Public Policy Institute of New York State
   


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