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Source: New York State Education Department

What does this measure?

Total spending by public school districts in a county, divided by total pupils.

Why is this important?

High spending for schools can mean better facilities, programs and a greater range of opportunities are available to students. It may also signal public support for education and a more experienced teaching workforce. However, studies have found higher spending does not necessarily lead to higher student achievement, given the many factors that contribute to student success, including parental and community influences.

How is Westchester County performing?

In 2024, public school districts in Westchester County spent $35,400 per student, about $1,100 more than the state spent per pupil - a difference that has shrunk from almost $5,700 in 2010 (adjusted for inflation). From 2010 to 2024, with spending adjusted for inflation, spending per pupil has risen 3% in Westchester County compared to 20% in the state.

Among comparison counties, Westchester's spending increase from 2010 to 2024 was lower than Putnam (13%), Rockland (7%), and Nassau (6%). In 2024, Putnam County spent the most per pupil at $37,300 followed by Nassau at $35,500, Westchester at $35,400, and Rockland $34,300.

Among local school districts, Pocantico Hills School district spent the most per pupil in 2024, at $64,500, a 3% decrease from 2010, while Mamaroneck Union Free School District spent the least per pupil, at $28,500, a 16% decrease from 2000.

Notes about the data

Figures have been adjusted to 2024 dollars. Comparisons can be misleading as certain categories of students (e.g., English Language Learners, children with special needs) require specialized resources that can be more expensive than general education students.

Per-Student Spending
201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Westchester County$34,391$33,608$33,680$33,412$34,169$34,744$34,291$34,296$34,572$35,326$35,157$35,080$34,701$35,353$35,447
Nassau County$33,562$33,390$33,659$34,167$34,375$35,414$35,428$35,343$35,699$36,179$35,704$35,920$35,099$35,363$35,514
Putnam County$32,887$32,806$32,478$33,474$34,906$35,550$35,302$35,959$37,047$37,919$37,783$37,761$36,477$37,694$37,286
Rockland County$32,052$32,280$32,376$32,289$33,118$34,144$33,890$33,696$34,174$35,862$34,015$34,894$34,284$33,650$34,251
New York State$28,658$28,463$28,563$28,437$28,902$29,852$30,533$31,624$32,286$33,411$33,498$33,390$34,155$34,085$34,312
Westchester County School Districts
Ardsley Union Free School District$38,766$40,703$36,297$36,944$39,057$40,159$39,994$40,435$38,212$37,942$35,946$35,436$33,940$35,368$36,597
Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District$42,113$39,466$39,698$42,761$40,187$42,031$43,240$41,672$43,776$44,711$43,995$44,615$41,904$43,179$41,962
Bronxville Union Free School District$40,012$35,104$43,059$38,011$35,412$34,595$36,104$36,848$36,283$38,308$36,331$38,903$35,121$33,924$33,903
Byram Hills Central School District$37,431$38,255$40,300$41,147$43,017$44,678$44,888$46,881$46,784$48,778$50,196$47,403$45,198$44,071$43,215
Chappaqua Central School District$36,733$37,252$36,170$38,038$38,555$38,893$38,346$38,168$38,189$40,646$48,220$41,524$39,522$38,298$38,722
Croton-Harmon Union Free School District$32,691$34,356$31,883$32,359$32,873$34,458$36,945$33,802$35,057$35,891$36,597$36,498$33,527$33,887$34,133
Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District$37,717$52,521$37,121$38,209$36,173$39,242$37,423$36,623$37,314$38,212$38,231$37,045$35,576$34,971$36,910
Eastchester Union Free School District$31,991$31,961$31,352$32,315$32,778$32,906$32,230$33,057$32,296$33,557$32,855$34,222$32,182$33,115$33,889
Edgemont Union Free School District$33,168$32,323$34,568$33,077$34,433$35,898$35,206$36,119$35,315$35,619$36,174$35,010$34,082$36,259$36,643
Elmsford Union Free School District$41,294$47,420$39,448$39,094$40,257$41,756$40,480$40,363$37,411$39,237$39,479$43,840$36,242$36,322$37,734
Greenburgh Central School District$48,431$48,980$47,294$41,609$47,749$47,765$48,095$45,160$47,695$49,611$50,750$48,356$49,518$46,004$49,680
Harrison Central School District$40,308$38,876$38,369$38,212$39,536$39,993$39,494$37,669$40,989$38,810$38,900$39,149$37,208$38,039$36,916
Hastings-on-Hudson Union Free School District$36,039$34,428$34,368$35,156$35,705$36,946$36,373$35,810$35,980$36,410$36,589$36,994$35,775$35,651$36,588
Hendrick Hudson Central School District$35,567$37,578$37,622$37,476$39,472$41,113$39,604$42,297$40,706$41,307$40,530$40,664$40,541$39,203$38,026
Irvington Union Free School District$39,334$39,324$38,605$39,371$40,556$42,740$43,841$41,239$41,230$42,716$42,355$42,598$39,559$39,913$40,824
Katonah-Lewisboro Union Free School District$41,648$38,875$47,653$43,763$46,421$45,043$44,845$43,283$43,175$44,644$44,226$43,469$41,739$42,365$43,499
Lakeland Central School District$32,309$31,565$35,147$33,195$32,922$33,688$33,705$34,442$35,153$35,594$37,466$33,561$32,824$37,274$33,190
Mamaroneck Union Free School District$33,855$33,494$34,959$32,797$32,225$33,526$33,148$31,590$31,005$30,649$29,920$29,586$28,813$28,468$28,507
Bedford Central School District$37,494$37,316$36,240$37,189$37,984$38,681$39,563$37,993$39,769$42,916$41,918$43,225$42,850$45,328$44,622
Mount Vernon City School District$32,714$32,856$32,139$33,444$35,020$34,853$36,128$38,597$37,668$39,147$37,287$36,477$37,075$38,171$38,036
Mount Pleasant Central School District$36,233$34,468$34,645$35,312$35,930$38,500$40,900$38,895$37,945$39,671$39,921$39,079$38,093$38,269$39,044
New Rochelle City School District$31,958$30,318$29,585$29,879$30,331$30,645$29,987$29,739$30,318$31,293$31,829$31,618$32,312$31,964$33,988
North Salem Central School District$40,075$39,703$40,077$41,679$44,176$44,877$46,415$46,781$46,786$49,319$48,735$49,564$49,353$49,694$49,161
Ossining Union Free School District$32,246$33,766$33,487$30,881$31,257$32,515$30,676$31,268$30,766$31,458$32,362$31,234$33,557$33,490$34,564
Peekskill City School District$35,081$33,809$35,749$33,177$34,894$34,661$32,373$31,699$30,888$31,586$31,982$32,619$30,858$31,549$31,663
Pelham Union Free School District$29,395$31,647$29,788$30,844$31,837$32,031$32,065$31,025$30,914$31,220$30,336$30,577$30,440$30,351$31,754
Pleasantville Union Free School District$31,849$34,943$34,652$34,688$34,478$35,561$36,552$36,817$35,803$36,321$35,585$42,620$35,297$36,015$35,631
Pocantico Hills Central School District$66,329$59,176$55,378$70,500$65,794$65,941$61,903$64,229$58,031$62,229$74,664$62,785$96,015$91,821$64,496
Port Chester-Rye Union Free School District$26,805$26,836$28,060$27,630$28,343$25,912$26,063$25,937$26,018$26,032$25,225$27,041$28,690$29,913$31,494
Blind Brook-Rye Union Free School District$34,937$34,754$35,602$35,109$35,826$35,879$36,183$36,362$41,272$37,575$38,592$42,700$41,068$41,316$43,183
Rye City School District$30,562$28,862$29,475$30,065$29,554$30,194$31,158$30,301$31,086$33,785$33,539$39,276$36,002$35,733$35,831
Rye Neck Union Free School District$32,928$33,559$31,900$30,980$30,818$33,320$31,176$31,205$30,107$30,888$31,459$34,086$33,475$31,108$33,817
Scarsdale Union Free School District$39,138$37,958$37,976$38,789$38,404$38,812$38,231$38,393$39,749$39,293$39,186$40,604$38,502$38,397$38,210
Somers Central School District$31,493$34,101$31,871$33,309$33,191$34,625$34,951$35,771$37,760$37,834$39,759$38,686$37,318$42,063$41,273
The Tarrytowns Union Free School District$36,407$33,922$32,788$31,708$32,608$46,440$33,350$34,892$34,736$35,044$36,444$36,270$33,875$32,979$34,993
Tuckahoe Union Free School District$40,208$37,011$36,500$36,221$37,789$38,184$35,878$33,946$34,162$35,293$35,086$35,856$33,811$33,890$35,533
Valhalla Union Free School District$39,508$36,282$37,954$36,902$38,771$38,968$41,245$44,326$43,127$43,275$42,944$43,242$42,036$41,158$38,641
White Plains City School District$38,824$35,513$35,475$34,611$35,660$36,783$36,275$36,419$35,955$38,224$36,962$36,870$36,012$41,966$36,893
Yonkers City School District$30,023$27,339$27,462$27,128$28,334$27,752$27,582$27,851$28,765$29,046$28,129$27,534$29,367$29,698$30,538
Yorktown Central School District$33,836$34,723$34,364$34,396$35,831$36,385$35,699$35,348$36,263$37,015$33,135$37,583$33,752$32,953$34,836

Source: New York State Education Department
Notes: Figures are in constant 2024 dollars.




Total School Spending
201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Westchester County$5,107,692,626$5,039,950,000$5,009,566,617$4,970,984,090$5,082,930,272$5,194,930,623$5,161,282,278$5,162,102,508$5,159,891,194$5,259,995,851$5,214,937,064$5,056,490,248$4,947,225,773$5,057,782,081$5,072,180,351
Nassau County$6,829,595,857$6,800,961,624$6,813,726,136$6,817,788,429$6,907,391,042$7,107,555,457$7,137,742,707$7,149,693,600$7,172,198,358$7,216,570,364$7,128,749,399$6,989,725,330$6,895,961,431$7,053,449,618$7,094,372,036
Putnam County$530,211,149$519,345,667$510,749,921$516,041,889$535,420,739$534,991,965$526,705,238$525,283,240$528,656,102$534,010,324$519,851,891$507,319,807$488,062,670$500,013,255$493,177,419
Rockland County$1,367,593,187$1,381,222,738$1,374,671,764$1,355,469,208$1,387,226,718$1,426,654,975$1,397,774,353$1,401,056,860$1,420,457,096$1,490,144,353$1,421,902,947$1,416,829,946$1,423,517,075$1,422,548,443$1,486,271,998
New York State$79,919,611,605$79,187,965,173$79,161,729,243$78,477,484,117$79,698,383,261$82,871,181,653$84,743,627,451$87,739,035,958$89,159,756,141$91,605,371,583$91,709,117,291$88,225,273,566$88,826,765,164$88,408,611,694$90,370,563,209
Westchester County School Districts
Ardsley Union Free School District$84,859,434$80,674,322$73,936,088$75,070,209$78,427,298$82,285,826$81,628,194$83,133,725$80,551,705$84,839,294$82,424,865$80,865,444$78,775,614$80,709,148$84,210,462
Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District$72,686,962$66,263,937$64,628,382$66,750,603$62,933,620$66,282,474$65,162,399$63,174,903$62,950,010$64,071,232$61,636,820$60,720,516$56,612,091$58,162,281$56,648,430
Bronxville Union Free School District$62,419,344$60,765,306$67,560,267$61,235,584$60,589,609$61,751,872$61,773,739$62,347,643$59,721,769$62,211,754$59,837,362$62,866,823$55,315,637$53,362,979$53,193,288
Byram Hills Central School District$105,742,101$104,169,155$107,157,061$109,163,278$111,845,401$113,927,739$111,366,161$112,093,240$110,129,045$112,433,992$114,446,754$107,793,604$102,643,637$101,891,215$101,684,477
Chappaqua Central School District$152,918,443$152,992,349$150,141,070$151,847,037$154,064,257$156,620,775$150,776,476$150,001,823$149,394,363$154,089,128$176,485,417$148,199,231$141,133,492$137,182,769$138,198,812
Croton-Harmon Union Free School District$57,895,435$60,569,952$55,125,334$55,980,632$56,607,484$57,302,852$60,959,843$55,536,371$56,336,112$56,779,410$57,970,178$54,856,595$52,805,790$53,914,855$55,262,061
Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District$55,256,045$76,208,649$54,085,589$56,511,163$53,680,069$57,645,872$55,535,992$54,897,415$55,598,223$57,624,095$58,685,349$54,901,422$54,608,927$53,400,014$55,512,233
Eastchester Union Free School District$99,586,675$98,600,528$99,228,318$101,502,629$104,202,526$105,463,284$104,005,138$106,905,348$104,799,202$108,490,021$106,746,117$106,123,849$101,149,166$100,671,096$102,954,442
Edgemont Union Free School District$66,800,049$64,258,420$68,168,319$65,029,491$67,694,770$70,395,635$68,299,167$71,696,831$70,524,960$71,380,822$71,876,875$70,371,084$67,482,589$69,109,919$67,715,652
Elmsford Union Free School District$41,830,819$46,186,953$39,053,626$38,781,087$40,337,704$41,546,782$38,455,865$39,838,088$39,131,444$41,081,546$40,544,800$44,190,762$37,908,977$40,098,975$41,129,999
Greenburgh Central School District$86,352,583$87,135,654$85,980,549$82,718,100$86,044,399$87,601,756$88,878,658$86,481,834$86,566,582$86,422,883$86,934,242$79,545,578$83,784,878$77,517,098$80,432,712
Harrison Central School District$142,206,235$136,376,458$136,017,259$135,156,968$139,720,875$142,135,125$140,244,816$138,396,198$139,157,257$141,928,561$143,034,067$140,897,741$134,469,391$138,082,674$137,768,991
Hastings-on-Hudson Union Free School District$56,545,643$55,223,049$55,298,539$55,932,596$56,449,337$57,524,880$59,178,975$57,404,169$58,791,847$60,403,551$60,957,099$58,413,263$57,454,634$57,576,201$58,284,201
Hendrick Hudson Central School District$97,170,385$97,703,198$97,439,775$94,176,450$95,680,885$97,683,663$93,345,532$96,859,395$93,460,165$95,502,172$92,166,097$89,867,299$89,758,776$88,755,576$86,166,100
Irvington Union Free School District$71,351,379$71,373,495$69,411,861$71,537,174$73,000,591$75,649,262$77,071,609$75,261,309$74,873,914$75,735,872$75,856,999$74,036,171$69,940,398$70,885,127$72,299,221
Katonah-Lewisboro Union Free School District$155,513,646$152,078,194$166,595,370$148,662,756$153,281,532$145,217,194$140,096,914$135,217,182$131,943,807$133,173,993$129,625,687$126,146,502$121,334,090$120,230,631$121,405,455
Lakeland Central School District$206,131,940$203,529,066$216,786,527$203,318,004$198,454,522$196,875,469$193,196,391$196,937,892$198,581,414$200,892,711$211,080,658$185,356,724$178,429,153$200,946,712$179,326,756
Mamaroneck Union Free School District$171,238,933$171,453,984$178,711,168$169,033,190$166,505,205$176,381,153$178,999,589$174,471,773$170,342,682$172,584,739$168,985,866$162,219,078$157,003,960$156,116,595$160,121,320
Bedford Central School District$162,574,635$162,770,717$160,396,516$166,608,429$168,003,749$170,233,846$173,522,650$159,988,033$158,838,786$168,617,777$163,898,159$163,348,212$159,914,399$161,731,925$156,624,950
Mount Vernon City School District$293,445,467$292,547,124$293,362,189$291,863,533$307,408,226$309,251,821$315,435,207$328,925,185$323,117,691$335,024,046$313,916,930$289,882,758$284,475,329$295,447,176$291,466,756
Mount Pleasant Central School District$73,625,468$69,658,874$68,354,677$69,353,262$70,171,953$74,150,087$78,322,965$73,978,558$73,119,646$75,692,370$76,487,723$74,600,986$72,223,487$74,127,893$76,213,757
New Rochelle City School District$341,122,396$326,134,345$326,799,963$323,384,115$330,757,440$334,187,422$331,026,178$326,119,496$329,980,235$335,027,962$337,645,523$322,820,417$326,808,248$330,063,184$341,817,834
North Salem Central School District$54,221,548$52,368,666$52,059,532$52,306,962$52,790,136$53,269,234$52,866,255$53,050,114$51,839,073$52,771,816$51,074,170$51,199,246$50,981,323$49,743,260$48,177,371
Ossining Union Free School District$145,525,989$149,922,417$151,024,305$141,927,400$145,626,810$155,094,613$153,228,042$158,968,000$156,784,295$159,839,925$161,226,605$155,485,293$168,790,140$168,155,702$175,825,598
Peekskill City School District$105,663,311$102,543,258$109,677,629$106,929,249$114,031,992$112,196,762$110,972,931$109,837,456$109,621,111$112,572,646$113,087,342$113,610,593$112,723,193$114,207,592$118,830,425
Pelham Union Free School District$81,836,364$89,434,592$85,373,647$87,596,228$90,131,915$89,973,957$90,647,526$90,594,146$90,206,807$90,507,397$86,851,178$85,830,736$85,567,645$85,257,173$90,467,436
Pleasantville Union Free School District$57,964,823$62,128,297$61,021,830$59,941,717$60,853,882$62,410,322$63,490,702$62,736,505$61,401,351$61,890,519$60,956,983$70,749,157$57,675,989$59,676,417$59,040,419
Pocantico Hills Central School District$35,817,885$34,736,240$36,106,728$37,647,109$35,199,534$33,564,044$33,737,188$35,518,878$31,801,203$33,106,066$38,675,839$29,634,496$40,998,323$41,503,082$30,183,986
Port Chester-Rye Union Free School District$112,230,583$115,153,405$112,350,662$113,173,169$112,805,609$118,521,337$124,399,563$125,662,619$124,025,776$124,667,733$126,934,615$129,443,915$138,802,702$143,762,560$152,714,283
Blind Brook-Rye Union Free School District$53,383,672$53,138,609$53,687,749$52,277,762$53,775,038$54,859,256$54,491,861$54,507,016$59,638,089$55,122,348$53,603,624$56,705,352$52,812,907$53,792,831$56,310,270
Rye City School District$97,309,373$95,301,087$99,154,326$100,237,028$100,986,629$105,407,552$106,560,474$104,963,669$104,635,608$110,577,918$108,866,787$119,399,261$106,312,656$103,161,718$102,154,396
Rye Neck Union Free School District$48,963,945$49,700,861$48,360,746$48,081,391$48,939,354$51,812,429$49,476,787$50,084,126$48,652,405$49,513,400$49,830,506$52,219,027$51,250,491$48,031,263$50,319,042
Scarsdale Union Free School District$181,247,951$179,314,330$182,512,232$188,632,758$189,751,969$190,064,396$189,740,203$190,274,497$195,925,069$191,434,125$190,015,170$190,068,983$180,035,786$182,385,455$181,152,442
Somers Central School District$112,964,801$118,398,533$108,935,725$112,649,421$110,492,874$113,707,334$112,472,647$110,853,047$113,165,695$112,442,751$115,539,596$108,979,722$103,183,946$114,748,982$108,837,286
The Tarrytowns Union Free School District$95,896,540$92,879,294$91,413,973$96,105,903$91,400,593$129,568,245$94,180,263$97,105,659$95,732,937$96,441,104$97,887,926$96,840,124$90,175,526$90,593,732$97,595,849
Tuckahoe Union Free School District$42,701,227$39,786,474$40,551,459$40,531,653$40,850,377$41,239,117$40,326,825$40,089,731$40,106,580$41,257,936$42,068,710$41,198,299$38,646,001$39,075,733$40,080,741
Valhalla Union Free School District$61,277,452$58,051,033$58,942,272$57,197,974$59,436,062$59,972,029$61,290,523$65,558,550$63,051,491$61,753,031$60,550,951$60,452,471$58,009,044$56,921,911$56,609,581
White Plains City School District$273,982,979$256,332,639$256,660,851$253,974,185$264,135,431$271,494,528$268,613,196$269,172,103$270,275,002$281,786,081$274,071,855$267,121,085$253,883,124$294,140,888$264,377,112
Yonkers City School District$759,939,814$725,056,261$701,894,458$705,673,924$751,456,616$745,076,986$762,272,684$770,978,923$788,742,038$803,157,423$777,043,755$741,145,858$757,812,860$778,357,214$798,059,499
Yorktown Central School District$129,490,349$129,030,275$125,600,047$122,483,967$124,403,998$126,583,695$125,232,148$122,481,055$126,375,805$127,145,699$115,407,864$128,382,573$115,531,453$114,282,522$123,006,706

Source: New York State Education Department
Notes: Figures are in constant 2024 dollars.




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