BUFFALO, N.Y. — Thirty-nine school budgets totaling $4 billion were recently approved in Erie and Niagara counties for the upcoming school year. The money will educate some 138,000 public school students in kindergarten through 12th grade.
The individual budgets range from a low of $17.7 million in North Collins, the smallest school district, with just 564 students, to a high of almost $1 billion in the largest district, Buffalo public schools, with some 30,000 students. (Charter schools in the Buffalo area, with some 12,000 students, are not included in this analysis.)
We looked at per pupil spending - total budget divided by enrollment. A few districts spend less than $24,000 per student, a few spend more than $33,000 and the majority fall in between. The average is $28,135 per pupil. You can read more in Investigative Post's website.
