CAIRO-DURHAM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

What the Numbers Say About CAIRO-DURHAM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

CAIRO-DURHAM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT is a small school district in New York, serving 1,045 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $43,673. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $184,349, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 3606160 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the New York statewide average of $153,920, teacher pay in CAIRO-DURHAM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs meaningfully above the state benchmark — a 19.8% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (124.0% differential). Among enrolling districts in New York, it pays more than 88% of them. Licensing reciprocity, collective bargaining strength, and state aid formulas all contribute to where a district lands in these tiers.

On the budget side, CAIRO-DURHAM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT reports $45.6M in total expenditure against $38.7M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 28% of spending — a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $7.0M, special-education teacher pay is $1.6M. These figures are district-level aggregates from F-33, not individual contracts — step-and-column schedules, stipends, and collectively-bargained differentials sit underneath these totals.