LONGWOOD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

What the Numbers Say About LONGWOOD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

LONGWOOD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT is a small-to-mid-sized school district in New York, serving 8,829 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $29,649. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $185,338, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 3619230 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 LONGWOOD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs meaningfully above the state benchmark — a 20.4% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (125.2% differential). Among enrolling districts in New York, it pays more than 89% 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, LONGWOOD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT reports $261.8M in total expenditure against $285.2M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 42% of spending — a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $61.3M, special-education teacher pay is $25.5M. 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.