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Enrollment, school count, staffing and per-pupil spending for Nyc Chancellor'S Office — federal education data, not a star rating.

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Quick answer

Nyc Chancellor'S Office is the primary public district for New York City, NY. It enrolls 912,994 students in 0 schools with — full-time-equivalent teachers, and spends $37,461 per pupil, 116% above the $17,320 median across the metros covered here.

Students enrolled
912,994NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22
Schools in the district
0Operating school count
Students per teacher
—Enrollment ÷ FTE teachers, not class size
Spending per pupil
$37,461Total current expenditure, FY2020

Who pays for schools in New York City

Where the district's money comes from, FY2020.

Local revenue
62.5%
$21,610,524,000
State revenue
33.3%
$11,511,691,000
Federal revenue
4.3%
$1,479,671,000

Local revenue is mostly property tax, which is why the New York City property tax rate and school funding move together. Of every dollar spent, about 60 cents reaches instruction — teacher salaries, benefits and classroom materials — with the rest covering transport, buildings, food service and administration.

Reading the New York City numbers

What the 2021-22 NCES and FY2020 Census finance numbers say about this district.

$37,461 per pupil puts this district in the top spending tier of the metros tracked here — 116% above the $17,320 median and higher than 97% of them. Instruction absorbs 60 cents of every dollar ($22,421 per student), an unusually classroom-heavy split.

Money is raised locally: 62.5% of revenue comes from local sources — overwhelmingly property tax — against 33.3% from the state. That makes the district's budget move with New York City property values and levy votes rather than with the NY legislature. Federal aid is a small 4.3% of the total, so national funding changes have limited effect on this budget.

What this data covers

Read this before comparing districts.

Nyc Chancellor'S Office is a large city district; figures are the district total (LEAID 3620580) and individual schools inside it vary widely. Independently authorised charter schools, private schools and regional vocational programs are counted separately by NCES and are not in these totals. Enrollment is the 2021-22 NCES collection; dollars are the FY2020 Census F-33 survey, the latest complete national release. The two years differ, so per-pupil spending is a stable indicator rather than a live budget line.

Other New York City datasets on this site.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data + Census F-33, via Urban Institute Education Data · rates as published for 2021-22 / FY2020

NCES LEAID 3620580. Finance figures are Census Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33) totals as redistributed by the Urban Institute Education Data API.