The New York State Center for Rural Schools

The New York State Center for Rural Schools has developed an Integrated Data System in partnership with Cornell's Program in Applied Demographics (PAD) and Community and Rural Development Institute (CaRDI) with the guidance of the Rural Schools Association of New York State (RSA).

Capacity

Building the data capacity of local school and community leaders.

A climate of increased fiscal stress and property tax caps for communities and school districts across New York State has developed in recent years. Comprehensive and up-to-date County and School District data on these issues can help school and community leaders to make informed decisions and effectively plan for their future.

The Integrated Data System links community demographics, school enrollments, achievement and district financial data, local property tax revenues, and many other measures relevant to school management and leadership. The NYS Center for Rural centralizes and optimizes these data tools for practical use by disaggregating all measures by NYS counties and school districts. Periodic training workshops will be held.

Data Tools

By District (All tools that use NYSED Financial Profile data are now updated with 2010-2011 data, 12/2/12)

School Benchmarker™! Compare your school with its Benchmark Schools; Works great on phones and tablets.
Budget Playground™! Analyze finances and create budget scenarios.
iPad version now available in Apple's App Store!!
Reorganizer! Investigate consolidation scenarios with one or more districts
Achievement Illustrator: View and compare by grade/cohort and subgroup. Now includes 3-8 testing and Graduation/Dropout data
Maps: An interactive map with selected school district indicators
Projections: Enrollment projections for every district in the state.
Latest ACS school district profile: The latest information from the American Community Survey (2006-2010 5-year estimates)
Recent trends: Easy to access trend data on enrollment, demographics, achievement, and finances
Enrollment details: View student enrollment by grade and graduating class

By County

Maps: An interactive map with selected County statistics including population growth, birthrate, and unemployment rate.
Projections: Population size and characteristics, projected until 2035
Latest county profile: The latest information from the American Community Survey (2005-2009 5-year estimates)
Recent trends: Data from select demographic and economic annual time series
Historic trends: Data from the latest decenial Census, compared with data from past censuses

Maps

School Districts in NYS by new NCES Locale Codes - View NCES definitions for rural locales
Districts serving fewer than 500 students 1995 vs. 2005
Average property tax levy per pupil by school district (2011)
Average property tax levy per pupil by county (2011)

** NEW** Interactive Map of the new 2012 Legislative Boundaries. You can quickly view the new legislative districts, the total number of students, and the percentage of rural students in each legislative district. To use the map, simply turn on or off the desired layer(s) (via check box) on the right hand side. Click here to view full map in a new window.