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Binghamton City School District

Binghamton, New York · Superintendent: Dr. Tonia Thompson · #79 of 404 New York districts by enrollment

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4,784

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$22,822

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the New York median

10.3

Students per teacher

2024-25 · New York median 11.3

Binghamton City School District is a public school district based in Binghamton, New York, serving 4,784 students in 10 schools. By enrollment it ranks #79 of the 404 New York districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 81% of them. Its schools average 478 students each, fewer than the New York median of 538. Its superintendent is Dr. Tonia Thompson. It spends about $22,822 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 10.3 students per teacher.

How Binghamton City compares

Binghamton CityNew York median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$22,822

New York median $23,514 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$14,884

New York median $15,327 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school478

New York median 538 · 11% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher10.3

New York median 11.3 · 9% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor368

New York median 284 · 30% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$142.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 12%State 57%Local 32%

Measure	Binghamton City	New York median	Year
Current spending per student	$22,822	$23,514	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$14,884	$15,327	FY2020-21
Total spending	$132.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$142.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	466	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,039	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	10.3	11.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	368	284	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The New York median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Dr. Tonia Thompson

Superintendent, Binghamton City School District

Source: New York State Education Department, SEDREF, checked 2026-10-05. Report a change

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Peer districts in New York

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Pine Bush Central School DistrictPine Bush	4,836	7	$21,760	14.1	#76
Orchard Park Central School DistrictWest Seneca	4,835	6	$19,986	11.5	#77
Copiague Union Free School DistrictCopiague	4,822	6	$24,518	14.5	#78
Binghamton City School DistrictBinghamton · this district	4,784	10	$22,822	10.3	#79
North Babylon Union Free School DistrictNorth Babylon	4,735	7	$24,791	11.8	#80

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Avoyelles ParishMarksville, LA	4,794	$12,646	19.8
Natchitoches ParishNatchitoches, LA	4,792	$13,705	12.1
Sweetwater County School District #1Rock Springs, WY	4,789	$16,553	14.3
Mount Olive Township School DistrictFlanders, NJ	4,786	$21,665	10.7

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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