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Middletown City School District

Middletown, New York · Superintendent: Amy Creeden · #31 of 404 New York districts by enrollment

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7,397

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$23,791

Spending per student

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

11.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · New York median 11.3

Middletown City School District is a public school district based in Middletown, New York, serving 7,397 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #31 of the 404 New York districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 93% of them. Its schools average 1,233 students each, more than the New York median of 538. Its superintendent is Amy Creeden. It spends about $23,791 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 11.2 students per teacher.

How Middletown City compares

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

Spending per student$23,791

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

Instruction spending per student$15,931

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

Students per school1,233

New York median 538 · 129% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher11.2

New York median 11.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor352

New York median 284 · 24% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$211.3 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 7%State 55%Local 37%

Measure	Middletown City	New York median	Year
Current spending per student	$23,791	$23,514	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$15,931	$15,327	FY2020-21
Total spending	$208.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$211.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	659	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,160	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	11.2	11.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	352	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.

Leadership

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Amy Creeden

Superintendent, Middletown 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
Smithtown Central School DistrictSmithtown	7,540	12	$29,076	11.1	#30
Middletown City School DistrictMiddletown · this district	7,397	6	$23,791	11.2	#31
Half Hollow Hills Central School DistrictDix Hills	7,302	9	$31,329	11.2	#32
Levittown Union Free School DistrictLevittown	7,163	10	$27,247	11.5	#33
Syosset Central School DistrictSyosset	7,126	10	$33,971	10.3	#34

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Jackson Township School DistrictJackson, NJ	7,409	$22,367	12.7
Rutherford County SchoolsForest City, NC	7,394	$11,543	18.4
ClovisClovis, NM	7,387	$10,464	14.8
Oak Hills LocalCincinnati, OH	7,381	$11,331	22.2

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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