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Stillwater Central School District

Stillwater, New York · Superintendent: Joseph Mariano · #400 of 404 New York districts by enrollment

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1,009

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$19,615

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 17% below the New York median

11.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · New York median 11.3

Stillwater Central School District is a public school district based in Stillwater, New York, serving 1,009 students in 2 schools. By enrollment it ranks #400 of the 404 New York districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 1% of them. Its schools average 504 students each, about the same as the New York median of 538. Its superintendent is Joseph Mariano. It spends about $19,615 per student on day-to-day operations, 17% less than the New York median. It has roughly 11.2 students per teacher.

How Stillwater Central compares

Stillwater CentralNew York median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$19,615

New York median $23,514 · 17% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$12,023

New York median $15,327 · 22% below · FY2020-21

Students per school504

New York median 538 · 6% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher11.2

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

Students per counselor252

New York median 284 · 11% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$25.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 2%State 48%Local 50%

Measure	Stillwater Central	New York median	Year
Current spending per student	$19,615	$23,514	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$12,023	$15,327	FY2020-21
Total spending	$30.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$25.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	90	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	213	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	11.2	11.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	252	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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Joseph Mariano

Superintendent, Stillwater Central 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
Rensselaer City School DistrictRensselaer	1,013	2	$18,837	12.4	#399
Stillwater Central School DistrictStillwater · this district	1,009	2	$19,615	11.2	#400
Highland Falls Central School DistrictHighland Falls	1,007	3	$29,292	10.1	#401
Granville Central School DistrictGranville	1,004	3	$20,898	10.7	#402
Wilson Central School DistrictWilson	1,003	2	$22,737	9.9	#403

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Ellicott School District No. 22Ellicott, CO	1,009	$10,666	14.2
Santa Fe TrailScranton, KS	1,009	$12,912	12.2
Lakeview Community Schools (Montcalm)Lakeview, MI	1,009	$12,057	16.0
Coahoma County School DistrictClarksdale, MS	1,009	$13,661	11.6

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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