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Needs
Poverty
Free and reduced lunch
Limited
English
Resources
Community wealth
Income per
student
Property value per student
School tax as a percentage of property value
School data
Students per
teacher
Students per support person
Minority teachers
Teachers with
Masters degree
Teachers years of service
Percentage
of students in non-public schools
Costs
Total
per
student
NYS share
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Each
year the New York State Department of Education collects data from all
State school districts and publishes these
data as New York: The State of Learning (the Section 655 Report).
The edition published in June 2004 covers the 2003-2004
school year and is available at
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/irts/655report/home.html
On the left are links to graphs that present some of the data from that report
Where do we stand?
Glen Cove’s poverty index, free and reduced lunch
ratio, and students with limited English
proficiency ratio are well above the Nassau County average and are, in
fact, greater than all but eight school districts in the county. The
smaller classes and additional teachers and programs needed by
these students raise the cost of running the school district.
Our combined wealth ratio, which measures our ability
to pay for services, is just slightly above the Nassau average. The
fraction of our school budget that is supported by New York State is below
the Nassau average. With our high needs and medium ability to pay, we have
a strong case that we deserve more state aid.
Our total cost per student is very near the Nassau average, which is remarkable in light
of the great number of students who need extra help.
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