School district Elmira
Elmira City School District: budget and spending
- $182.9Mtotal spending, 2025 ▲ 3%
- $6.4Mtechnology and telecom, 2025
- $1ME-Rate networking budget (5 years)
- $220KE-Rate networking budget left
Spending by category, 2025
Compared with 2024
| Category | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instruction | $89.7M | $83M | ▲ 8% |
| Insurance and benefits | $22.3M | $20.2M | ▲ 10% |
| Buildings and construction | $21M | $25.2M | ▼ 17% |
| Debt payments | $16.1M | $16.2M | ▼ 1% |
| Staff and payroll | $9.5M | $9.1M | ▲ 4% |
| Other operations | $7.2M | $6.9M | ▲ 4% |
| Technology and telecom | $6.4M | $6.3M | ▲ 2% |
| Vehicles and transportation | $5.1M | $5.7M | ▼ 12% |
| Food | $4.5M | $4.2M | ▲ 7% |
| Professional services | $1.1M | $1.2M | ▼ 3% |
Line by line
Instruction $89.7M
- Teaching - Regular School: teacher salaries, full day kindergarten - 6: $13.5M
- Teaching - Regular School: teacher salaries 7-12: $12.1M
- Program for Students with Disabilities School Age - School Year: boces: $6.9M
- Program for Students with Disabilities School Age - School Year: instructional salaries: $6.8M
- Teaching - Regular School: equipment and capital outlay: $5.1M
- Teaching - Regular School: tuition: $5M
- Supervision - Regular School: instructional salaries: $3.6M
- Teaching - Regular School: noninstructional salaries: $3.5M
- Occupational Education (Grades 9-12): boces: $3.3M
- Teaching - Regular School: instructional salaries: $3M
Insurance and benefits $22.3M
- Hospital, Medical and Dental Insurance: employee benefits: $21.2M
- Unallocated Insurance: contractual: $522K
- Workers' Compensation: employee benefits: $463K
- Disability Insurance: employee benefits: $80K
- Unemployment Insurance: employee benefits: $17K
- Life Insurance: employee benefits: $3,252
Buildings and construction $21M
- Operation of Plant: contractual: $7.6M
- Operation of Plant: equipment and capital outlay: $6.9M
- Operation of Plant: noninstructional salaries: $3.4M
- Maintenance of Plant: noninstructional salaries: $1.7M
- Maintenance of Plant: materials and supplies: $440K
- Maintenance of Plant: equipment and capital outlay: $273K
- Operation of Plant: materials and supplies: $241K
- Maintenance of Plant: contractual: $231K
- Maintenance of Plant: boces: $210K
- Operation of Plant: boces: $15K
Debt payments $16.1M
- Bond Anticipation Notes - School Construction: debt principal: $7.4M
- Serial Bonds - School Construction: debt principal: $5M
- Bond Anticipation Notes - School Construction: debt interest: $2.1M
- Serial Bonds - School Construction: debt interest: $976K
- Long Term Debt, Other (Specify): debt principal: $431K
- Long Term Debt, Other (Specify): debt interest: $171K
Staff and payroll $9.5M
- Social Security: employee benefits: $4.1M
- Teacher Retirement: employee benefits: $3.7M
- State Retirement System: employee benefits: $2M
- Employee Benefits, Other (Specify): employee benefits: −$363K
Other operations $7.2M
- BOCES Administrative Costs: boces: $1.7M
- Director of Finance: boces: $1.2M
- Boces Capital Expenses: boces: $933K
- Youth Programs: contractual: $641K
- Youth Programs: boces: $609K
- Central Printing and Mailing: boces: $462K
- Other Custodial Activities: contractual: $339K
- Fiscal Agents Fees: contractual: $271K
- Chief School Administrator: instructional salaries: $267K
- Director of Finance: instructional salaries: $123K
Technology and telecom $6.4M
- Computer Assisted Instruction: boces: $6M
- Computer Assisted Instruction: state-aided computer hardware - purchase: $197K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: school library a/v loan program: $133K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: noninstructional salaries: $43K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: materials and supplies: $19K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: contractual: $10K
Vehicles and transportation $5.1M
- District Transportation Services: noninstructional salaries: $3.9M
- District Transportation Services: materials and supplies: $522K
- District Transportation Services: contractual: $192K
- District Transportation Services: purchase of buses: $161K
- Summer Transportation Services Students with Disabilities: noninstructional salaries: $61K
- Garage Building: contractual: $57K
- District Transportation Services: equipment and capital outlay: $48K
- Garage Building: equipment and capital outlay: $43K
- Summer Transportation Services Students with Disabilities: materials and supplies: $22K
- Summer Transportation Services Students with Disabilities: employee benefits: $14K
Food $4.5M
- School Food Services: merchandise for resale: $1.8M
- School Food Services: noninstructional salaries: $1.3M
- School Food Services: boces: $346K
- Hospital, Medical and Dental Insurance: employee benefits: $318K
- School Food Services: equipment and capital outlay: $286K
- State Retirement System: employee benefits: $134K
- School Food Services: materials and supplies: $121K
- Social Security: employee benefits: $95K
- School Food Services: contractual: $23K
- Workers' Compensation: employee benefits: $19K
Professional services $1.1M
- Personnel: instructional salaries: $343K
- Personnel: noninstructional salaries: $331K
- Law: contractual: $212K
- Personnel: boces: $99K
- Law: noninstructional salaries: $59K
- Auditor: contractual: $58K
- Personnel: contractual: $42K
- Personnel: materials and supplies: $2,957
From Elmira City School District’s annual financial report to the Office of the New York State Comptroller (2024-07-01 to 2025-06-30), all funds. Categories group the state’s account codes: technology is data processing, phones, 911 and radio and computer instruction; transfers between the body’s own funds are left out. The Comptroller’s data ↗
Technology purchases (E-Rate)
| Year | What | Bought from | Price | Bids |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Access Points (internal connections) 659 Cisco Systems CW9174I-RTG access point; 716 Cisco Systems LIC-CW-E license; 57 Cisco Systems CW9178I-RTG access point; 34 Cisco Systems CW-9163E-B access point |
CDW Government LLC | $797K | 8 contract to Sep 30, 2027 |
| 2026 | Cable (data transmission and/or internet access) 14 Other CJ6X88TGIW-C cabling; 444 Other UTP28X7 cabling; 400 Other UTP28X7VL cabling; 280 Other UTP28X7OR cabling |
CMS Communications, Inc. | $60K | 1 contract to Sep 30, 2027 |
| 2026 | High School Cabling (internal connections) 274 Panduit UTP28X7BU cabling |
ComSource, Inc. | $5,036 | 8 contract to Sep 30, 2027 |
| 2026 | Broadway Cable (internal connections) 250 Panduit UTP28X7BU cabling |
ComSource, Inc. | $4,595 | 8 contract to Sep 30, 2027 |
| 2026 | Eda Cabling (internal connections) 230 Panduit UTP28X7BU cabling |
ComSource, Inc. | $4,227 | 8 contract to Sep 30, 2027 |
| 2026 | Coburn Cabling (internal connections) 134 Panduit UTP28X7BU cabling |
ComSource, Inc. | $2,463 | 8 contract to Sep 30, 2027 |
| 2026 | Hendy Cabling (internal connections) 116 Panduit UTP28X7BU cabling |
ComSource, Inc. | $2,132 | 8 contract to Sep 30, 2027 |
| 2026 | Diven Cabling (internal connections) 108 Panduit UTP28X7BU cabling |
ComSource, Inc. | $1,985 | 8 contract to Sep 30, 2027 |
| 2026 | Fassett Cabling (internal connections) 98 Panduit UTP28X7BU cabling |
ComSource, Inc. | $1,801 | 8 contract to Sep 30, 2027 |
| 2026 | Riverside Cabling (internal connections) 96 Panduit UTP28X7BU cabling |
ComSource, Inc. | $1,764 | 8 contract to Sep 30, 2027 |
| 2026 | Pine City Cabling (internal connections) 88 Panduit UTP28X7BU cabling |
ComSource, Inc. | $1,617 | 8 contract to Sep 30, 2027 |
| 2026 | Beecher Cabling (internal connections) 53 Panduit UTP28X7BU cabling |
ComSource, Inc. | $974 | 8 contract to Sep 30, 2027 |
| 2025 | 2025_elmira_switching (internal connections) 1 Cisco Systems C9300-48-UN-EDU switch; 1 Cisco Systems C9300-DNA-A-48-3Y license; 1 Cisco Systems C9300-NM-8X module; 1 Cisco Systems PWR-C1-1100WAC-P/2 switch |
ComSource, Inc. | $11K | 2 contract to Sep 30, 2027 |
Networking, Wi-Fi and internet bought with the federal E-Rate program’s discounts; price before the discount. From the Universal Service Administrative Company ↗.
Other purchases and projects
- $515K (2026) 2 battery electric school buses (IC Bus 2027): state incentive · Leonard Bus Sales · NYSERDA
Figures are public records: the body’s own reports (marked by year) and other agencies’ records of what it bought or received. They aren’t added together. Something wrong? Tell us.