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Elmira Heights Central School District: budget and spending

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Spending by category, 2025

Compared with 2024
Category20252024Change
Instruction$17.1M$15.1M▲ 13%
Buildings and construction$4.9M$7.2M▼ 32%
Insurance and benefits$3.5M$3.3M▲ 5%
Debt payments$2.3M$2.4M▼ 4%
Staff and payroll$1.7M$1.5M▲ 18%
Other operations$1.4M$1.6M▼ 12%
Technology and telecom$1.2M$947K▲ 29%
Food$910K$833K▲ 9%
Vehicles and transportation$903K$980K▼ 8%
Professional services$86K$99K▼ 13%
Line by line

Instruction $17.1M

  • Program for Students with Disabilities School Age - School Year: boces: $2.6M
  • Teaching - Regular School: teacher salaries, full day kindergarten - 6: $2.6M
  • Teaching - Regular School: teacher salaries 7-12: $2.4M
  • Teaching - Regular School: equipment and capital outlay: $1.6M
  • Occupational Education (Grades 9-12): boces: $1.2M
  • Program for Students with Disabilities School Age - School Year: instructional salaries: $1.1M
  • Teaching - Regular School: contractual: $613K
  • Teaching - Regular School: noninstructional salaries: $565K
  • Teaching - Regular School: boces: $470K
  • Supervision - Regular School: instructional salaries: $390K

Buildings and construction $4.9M

  • Operation of Plant: equipment and capital outlay: $3.6M
  • Operation of Plant: noninstructional salaries: $444K
  • Operation of Plant: contractual: $410K
  • Maintenance of Plant: noninstructional salaries: $184K
  • Maintenance of Plant: contractual: $98K
  • Operation of Plant: materials and supplies: $43K
  • Maintenance of Plant: materials and supplies: $42K
  • Maintenance of Plant: equipment and capital outlay: $17K

Insurance and benefits $3.5M

  • Hospital, Medical and Dental Insurance: employee benefits: $3.4M
  • Unallocated Insurance: contractual: $90K
  • Workers' Compensation: employee benefits: $20K
  • Unemployment Insurance: employee benefits: $2,532
  • Disability Insurance: employee benefits: $2,035

Debt payments $2.3M

  • Serial Bonds - School Construction: debt principal: $565K
  • Bond Anticipation Notes - School Construction: debt principal: $465K
  • Bond Anticipation Notes - School Construction: debt interest: $412K
  • Serial Bonds - School Construction: debt interest: $288K
  • Bond Anticipation Notes - Bus Purchases: debt principal: $238K
  • Serial Bonds: debt principal: $190K
  • Long Term Debt, Other (Specify): debt principal: $46K
  • Long Term Debt, Other (Specify): debt interest: $32K
  • Bond Anticipation Notes - Bus Purchases: debt interest: $29K
  • Serial Bonds: debt interest: $20K

Staff and payroll $1.7M

  • Teacher Retirement: employee benefits: $753K
  • Social Security: employee benefits: $681K
  • State Retirement System: employee benefits: $205K
  • Employee Benefits, Other (Specify): employee benefits: $76K

Other operations $1.4M

  • Director of Finance: boces: $544K
  • BOCES Administrative Costs: boces: $508K
  • Chief School Administrator: instructional salaries: $160K
  • Director of Finance: noninstructional salaries: $55K
  • Chief School Administrator: noninstructional salaries: $51K
  • Central Printing and Mailing: contractual: $46K
  • General Government Support, Other: contractual: $21K
  • Taxes and Assessments on Municipal Property: contractual: $10K
  • Municipal Association Dues: contractual: $8,092
  • Chief School Administrator: contractual: $4,798

Technology and telecom $1.2M

  • Central Data Processing: boces: $1.2M
  • Computer Assisted Instruction: state-aided computer hardware - purchase: $46K
  • Computer Assisted Instruction: school library a/v loan program: $5,479
  • Computer Assisted Instruction: materials and supplies: $721

Food $910K

  • School Food Services: merchandise for resale: $400K
  • School Food Services: noninstructional salaries: $231K
  • School Food Services: boces: $107K
  • Hospital, Medical and Dental Insurance: employee benefits: $65K
  • School Food Services: materials and supplies: $31K
  • State Retirement System: employee benefits: $24K
  • School Food Services: equipment and capital outlay: $23K
  • Social Security: employee benefits: $17K
  • Workers' Compensation: employee benefits: $6,184
  • School Food Services: contractual: $5,038

Vehicles and transportation $903K

  • District Transportation Services: noninstructional salaries: $398K
  • District Transportation Services: purchase of buses: $270K
  • Garage Building: contractual: $102K
  • District Transportation Services: contractual: $66K
  • District Transportation Services: materials and supplies: $35K
  • Summer Transportation Services Students with Disabilities: noninstructional salaries: $13K
  • Summer Transportation Services Students with Disabilities: materials and supplies: $6,710
  • Garage Building: materials and supplies: $3,855
  • Summer Transportation Services Students with Disabilities: employee benefits: $3,420
  • District Transportation Services: boces: $1,872

Professional services $86K

  • Personnel: noninstructional salaries: $44K
  • Auditor: contractual: $30K
  • Law: contractual: $12K
  • Personnel: contractual: $393
  • Personnel: materials and supplies: $118

From Elmira Heights Central 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)

YearWhatBought fromPriceBids
2026New Frn For Heights Switching Ic (internal connections)
4 Cisco Systems C9200L-48P-4X-EDU switch; 4 Cisco Systems C9200L-DNA-E-48- 3Y license
ComSource, Inc.$17K 9
contract to Sep 30, 2027
2026New Frn For Heights Access Points Ic (internal connections)
12 Cisco Systems C9120AXI-B access point; 12 Cisco Systems AIR-DNA-E-3Y license
ComSource, Inc.$14K 9
contract to Sep 30, 2027
2026Cable (internal connections)
10 Other CAT6-BT03BL cabling
CMS Communications, Inc.$6,300 2
contract to Sep 30, 2027
2026New Frn For Heights Controller Ic (internal connections)
1 Cisco Systems EDU-C9800-L-F-K9 wireless controller
ComSource, Inc.$5,312 9
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 ↗.

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.