School district Horseheads
Horseheads Central School District: budget and spending
- $124.4Mtotal spending, 2025 ▼ 16%
- $2.8Mtechnology and telecom, 2025
- $727KE-Rate networking budget (5 years)
- $589KE-Rate networking budget left
Spending by category, 2025
Compared with 2024
| Category | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instruction | $49.2M | $51M | ▼ 4% |
| Insurance and benefits | $18.1M | $19.1M | ▼ 6% |
| Buildings and construction | $17.8M | $36.8M | ▼ 52% |
| Debt payments | $14.3M | $14.3M | ±0% |
| Staff and payroll | $7.4M | $7M | ▲ 6% |
| Vehicles and transportation | $6.1M | $7.5M | ▼ 18% |
| Other operations | $4.7M | $5.5M | ▼ 14% |
| Food | $3.3M | $3.3M | ±0% |
| Technology and telecom | $2.8M | $3.5M | ▼ 18% |
| Professional services | $679K | $710K | ▼ 4% |
Line by line
Instruction $49.2M
- Teaching - Regular School: teacher salaries, full day kindergarten - 6: $9.2M
- Teaching - Regular School: teacher salaries 7-12: $8.6M
- Program for Students with Disabilities School Age - School Year: boces: $5.4M
- Program for Students with Disabilities School Age - School Year: instructional salaries: $4.5M
- Teaching - Regular School: equipment and capital outlay: $3.3M
- Occupational Education (Grades 9-12): boces: $2.8M
- Supervision - Regular School: instructional salaries: $1.5M
- Teaching - Regular School: substitute teacher salaries: $1.1M
- Social Work Services - Regular School: noninstructional salaries: $793K
- Curriculum Development and Supervision: instructional salaries: $788K
Insurance and benefits $18.1M
- Hospital, Medical and Dental Insurance: employee benefits: $17.5M
- Unallocated Insurance: contractual: $264K
- Workers' Compensation: employee benefits: $226K
- Disability Insurance: employee benefits: $64K
- Unemployment Insurance: employee benefits: $14K
Buildings and construction $17.8M
- Operation of Plant: equipment and capital outlay: $13.4M
- Operation of Plant: noninstructional salaries: $1.5M
- Maintenance of Plant: noninstructional salaries: $1.3M
- Operation of Plant: contractual: $921K
- Maintenance of Plant: contractual: $278K
- Maintenance of Plant: materials and supplies: $179K
- Operation of Plant: materials and supplies: $140K
- Maintenance of Plant: equipment and capital outlay: $32K
- Maintenance of Plant: employee benefits: $15K
- Operation of Plant: boces: $8,344
Debt payments $14.3M
- Serial Bonds - School Construction: debt interest: $4.4M
- Serial Bonds - School Construction: debt principal: $3.2M
- Bond Anticipation Notes - School Construction: debt interest: $3.1M
- Bond Anticipation Notes - School Construction: debt principal: $2M
- Serial Bonds - Bus Purchases: debt principal: $1.3M
- Serial Bonds - Bus Purchases: debt interest: $131K
- Leases: debt principal: $115K
- Leases: debt interest: $13K
Staff and payroll $7.4M
- Teacher Retirement: employee benefits: $3M
- Social Security: employee benefits: $3M
- State Retirement System: employee benefits: $1.4M
- Employee Benefits, Other (Specify): employee benefits: $37K
Vehicles and transportation $6.1M
- District Transportation Services: noninstructional salaries: $3.5M
- District Transportation Services: purchase of buses: $1.4M
- District Transportation Services: materials and supplies: $634K
- District Transportation Services: contractual: $216K
- Summer Transportation Services Students with Disabilities: materials and supplies: $93K
- Garage Building: contractual: $88K
- Garage Building: materials and supplies: $59K
- Summer Transportation Services Students with Disabilities: noninstructional salaries: $55K
- Summer Transportation Services Students with Disabilities: employee benefits: $45K
- District Transportation Services: equipment and capital outlay: $23K
Other operations $4.7M
- BOCES Administrative Costs: boces: $1.2M
- Judgements and Claims: contractual: $825K
- Boces Capital Expenses: boces: $637K
- Director of Finance: noninstructional salaries: $433K
- Other Custodial Activities: contractual: $339K
- Chief School Administrator: instructional salaries: $271K
- Central Printing and Mailing: boces: $239K
- Director of Finance: boces: $215K
- Director of Finance: instructional salaries: $147K
- Central Printing and Mailing: contractual: $119K
Food $3.3M
- School Food Services: merchandise for resale: $1.4M
- School Food Services: noninstructional salaries: $916K
- School Food Services: boces: $321K
- Hospital, Medical and Dental Insurance: employee benefits: $215K
- School Food Services: equipment and capital outlay: $173K
- State Retirement System: employee benefits: $104K
- School Food Services: materials and supplies: $81K
- Social Security: employee benefits: $65K
- School Food Services: contractual: $26K
- Workers' Compensation: employee benefits: $20K
Technology and telecom $2.8M
- Central Data Processing: boces: $2M
- Computer Assisted Instruction: boces: $451K
- Central Data Processing: noninstructional salaries: $181K
- Central Data Processing: materials and supplies: $82K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: school library a/v loan program: $63K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: state-aided computer hardware - purchase: $37K
- Central Data Processing: equipment and capital outlay: $10K
- Central Data Processing: contractual: $3,935
- Computer Assisted Instruction: materials and supplies: $1,731
Professional services $679K
- Personnel: noninstructional salaries: $333K
- Personnel: boces: $224K
- Law: contractual: $49K
- Auditor: contractual: $31K
- Personnel: contractual: $29K
- Auditor: noninstructional salaries: $12K
- Personnel: materials and supplies: $1,031
From Horseheads 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)
| Year | What | Bought from | Price | Bids |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Ap'S (internal connections) 110 Cisco Systems CW9164I-B access point; 110 Cisco Systems AIR-DNA-E-3Y license |
CDW Government LLC | $108K | 10 contract to Jun 30, 2027 |
| 2026 | Switching (internal connections) 6 Cisco Systems C9200L-48P-4X-EDU switch; 6 Cisco Systems C9200L-DNA-E-48-3Y license |
M.A. Polce Consulting, Inc. | $25K | 10 contract to Sep 30, 2027 |
| 2026 | Power Supplies (internal connections) 6 Cisco Systems PWR-C5-1KWAC/2 module |
M.A. Polce Consulting, Inc. | $4,307 | 10 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.