School district
Watkins Glen Central School District: budget and spending
- $31.8Mtotal spending, 2025 ▲ 1%
- $1.6Mtechnology and telecom, 2025
Spending by category, 2025
Compared with 2024
| Category | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instruction | $14M | $14.3M | ▼ 2% |
| Insurance and benefits | $4.1M | $4M | ▲ 3% |
| Debt payments | $3.4M | $3.6M | ▼ 7% |
| Other operations | $2.7M | $2.3M | ▲ 17% |
| Staff and payroll | $2.2M | $2M | ▲ 11% |
| Buildings and construction | $1.9M | $1.8M | ▲ 4% |
| Technology and telecom | $1.6M | $1.5M | ▲ 10% |
| Vehicles and transportation | $1.1M | $1.1M | ▲ 1% |
| Food | $628K | $619K | ▲ 2% |
| Professional services | $73K | $66K | ▲ 10% |
Line by line
Instruction $14M
- Teaching - Regular School: teacher salaries 7-12: $2.3M
- Teaching - Regular School: teacher salaries, full day kindergarten - 6: $2.1M
- Teaching - Regular School: boces: $1.6M
- Program for Students with Disabilities School Age - School Year: instructional salaries: $1.6M
- Program for Students with Disabilities School Age - School Year: boces: $936K
- Program for Students with Disabilities School Age - School Year: noninstructional salaries: $484K
- Teaching - Regular School: employee benefits: $373K
- Occupational Education (Grades 9-12): instructional salaries: $306K
- Curriculum Development and Supervision: instructional salaries: $279K
- Interscholastic Athletics - Regular School: instructional salaries: $278K
Insurance and benefits $4.1M
- Hospital, Medical and Dental Insurance: employee benefits: $4M
- Unallocated Insurance: contractual: $107K
- Workers' Compensation: employee benefits: $42K
- Unemployment Insurance: employee benefits: $3,562
- Life Insurance: employee benefits: $3,054
Debt payments $3.4M
- Serial Bonds - School Construction: debt principal: $2.2M
- Serial Bonds - School Construction: debt interest: $631K
- Leases: debt principal: $554K
Other operations $2.7M
- Civic Activities: noninstructional salaries: $652K
- BOCES Administrative Costs: boces: $378K
- Library: contractual: $326K
- Other Custodial Activities: contractual: $183K
- Chief School Administrator: instructional salaries: $156K
- Civic Activities: employee benefits: $153K
- Library: personal services: $146K
- Director of Finance: instructional salaries: $133K
- Director of Finance: boces: $130K
- Boces Capital Expenses: boces: $122K
Staff and payroll $2.2M
- Social Security: employee benefits: $835K
- Teacher Retirement: employee benefits: $810K
- State Retirement System: employee benefits: $319K
- Employee Benefits, Other (Specify): employee benefits: $224K
- Union Welfare Benefits: employee benefits: $57K
Buildings and construction $1.9M
- Operation of Plant: noninstructional salaries: $499K
- Maintenance of Plant: noninstructional salaries: $391K
- Operation of Plant: contractual: $296K
- Operation of Plant: equipment and capital outlay: $241K
- Maintenance of Plant: materials and supplies: $151K
- Maintenance of Plant: contractual: $130K
- Operation of Plant: materials and supplies: $110K
- Maintenance of Plant: equipment and capital outlay: $53K
Technology and telecom $1.6M
- Computer Assisted Instruction: boces: $969K
- Central Data Processing: boces: $538K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: noninstructional salaries: $47K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: state-aided computer hardware - purchase: $37K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: materials and supplies: $36K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: school library a/v loan program: $13K
Vehicles and transportation $1.1M
- District Transportation Services: noninstructional salaries: $831K
- District Transportation Services: materials and supplies: $150K
- District Transportation Services: contractual: $126K
- Garage Building: contractual: $17K
- Summer Transportation Services Students with Disabilities: noninstructional salaries: $17K
- District Transportation Services: boces: $5,409
- Summer Transportation Services Students with Disabilities: employee benefits: $2,864
Food $628K
- School Food Services: merchandise for resale: $293K
- School Food Services: noninstructional salaries: $182K
- School Food Services: boces: $65K
- Hospital, Medical and Dental Insurance: employee benefits: $32K
- State Retirement System: employee benefits: $22K
- School Food Services: materials and supplies: $16K
- Social Security: employee benefits: $14K
- School Food Services: contractual: $5,060
Professional services $73K
- Personnel: boces: $29K
- Auditor: contractual: $28K
- Law: contractual: $13K
- Auditor: noninstructional salaries: $3,550
From Watkins Glen 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 ↗
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.