School district Hornell
Hornell City School District: budget and spending
- $57Mtotal spending, 2025 ▲ 17%
- $1Mtechnology and telecom, 2025
- $309KE-Rate networking budget (5 years)
- $309KE-Rate networking budget left
Spending by category, 2025
Compared with 2024
| Category | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instruction | $23M | $23.7M | ▼ 3% |
| Buildings and construction | $11.9M | $4.1M | ▲ 190% |
| Debt payments | $6.1M | $6.3M | ▼ 2% |
| Insurance and benefits | $5.6M | $4.9M | ▲ 13% |
| Staff and payroll | $3.7M | $3.3M | ▲ 13% |
| Food | $2M | $2M | ▼ 1% |
| Other operations | $1.9M | $1.7M | ▲ 7% |
| Vehicles and transportation | $1.6M | $1.5M | ▲ 3% |
| Technology and telecom | $1M | $1M | ▲ 4% |
| Professional services | $273K | $314K | ▼ 13% |
Line by line
Instruction $23M
- Teaching - Regular School: teacher salaries, full day kindergarten - 6: $3.3M
- Teaching - Regular School: teacher salaries 7-12: $2.7M
- Program for Students with Disabilities School Age - School Year: instructional salaries: $2.4M
- Teaching - Regular School: equipment and capital outlay: $2.1M
- Occupational Education (Grades 9-12): boces: $1.6M
- Program for Students with Disabilities School Age - School Year: boces: $1.1M
- Supervision - Regular School: instructional salaries: $960K
- Program for Students with Disabilities School Age - School Year: noninstructional salaries: $884K
- Teaching - Regular School: instructional salaries: $865K
- Guidance - Regular School: instructional salaries: $601K
Buildings and construction $11.9M
- Operation of Plant: equipment and capital outlay: $9.7M
- Operation of Plant: noninstructional salaries: $876K
- Operation of Plant: contractual: $517K
- Maintenance of Plant: noninstructional salaries: $431K
- Maintenance of Plant: contractual: $97K
- Operation of Plant: materials and supplies: $83K
- Maintenance of Plant: materials and supplies: $78K
- Maintenance of Plant: equipment and capital outlay: $68K
- Maintenance of Plant: boces: $27K
- Operation of Plant: boces: $3,293
Debt payments $6.1M
- Serial Bonds - School Construction: debt principal: $5.1M
- Serial Bonds - School Construction: debt interest: $604K
- Bond Anticipation Notes - School Construction: debt interest: $269K
- Leases: debt principal: $146K
- Leases: debt interest: $51K
Insurance and benefits $5.6M
- Hospital, Medical and Dental Insurance: employee benefits: $5.5M
- Unallocated Insurance: contractual: $147K
- Unemployment Insurance: employee benefits: $950
- Workers' Compensation: employee benefits: −$36K
Staff and payroll $3.7M
- Social Security: employee benefits: $1.1M
- Teacher Retirement: employee benefits: $1.1M
- Employee Benefits, Other (Specify): employee benefits: $879K
- State Retirement System: employee benefits: $606K
Food $2M
- School Food Services: merchandise for resale: $706K
- School Food Services: noninstructional salaries: $440K
- School Food Services: boces: $430K
- Hospital, Medical and Dental Insurance: employee benefits: $133K
- School Food Services: equipment and capital outlay: $131K
- State Retirement System: employee benefits: $60K
- School Food Services: contractual: $33K
- Social Security: employee benefits: $31K
- School Food Services: materials and supplies: $29K
- Workers' Compensation: employee benefits: $6,369
Other operations $1.9M
- BOCES Administrative Costs: boces: $661K
- Chief School Administrator: instructional salaries: $227K
- Director of Finance: instructional salaries: $164K
- Youth Programs: contractual: $163K
- Treasurer: noninstructional salaries: $133K
- Director of Finance: noninstructional salaries: $108K
- Public Information and Services: boces: $91K
- Chief School Administrator: noninstructional salaries: $65K
- Legislative Board: boces: $59K
- Central Printing and Mailing: boces: $44K
Vehicles and transportation $1.6M
- District Transportation Services: noninstructional salaries: $564K
- District Transportation Services: purchase of buses: $499K
- Contract Transportation: contractual: $105K
- District Transportation Services: materials and supplies: $103K
- District Transportation Services: instructional salaries: $85K
- District Transportation Services: contractual: $79K
- Garage Building: noninstructional salaries: $67K
- Garage Building: contractual: $24K
- Summer Transportation Services Students with Disabilities: noninstructional salaries: $22K
- Summer Transportation Services Students with Disabilities: employee benefits: $13K
Technology and telecom $1M
- Central Data Processing: boces: $752K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: boces: $207K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: state-aided computer hardware - purchase: $66K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: school library a/v loan program: $12K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: materials and supplies: $4,270
Professional services $273K
- Personnel: boces: $125K
- Law: contractual: $74K
- Personnel: noninstructional salaries: $43K
- Auditor: contractual: $31K
- Personnel: materials and supplies: $172
From Hornell 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 | Hornell (data transmission and/or internet access) 8 dark fiber (no special construction) |
Empire Technologies LLC | $12K | 4 contract to Jun 30, 2027 |
| 2025 | 2025_hornell_fiber Lines (data transmission and/or internet access) 8 dark fiber (no special construction) |
Empire Technologies LLC | $12K | 4 contract to Jun 30, 2026 |
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.