School district Groton
Groton Central School District: budget and spending
- $26.2Mtotal spending, 2025 ▼ 15%
- $598Ktechnology and telecom, 2025
- $180KE-Rate networking budget (5 years)
- $180KE-Rate networking budget left
Spending by category, 2025
Compared with 2024
| Category | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instruction | $12.9M | $14M | ▼ 8% |
| Insurance and benefits | $3.2M | $3.1M | ▲ 3% |
| Debt payments | $2.3M | $2.6M | ▼ 11% |
| Staff and payroll | $1.9M | $1.7M | ▲ 9% |
| Buildings and construction | $1.7M | $4.7M | ▼ 63% |
| Other operations | $1.6M | $1.7M | ▼ 5% |
| Vehicles and transportation | $1.2M | $1.3M | ▼ 5% |
| Food | $722K | $699K | ▲ 3% |
| Technology and telecom | $598K | $998K | ▼ 40% |
| Professional services | $113K | $119K | ▼ 6% |
Line by line
Instruction $12.9M
- Teaching - Regular School: teacher salaries 7-12: $2.2M
- Teaching - Regular School: teacher salaries, full day kindergarten - 6: $2.1M
- Program for Students with Disabilities School Age - School Year: boces: $2M
- Program for Students with Disabilities School Age - School Year: instructional salaries: $793K
- Teaching - Regular School: instructional salaries: $786K
- Teaching - Regular School: boces: $664K
- Supervision - Regular School: instructional salaries: $414K
- Occupational Education (Grades 9-12): boces: $363K
- Pre-Kindergarten Program: instructional salaries: $305K
- Teaching - Regular School: contractual: $290K
Insurance and benefits $3.2M
- Hospital, Medical and Dental Insurance: employee benefits: $3M
- Unallocated Insurance: contractual: $109K
- Workers' Compensation: employee benefits: $14K
Debt payments $2.3M
- Serial Bonds - School Construction: debt principal: $1.7M
- Serial Bonds - School Construction: debt interest: $615K
- Leases: debt principal: $25K
- Leases: debt interest: $927
Staff and payroll $1.9M
- Social Security: employee benefits: $750K
- Teacher Retirement: employee benefits: $733K
- State Retirement System: employee benefits: $350K
- Employee Benefits, Other (Specify): employee benefits: $49K
Buildings and construction $1.7M
- Operation of Plant: equipment and capital outlay: $717K
- Operation of Plant: noninstructional salaries: $368K
- Maintenance of Plant: noninstructional salaries: $211K
- Operation of Plant: contractual: $181K
- Maintenance of Plant: contractual: $82K
- Operation of Plant: materials and supplies: $64K
- Maintenance of Plant: boces: $53K
- Maintenance of Plant: materials and supplies: $51K
- Maintenance of Plant: equipment and capital outlay: $11K
Other operations $1.6M
- BOCES Administrative Costs: boces: $394K
- Director of Finance: noninstructional salaries: $223K
- Library: personal services: $210K
- Chief School Administrator: instructional salaries: $180K
- Director of Finance: boces: $142K
- Library: contractual: $93K
- Public Information and Services: boces: $78K
- Chief School Administrator: noninstructional salaries: $69K
- Library: equipment and capital outlay: $59K
- Treasurer: noninstructional salaries: $56K
Vehicles and transportation $1.2M
- District Transportation Services: noninstructional salaries: $639K
- District Transportation Services: purchase of buses: $330K
- District Transportation Services: materials and supplies: $116K
- District Transportation Services: contractual: $40K
- Garage Building: contractual: $37K
- District Transportation Services: boces: $21K
- Summer Transportation Services Students with Disabilities: noninstructional salaries: $14K
- Garage Building: noninstructional salaries: $12K
- District Transportation Services: equipment and capital outlay: $2,052
Food $722K
- School Food Services: noninstructional salaries: $312K
- School Food Services: merchandise for resale: $193K
- School Food Services: materials and supplies: $85K
- Hospital, Medical and Dental Insurance: employee benefits: $69K
- State Retirement System: employee benefits: $33K
- Social Security: employee benefits: $23K
- School Food Services: contractual: $3,478
- Workers' Compensation: employee benefits: $3,116
- School Food Services: equipment and capital outlay: $865
Technology and telecom $598K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: boces: $303K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: noninstructional salaries: $180K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: state-aided computer hardware - purchase: $109K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: contractual: $4,115
- Computer Assisted Instruction: materials and supplies: $1,113
Professional services $113K
- Personnel: boces: $78K
- Auditor: contractual: $24K
- Law: contractual: $6,688
- Personnel: contractual: $3,966
- Personnel: materials and supplies: $90
From Groton 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 | Fy2026_groton_if_spectrum (data transmission and/or internet access) 1 ethernet |
Charter Communications Operating, LLC | $0 | 3 contract to Jun 30, 2027 |
| 2025 | Fy2025_groton_if_spectrum (data transmission and/or internet access) 1 ethernet |
Charter Communications Operating, LLC | $8,760 | 3 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.