School district Ithaca
Ithaca City School District: budget and spending
- $217.7Mtotal spending, 2025 ▲ 2%
- $5.8Mtechnology and telecom, 2025
- $1ME-Rate networking budget (5 years)
- $1ME-Rate networking budget left
Spending by category, 2025
Compared with 2024
| Category | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instruction | $88.9M | $90.8M | ▼ 2% |
| Insurance and benefits | $56.2M | $50.7M | ▲ 11% |
| Buildings and construction | $22.8M | $20.7M | ▲ 10% |
| Staff and payroll | $12.7M | $12.6M | ▲ 1% |
| Debt payments | $11.5M | $11M | ▲ 4% |
| Vehicles and transportation | $9.3M | $10.1M | ▼ 8% |
| Technology and telecom | $5.8M | $6.1M | ▼ 5% |
| Other operations | $5.7M | $5.9M | ▼ 3% |
| Food | $3.4M | $3.2M | ▲ 5% |
| Professional services | $1.4M | $1.5M | ▼ 9% |
Line by line
Instruction $88.9M
- Teaching - Regular School: teacher salaries 7-12: $14.1M
- Teaching - Regular School: teacher salaries, full day kindergarten - 6: $10.5M
- Program for Students with Disabilities School Age - School Year: instructional salaries: $9.1M
- Program for Students with Disabilities School Age - School Year: boces: $8.2M
- Teaching - Regular School: equipment and capital outlay: $4.1M
- Program for Students with Disabilities School Age - School Year: contractual: $4.1M
- Supervision - Regular School: instructional salaries: $3.5M
- Teaching - Regular School: boces: $3.1M
- Program for Students with Disabilities School Age - School Year: noninstructional salaries: $3M
- Occupational Education (Grades 9-12): boces: $2.5M
Insurance and benefits $56.2M
- Hospital, Medical and Dental Insurance: employee benefits: $55M
- Unallocated Insurance: contractual: $611K
- Workers' Compensation: employee benefits: $542K
- Unemployment Insurance: employee benefits: $99K
Buildings and construction $22.8M
- Operation of Plant: equipment and capital outlay: $15.2M
- Operation of Plant: noninstructional salaries: $2.5M
- Operation of Plant: contractual: $2.2M
- Maintenance of Plant: noninstructional salaries: $1.5M
- Maintenance of Plant: contractual: $523K
- Maintenance of Plant: materials and supplies: $449K
- Operation of Plant: boces: $228K
- Operation of Plant: materials and supplies: $183K
- Maintenance of Plant: equipment and capital outlay: $134K
Staff and payroll $12.7M
- Social Security: employee benefits: $5.2M
- Teacher Retirement: employee benefits: $4.8M
- State Retirement System: employee benefits: $2.7M
Debt payments $11.5M
- Serial Bonds - School Construction: debt principal: $5.2M
- Serial Bonds - School Construction: debt interest: $3.9M
- Bond Anticipation Notes - School Construction: debt interest: $1.6M
- Long Term Debt, Other (Specify): debt principal: $678K
- Long Term Debt, Other (Specify): debt interest: $105K
- Bond Anticipation Notes - School Construction: debt principal: $50K
Vehicles and transportation $9.3M
- District Transportation Services: noninstructional salaries: $6.1M
- District Transportation Services: purchase of buses: $1.1M
- District Transportation Services: materials and supplies: $974K
- Contract Transportation: contractual: $415K
- District Transportation Services: contractual: $273K
- District Transportation Services: equipment and capital outlay: $212K
- Summer Transportation Services Students with Disabilities: noninstructional salaries: $68K
- Summer Transportation Services Students with Disabilities: contractual: $58K
- Garage Building: contractual: $56K
- District Transportation Services: boces: $22K
Technology and telecom $5.8M
- Central Data Processing: boces: $4.2M
- Computer Assisted Instruction: noninstructional salaries: $865K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: instructional salaries: $250K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: school library a/v loan program: $152K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: contractual: $133K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: state-aided computer hardware - purchase: $126K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: materials and supplies: $82K
- Computer Assisted Instruction: equipment and capital outlay: $58K
Other operations $5.7M
- BOCES Administrative Costs: boces: $2.7M
- Other Custodial Activities: contractual: $779K
- Director of Finance: noninstructional salaries: $613K
- Chief School Administrator: instructional salaries: $306K
- Fiscal Agents Fees: contractual: $295K
- Public Information and Services: noninstructional salaries: $232K
- Legislative Board: noninstructional salaries: $85K
- Director of Finance: instructional salaries: $82K
- Director of Finance: contractual: $78K
- Chief School Administrator: noninstructional salaries: $71K
Food $3.4M
- School Food Services: noninstructional salaries: $1.5M
- School Food Services: merchandise for resale: $1M
- Hospital, Medical and Dental Insurance: employee benefits: $450K
- State Retirement System: employee benefits: $202K
- Social Security: employee benefits: $102K
- School Food Services: materials and supplies: $96K
- School Food Services: equipment and capital outlay: $7,027
- School Food Services: contractual: $4,495
Professional services $1.4M
- Personnel: noninstructional salaries: $612K
- Personnel: boces: $441K
- Law: contractual: $207K
- Auditor: contractual: $88K
- Personnel: contractual: $56K
- Personnel: materials and supplies: $6,106
- Personnel: equipment and capital outlay: $1,318
From Ithaca 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 | Fy2026_ith_if (data transmission and/or internet access) 10 ethernet |
Crown Castle Fiber LLC | $0 | 4 contract to Jun 30, 2027 |
| 2026 | Fy2026_ith_if_spectrum (data transmission and/or internet access) 4 ethernet |
Charter Communications Operating, LLC | $0 | 5 contract to Jun 30, 2027 |
| 2025 | Fy2025_ith_if_crown (data transmission and/or internet access) 10 ethernet |
Crown Castle Fiber LLC | $49K | 4 contract to Jun 30, 2026 |
| 2025 | Fy2025_ith_if_spectrum (data transmission and/or internet access) 4 ethernet |
Charter Communications Operating, LLC | $38K | 5 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 ↗.
Other purchases and projects
- $1M (2026) 4 battery electric school buses (Blue Bird 2024): state incentive · New York Bus Sales · NYSERDA
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.