North Star Academy (1579)

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All expenditures are included in the Total Spending value. Learn more

At the district level, Current Spending Per Student is calculated based on district level total current spending divided by total students served. At the school level, total spending per student is calculated based on school level Current Spending and a proportional share of district level Current Spending. Construction, debt and other spending are those expenditures not associated with day-to-day operation of school activities and are, therefore, not included in this calculation. Learn more

This consists of all spending in the Learning Environment and Operations areas for this district, BOCES, or school. This is spending directly impacting students on a daily basis.

Expenditure

Spending, also known as expenditure, describes the monies expensed by the school, district, or BOCES. Expenditures are described by the following dimensions: Type, Areas, and Job. Each of these dimensions is then aggregated by sub-component. The dimensions and their corresponding sub-components are described below.

Current Share of Central Spending reflects costs spent by the district on behalf of its schools. This spending takes place at the district level, and is then proportionally allocated to all schools in the district on a per student basis to more accurately reflect the total amount spent at this school.

This is the sum of Current Spending and Long-Term Spending at this district, BOCES, or school. It is all the spending allocated specifically to this organization. Learn more

All totals are calculated first using underlying records and then rounded to the nearest dollar. As a side effect, there are some cases in which the sum of the subtotals and the displayed total differ by up to a dollar.

The Grand total of all spending at this school is the sum of the total school allocated spending and the school share of central spending. It represents all spending allocated directly to this school as well as a proportional allocation of expenditures at the district level that impact this school.

Salaries and employee benefits by the employees job classification. Learn more

Expenditures found within the Operations provide the essential services necessary to support the activities found within the Learning Environment. In many ways, Operations expenditures are the 'business' of the school, district, and BOCES. Operations is comprised of five sub-categories: Food Services, Transportation, Operations & Maintenance, Other Support Services, and Enterprise Services. Learn more

Expenditures found within Construction, Debt, Refinancing & Other are those that enrich the greater community. There are four sub-components within Community: Facilities Acquisitions and Construction Services, Debt Services & Other Uses, Community Services, and Adult Education. Learn more

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At the district level, Current Spending Per Student is calculated based on district level total current spending divided by total students served. At the school level, total spending per student is calculated based on school level Current Spending and a proportional share of district level Current Spending. Construction, debt and other spending are those expenditures not associated with day-to-day operation of school activities and are, therefore, not included in this calculation. Learn more

Expenditure area is used to describe the service or commodity obtained as the result of a specific expenditure. Learn more

These expenditures are those that are not associated with day-to-day operation of school activities. They are comprised of major construction projects, debt payments, debt refinancing, acquisition of land, and other programs. Learn more

A per pupil revenue figure is not shown because many funding sources for districts are not received on a per pupil basis and any such calculation loses comparability across districts.

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Other revenues not received through local, state, or federal sources. They include proceeds from the sale of bonds, accrued interest, debt refinancing, and other extraordinary items.

Expenditures found within the Learning Environment are most associated with having an impact on learning. There are six sub-components to the Learning Environment: Instruction, Activities & Athletics, Student Support, Staff Support, School Administration, and District Administration. Learn more

Examples include: Math program, language arts program, physical education program, special education. Learn more

Examples include: Athletic programs, student clubs and activities. Learn more

Examples include: Guidance services, health services, psychology services. Learn more

Examples include: Staff professional development, instructional technology, program supervision. Learn more

Examples include: Office of principal services, department chair services. Learn more

Examples include: Office of superintendent services, office of curriculum services. Learn more

Expenditures found within the Operations provide the essential services necessary to support the activities found within the Learning Environment. In many ways, Operations expenditures are the 'business' of the school, district, and BOCES. Operations is comprised of five sub-categories: Food Services, Transportation, Operations & Maintenance, Other Support Services, and Enterprise Services. Learn more

Examples include: Food preparation, food delivery, service direction. Learn more

Examples include: Vehicle operation, vehicle service and maintenance, supervision. Learn more

Examples include: Ground services, operation building services, equipment care and upkeep. Learn more

Examples include: Business office operations, information systems, risk management services. Learn more

Examples include: Bookstore, after-school programs, copy center. Learn more

Expenditures found within Construction, Debt, Refinancing & Other are those that enrich the greater community. There are four sub-components within Community: Facilities Acquisitions and Construction Services, Debt Services & Other Uses, Community Services, and Adult Education. Learn more

Examples include: Site acquisition, architecture and engineering services, construction services. Learn more

Examples include: Repayments of school bond issues, athletic facilities bond issues, etc. Learn more

Examples include: Recreation services, community swimming pool, athletic field services. Learn more

Examples include: Adult basic education, adult vocational education. Learn more

Examples include: Property taxes, tuition, transportation fees, food services. Learn more

Examples include: State grants, state projects, state share. Learn more

Examples include: Federal grants, projects, federal funding from CDE. Learn more

Examples include: Capital leases, accrued interest, refunding bond proceeds. Learn more

All funding are included in the Total Funding value. Learn more

Examples include: Property taxes, tuition, transportation fees, food services. Learn more

This amount represents the private gifts, local grants and private donations reported by the district. This amount is a subset of the larger Local Sources figure. Donations and other revenue at the unique school level are not shown on the website. Learn more

Examples include: State grants, state projects, state share. Learn more

Examples include: Federal grants, projects, federal funding from CDE. Learn more