School district · New York
Cato-Meridian Central School District
Cato-Meridian Central School District in New York: 2 public schools with 846 students and 11.3 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $23,312 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 846
- Students per teacher
- 11.3
- NY 11.3 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $23,312
- NY $34.3K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 75.0
- Counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- Students per counselor
- —
- NY 281 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 2.0
- Librarians (FTE): 2.2
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on New York's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
New York: 53%43%proficient
+1.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 64% of school districts in New York
Median 48% · 707 school districts compared
373 students tested, grades 3–8 · NYSTP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
New York: 55%49%proficient
−1.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 57% of school districts in New York
Median 53% · 707 school districts compared
345 students tested, grades 3–8 · NYSTP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 7.4% · $2M
- State
- 66% · $17.7M
- Local
- 26% · $7.1M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $14,710
- Support services
- $8,033
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $2.2M
- Long-term debt
- $7.8M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cato-Meridian Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 463 | 11.5 | 41% | 57% |
Cato-Meridian Junior-Senior High SchoolFree meals for all | 7–12 | 383 | 11.1 | 47% | 32% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 2851 State Rte 370, Cato, NY 13033
- Phone
- (315)626-3439
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.