CivicByte/ Tools/ NYC School Budget Tracker
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Where the school money actually goes.

Per-pupil spending, Title I funding, and PTA contributions — for every NYC public school.

An interactive dashboard over 1,800+ NYC public schools. Compare per-pupil budgets, see how much of a school's money is Title I versus PTA versus city, and benchmark against the district or borough average. Designed for parents and PTA members, not accountants.

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How it works

Budgets, in plain numbers.

01

Find a school

Search by name, district, or neighborhood. Works for elementary, middle, high, and specialized schools citywide.

02

See where the money comes from

City, state, federal Title I, and PTA contributions broken out as shares of the total budget — in dollars, not percentages.

03

Compare

Benchmark against the district average, the borough, or a peer school. Share a link with everything preserved.

Where the data comes from

All public. All cited.

Primary · Budget

NYC DOE Galaxy School-Based Budget

Per-school allocations by funding source. Published annually by the Department of Education.

Primary · Federal

Title I Allocations

Federal compensatory education funding, distributed by DOE based on school poverty concentration.

Primary · PTA

IRS Form 990 · PTA filings

Non-profit tax filings from individual school PTAs. Used to estimate private contribution totals by school.

Reference

DOE School Demographic & Accountability Snapshot

Enrollment, grade range, and programmatic info used to compute per-pupil numbers.