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SOUTHERN CAYUGA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

Aurora, New York · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

666
Students enrolled
2
Public schools
57
Classroom teachers (FTE)
11.7:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 33
  • Kindergarten 42
  • Grade 1 38
  • Grade 2 52
  • Grade 3 48
  • Grade 4 39
  • Grade 5 50
  • Grade 6 51
  • Grade 7 44
  • Grade 8 49
  • Grade 9 54
  • Grade 10 61
  • Grade 11 47
  • Grade 12 49
  • Ungraded 9

By race/ethnicity

  • White 81%
  • Hispanic/Latino 16%
  • Two or more races 2%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Black or African American <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

40% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 254 of 637 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 37%
  • Reduced-price lunch 3%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$27,516 spent per student on day-to-day operations New York median: $27,061 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $17,519
  • Support services $9,340
  • Other (food service, etc.) $657

Where the money comes from

  • Local 41%
  • State 50%
  • Federal 9%

Total revenue $22.8 milliontotal spending $20.4 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year. Some figures for this district are NCES estimates.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Rural: Distant

Total staff (FTE)

115

District office

2384 RT 34B, Aurora NY 13026

County

Cayuga County

Official website

NCES District ID

3627570

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About SOUTHERN CAYUGA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

The Southern Cayuga School District enjoys an ideal setting in the Finger Lakes region.  Stretching from Cayuga to Owasco Lakes, the district is located about 15 miles from Auburn, 25 miles from Ithaca, 40 miles from Syracuse and 60 miles from Rochester. The student population is currently about 825. Our community is made up of traditional agriculture and includes college staff working at Cornell University and Wells, Ithaca and Cayuga Community Colleges. Our strong agricultural heritage blends harmoniously with business professionals. Southern Cayuga and Wells College have a strong partnership that benefits learners of every age from both institutions.Our district has a separate elementary (K-4) building. Our Middle School (5-8) is housed in a separate wing within our high school. The district has its own Planetarium & Observatory with programming available for students and community members. The high school offers a full range of courses, including Advanced Placement, college course work and tech prep programs in agriculture, business, technology education and for career preparation. The district has made a thoughtful commitment to integrating instructional technology for students and staff. We are committed to the success of all students. We offer a wide range of courses in the area of fine arts and have well-established academic assistance programs that use achievement data to diagnose student needs and prescribe instruction using scientifically based research.
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