The Hall Monitor

Interactive database: school tax levies, spending and enrollment over past five years

May

Westchester residents have experienced a 42 percent increase in their school tax levies over the last six years. Along with that, school spending has jumped 43 percent while enrollment has increased by 2 percent.

In Rockland, school spending has increased by 34 percent while tax levies are up by 33 percent even as enrollments overall dropped by a half percent. Putnam County residents also have felt the impact of rising school spending (an increase of 37 percent in six years) while levies rose by 33 percent. Enrollment dropped by 3 percent.

A new interactive database created by The Journal News shows each school district’s tax levies, spending, and enrollments have how they have changed between the 2003/04 school year and the upcoming 2008/09 year.

This entry was posted on Saturday, May 17th, 2008 at 8:00 am by Diana Costello.
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