Table 7

NUMBER OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS STATEWIDE BELOW THE 25TH AND ABOVE THE 75TH PERCENTILE OF 1999-00 AOE/TAPU FOR EXPENSE

Number of

Districts

# Below

25th %ile

# Above

75th %ile

Contiguous MSAs
Albany-Schenectady-Troy-Glens Falls

73

17

5

Binghamton-Elmira

21

12

0

Buffalo-Rochester-Jamestown

115

36

2

NY Metro-Long Island

178

1

145

Poughkeepsie-Newburgh

30

1

1

Syracuse-Utica-Rome

70

32

1

Non-MSA

193

71

15

Number of Districts

680

170

169

Statewide 25th percentile is $5,854
Statewide 75th percentile is $8,286