Canton Central School District — Financial Data

3.3 Fiscal Stress FY 2025

5.0 Socio-Dem. Stress FY 2025

1,016 Enrollment FY 2024

$56,068 Per-Pupil Spending FY 2024

55.6% State Aid Dependency FY 2024

1.3% Admin Overhead FY 2024

Tax Snapshot (Beta)

Beta: source-backed tax context only. This is not a personalized tax-burden estimate.

Current source-backed tax context for New York and Canton Central School District.

Component	Summary	Effective	Coverage	Sources
NY state personal income tax	NY uses a progressive bracket schedule (4.00% to 10.90% on the current IT-201 schedule).	Tax year 2025 schedule; statutory update starts for tax years beginning after 2025.	Source verified	IT-201-I (2025 PDF); Tax Law §601
NY state sales and use tax (base)	NY state base sales and use tax rate is 4%; local rates are additive by jurisdiction.	In effect as of January 1, 2026.	Loaded	New York State Department of Taxation and Finance sales tax rates
NY state-level property tax policy	In New York, real property tax is raised and spent locally by counties, cities, towns, villages, school districts, and special districts; there is no single statewide property-tax rate.	Property-tax guidance page updated July 26, 2024 (accessed April 19, 2026).	Needs review	NY property taxes overview; ORPTS tax bill calculation guide

Stress Trajectory

Financial Trends

Curated financial dashboard (2013–2025)

Key Indicators

Per-Pupil Spending

$56,069 (2024)

2019 2024

Admin Overhead %

1.27% (2024)

2019 2024

State Aid Dependency %

55.57% (2024)

2015 2024

Fiscal Stress Score (OSC)

0 = healthy · 100 = significant stress

3.3 (2025)

2013 2025

Debt Service %

4.6% (2024)

2019 2024

Revenue Sources

Real Property Taxes

$9,916,925 (2024)

2015 2024

State Aid

$21,043,958 (2024)

2015 2024

Federal Aid

$1,807,617 (2024)

2015 2024

STAR Payments

$1,181,742 (2024)

2015 2024

Spending Breakdown

Instruction %

26.4% (2024)

2019 2024

Administration %

1.3% (2024)

2019 2024

Pupil Services %

1.7% (2024)

2019 2024

Transportation %

3.5% (2024)

2019 2024

Operations %

40.7% (2024)

2019 2024

Per-Pupil Detail

Per-Pupil Instruction

$14,817 (2024)

2015 2024

Per-Pupil Debt

$75,019 (2024)

2015 2024

Per-Pupil Property Tax

$9,761 (2024)

2015 2024

Balance Sheet

Debt Outstanding

$76,219,600 (2024)

2015 2024

Full Value

Total taxable property value

$624,795,326 (2024)

2015 2024

Financial Documents (23)

Year	Title	Type
2025	Canton Central School District FSMS Report 2025	FSMS_MONITORING
2024	Canton Central School District OSC Annual Financial Report 2024	OSC_SCHOOL_AFR
2024	Canton Central School District FSMS Report 2024	FSMS_MONITORING
2023	Canton Central School District OSC Annual Financial Report 2023	OSC_SCHOOL_AFR
2023	Canton Central School District FSMS Report 2023	FSMS_MONITORING

Governance & Structure

Governance Structure

Structure: Not specified
Fiscal Autonomy: Not specified
ICMA Recognition: —
Notes: County: St. Lawrence
OSC Code: 400612500100

School Details

Legal Type: Central
Board Selection
Executive

Geographic Relationships

This entity is within

Wholly within: New York
Wholly within: St. Lawrence County
Partly within: Town of Canton (St. Lawrence County)
Partly within: Town of De Kalb (St. Lawrence County)
Partly within: Town of Lisbon (St. Lawrence County)
Partly within: Town of Oswegatchie (St. Lawrence County)
Partly within: Town of Pierrepont (St. Lawrence County)
Partly within: Town of Potsdam (St. Lawrence County)
Partly within: Village of Canton (St. Lawrence County)
Partly within: Village of Rensselaer Falls (St. Lawrence County)