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Guilderland Central School District

School district · Albany County · Capital Region · OSC municipal code 010635500200 · NYSED BEDS 010802

Enrollment 4,870 (NYSED PTRC) · Meeting coverage: documents

No indicator flags.

Compared with Capital Region school districts

IndicatorThis entityPeer medianPercentilePeersBasis
Operating spending per pupil$26,738$31,73317th73AFR 2025, operating funds (our calc)
Property tax per pupil$17,056$14,11775th73AFR 2025 real property taxes (our calc)
Debt per pupil$14,591$15,26744th71AFR 2025 debt detail, year-end outstanding
Debt service % of operating spending7.6%6.9%59th73AFR 2025 (our calc)
State aid % of operating revenue32.1%45.9%21st73AFR 2025 (our calc)
Fund balance ratio (OSC FSMS)4.2%5.5%19th73OSC FSMS FY2025
Operating spending growth over 5 AFR years25.1%21.3%62nd73AFR 2021–2025 (our calc)
Levy growth15.5%11.8%80th732021-22–2026-27 NYSED PTRC
Budget per pupil (NYSED PTRC)$27,568$33,7275th73NYSED PTRC 2026-27
FSMS fiscal stress score (higher = more stress)3.3061st73OSC FSMS FY2025

Percentile = share of same-class peers in the region with a lower value. A high or low percentile is context, not a judgment. Sales tax for towns and villages is county distribution revenue.

Five-year picture

Operating funds: revenue vs. spending RevenueSpending
$0k$34.2M$68.3M$103M$137M2019202020212022202320242025Revenue 2019: $104MRevenue 2020: $104MRevenue 2021: $105MRevenue 2022: $112MRevenue 2023: $120MRevenue 2024: $134MRevenue 2025: $137MSpending 2019: $104MSpending 2020: $106MSpending 2021: $104MSpending 2022: $112MSpending 2023: $119MSpending 2024: $134MSpending 2025: $130M

Our calculation from OSC AFR account data: all funds except custodial (T*), capital projects (H), fixed-asset (K) and long-term debt (W) groups, excluding interfund transfers and debt proceeds.

General fund surplus / deficit General fund result (incl. transfers)
$-2.8M$-335k$2.2M$4.6M$7.1M2019202020212022202320242025General fund result (incl. transfers) 2019: $-2.8MGeneral fund result (incl. transfers) 2020: $366kGeneral fund result (incl. transfers) 2021: $509kGeneral fund result (incl. transfers) 2022: $-887kGeneral fund result (incl. transfers) 2023: $-94kGeneral fund result (incl. transfers) 2024: $7.1MGeneral fund result (incl. transfers) 2025: $5.5M

OSC AFR, fund A, revenues and other sources minus expenditures and other uses (our calculation). Planned use of fund balance appears as a deficit.

Debt Debt outstandingDebt service
$0k$18.9M$37.8M$56.7M$75.6M2019202020212022202320242025Debt outstanding 2019: $32.4MDebt outstanding 2020: $28.2MDebt outstanding 2021: $42.6MDebt outstanding 2022: $53.9MDebt outstanding 2023: $64.8MDebt outstanding 2024: $75.6MDebt outstanding 2025: $71.1MDebt service 2019: $6.8MDebt service 2020: $5.9MDebt service 2021: $5.0MDebt service 2022: $5.0MDebt service 2023: $5.9MDebt service 2024: $8.9MDebt service 2025: $9.8M

Year-end debt outstanding (OSC AFR debt detail) and debt service expenditures (OSC AFR).

School tax levy vs. levy limit (NYSED PTRC) Proposed levyLevy limit
$0k$22.0M$43.9M$65.9M$87.8M2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Proposed levy 2021-22: $76.0MProposed levy 2022-23: $78.2MProposed levy 2023-24: $80.7MProposed levy 2024-25: $83.0MProposed levy 2025-26: $84.9MProposed levy 2026-27: $87.8MLevy limit 2021-22: $74.7MLevy limit 2022-23: $76.5MLevy limit 2023-24: $78.4MLevy limit 2024-25: $80.1MLevy limit 2025-26: $81.9MLevy limit 2026-27: $84.1M
Proposed budget per pupil (PTRC budget ÷ enrollment) Budget per pupil
$0k$7k$14k$21k$28k2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Budget per pupil 2021-22: $22kBudget per pupil 2022-23: $23kBudget per pupil 2023-24: $25kBudget per pupil 2024-25: $26kBudget per pupil 2025-26: $26kBudget per pupil 2026-27: $28k
OSC FSMS fund balance ratio
FY20234.3%FY20244.1%FY20254.2%

Unassigned fund balance ÷ adjusted expenditures, as computed by OSC.

OSC FSMS fiscal stress score (higher = more stress)
FY20190 No DesignationFY20200 No DesignationFY20220 No DesignationFY20238.3 No DesignationFY202410 No DesignationFY20253.3 No Designation

OSC's own scores and designations. 'Not filed' rows mean the AFR was not filed in time to be scored.

Annual Financial Report series

YearOperating revenueOperating spendingGF revenue (incl. transfers)GF spending (incl. transfers)Property taxSales taxState aidDebt serviceDebt outstandingSource
2019 (FYE 2019-06-30)$103,772,419$103,537,884$100,323,644$103,145,839$72,352,776$0$26,580,003$6,823,218$32,442,500afr-2019 ⓘ · debt-2019 ⓘ
OSC snapshot 2026-09-30
2020 (FYE 2020-06-30)$104,285,356$106,227,608$100,991,498$100,625,222$73,431,409$0$26,467,374$5,891,646$28,193,860afr-2020 ⓘ · debt-2020 ⓘ
OSC snapshot 2026-09-30
2021 (FYE 2021-06-30)$104,831,629$104,058,394$101,148,010$100,639,057$75,068,860$0$25,580,828$4,951,596$42,560,240afr-2021 ⓘ · debt-2021 ⓘ
OSC snapshot 2026-09-30
2022 (FYE 2022-06-30)$112,063,540$111,888,029$104,696,398$105,583,181$76,013,919$0$27,900,738$5,045,426$53,863,558afr-2022 ⓘ · debt-2022 ⓘ
OSC snapshot 2026-09-30
2023 (FYE 2023-06-30)$120,159,839$119,295,836$111,568,816$111,662,578$78,317,894$0$31,611,114$5,893,325$64,826,840afr-2023 ⓘ · debt-2023 ⓘ
OSC snapshot 2026-09-30
2024 (FYE 2024-06-30)$134,431,833$133,598,348$128,987,540$121,862,614$80,398,891$0$40,074,281$8,945,714$75,644,525afr-2024 ⓘ · debt-2024 ⓘ
OSC snapshot 2026-09-30
2025 (FYE 2025-06-30)$136,670,410$130,211,997$128,042,550$122,572,272$83,062,804$0$43,859,738$9,848,715$71,060,445afr-2025 ⓘ · debt-2025 ⓘ
OSC snapshot 2026-09-30

Operating and property-tax figures are our sums of OSC account-level data (independent calculation, not OSC's own totals); GF = general fund (A).

Tax cap filings (OSC)

Fiscal yearPrior levyProposed levyLevy limitLimit minus proposedLevy growthOverride planned
2019$70,726,397$72,286,632$72,302,236$15,6042.2%No
2020$72,297,457$73,338,941$73,604,231$265,2901.4%No
2021$73,338,941$74,990,995$74,990,995$02.3%No
2022$74,990,995$75,953,398$75,955,815$2,4171.3%No
2023$75,953,398$78,218,651$78,348,966$130,3153%No
2024$78,218,651$80,302,434$80,534,322$231,8882.7%No
2025$80,302,434$82,501,297$82,502,567$1,2702.7%No
2026$82,501,297$84,333,899$84,421,747$02.2%No
2027$84,333,899$87,221,575$87,221,575$03.4%No

Source: taxcap ⓘ, snapshot 10/09/2026. Highlighted rows: proposed levy above the computed limit. Filings are as submitted to OSC before budget adoption; a later fiscal year that has not been filed yet does not appear.

OSC Fiscal Stress Monitoring System

FYStress designationFiscal scoreEnvironmental ratingEnv. scoreSource
2019No Designation0No Designation10fsms-school-2019 ⓘ
2020No Designation0No Designation10fsms-school-2020 ⓘ
2022No Designation0No Designation15fsms-school-2022 ⓘ
2023No Designation8.3No Designation15fsms-school-2023 ⓘ
2024No Designation10No Designation15fsms-school-2024 ⓘ
2025No Designation3.3No Designation10fsms-school-2025 ⓘ

FSMS fund balance (Indicator 1): FY2023 4.3% ($4,790,888 of $111,662,578) fsms-ind1-school-2023 ⓘ · FY2024 4.1% ($5,007,713 of $121,862,614) fsms-ind1-school-2024 ⓘ · FY2025 4.2% ($5,101,895 of $122,572,272) fsms-ind1-school-2025 ⓘ

OSC has no school FSMS summary file for FY2021 online; that year is blank.

NYSED Property Tax Report Cards

School yearProposed budgetBudget changeProposed levyLevy changeLevy limit (excl. exemptions)Limit minus levyEnrollmentPer pupilUnrestricted FB % of budgetSource
2021-22$104,895,5701.8%$76,034,6481.4%$74,729,970$04,810$21,8084%ptrc-2021-22 ⓘ
2022-23$109,887,8454.7%$78,218,6513%$76,531,670$166,8584,855$22,6344%ptrc-2022-23 ⓘ
2023-24$119,772,1949%$80,725,2342.9%$78,380,424$231,8884,876$24,5643%ptrc-2023-24 ⓘ
2024-25$125,192,8174.5%$82,992,9213.4%$80,067,009$1,2704,870$25,7074%ptrc-2024-25 ⓘ
2025-26$127,547,3921.9%$84,899,8992.3%$81,913,636$04,875$26,1644%ptrc-2025-26 ⓘ
2026-27$133,900,0255%$87,834,5253.4%$84,132,810$04,857$27,5684%ptrc-2026-27 ⓘ

Figures are the district's proposed budget as reported on its Property Tax Report Card before the May vote. Per pupil = proposed budget ÷ PTRC enrollment (our calculation; NYSED Fiscal Profiles were not reachable from our servers, so audited per-pupil spending is not shown).

Budget votes (NYSED)

Share voting yes
2022-2368.4%2023-2470.1%2024-2572.3%2025-2674.9%2026-2768.7%

Majority approval is needed unless the levy exceeds the limit (60%).

School yearRoundYesNo% yesResultSource
2022-23Vote3,2151,48368.4%Passedvote-2022-23 ⓘ
2023-24Vote1,51364670.1%Passedvote-2023-24 ⓘ
2024-25Vote1,69064872.3%Passedvote-2024-25 ⓘ
2025-26Vote1,62854674.9%Passedvote-2025-26 ⓘ
2026-27Vote1,35561768.7%Passedvote-2026-27 ⓘ

OSC audits (1)

Source: osc-audits ⓘ. Matched by entity name in the report title.

Profile data as JSON: /api/entity/albany-county/guilderland-csd.json