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Tuxedo Ufsd

School district · Orange County · Mid-Hudson · OSC municipal code 330984000300 · NYSED BEDS 441903 · OSC name “Tuxedo Union Free School District”

Enrollment 206 (NYSED PTRC) · Meeting coverage: documents

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Recurring deficits our calculation

General fund spending (incl. transfers out) exceeded revenues (incl. transfers in) in 2023, 2024, and operating funds overall spent more than they took in in 2023, 2024 (last 3 AFR years). Planned use of fund balance can cause this; check the adopted budgets.

Source: afr-2023 ⓘ · afr-2024 ⓘ

Unrestricted fund balance above 4% limit

NYSED Property Tax Report Card 2026-27: adjusted unrestricted fund balance reported as 9.63% of the budget; Real Property Tax Law §1318 limits it to 4%.

Source: ptrc-2026-27 ⓘ

Levy above tax cap

OSC tax cap filings: proposed levy exceeded the computed levy limit for FY 2024 (by $68,649), 2027 (by $808,332, override planned). Exceeding the limit requires a local law override (60% of the governing body).

Source: taxcap ⓘ

Proposed levy above tax cap

NYSED Property Tax Report Card: proposed levy (excluding exemptions) exceeded the levy limit in 2026-27 (by $808,332); passing requires 60% voter approval.

Source: ptrc-2026-27 ⓘ

School budget defeated

NYSED vote results: budget defeated in 2025-26, 2025-26 (re-vote).

Source: vote-2025-26 ⓘ · revote-2025-26 ⓘ

Compared with Mid-Hudson school districts

IndicatorTuxedo UfsdPeer medianPercentilePeersBasis
Operating spending per pupil$74,761$38,44898th65AFR 2025, operating funds (our calc)
Property tax per pupil$61,828$21,30098th65AFR 2025 real property taxes (our calc)
Debt per pupil$5,972$13,23017th63AFR 2025 debt detail, year-end outstanding
Debt service % of operating spending1%4.5%8th65AFR 2025 (our calc)
State aid % of operating revenue8.6%35.2%2nd65AFR 2025 (our calc)
Fund balance ratio (OSC FSMS)5.7%4.4%68th65OSC FSMS FY2025
Operating spending growth over 5 AFR years15%22.3%19th65AFR 2021–2025 (our calc)
Levy growth23.1%13.1%96th652021-22–2026-27 NYSED PTRC
Budget per pupil (NYSED PTRC)$82,160$41,52198th65NYSED PTRC 2026-27
FSMS fiscal stress score (higher = more stress)13.3090th65OSC 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$4.1M$8.2M$12.2M$16.3M2019202020212022202320242025Revenue 2019: $12.8MRevenue 2020: $13.1MRevenue 2021: $13.6MRevenue 2022: $14.2MRevenue 2023: $14.5MRevenue 2024: $14.8MRevenue 2025: $16.3MSpending 2019: $12.3MSpending 2020: $12.8MSpending 2021: $13.4MSpending 2022: $14.7MSpending 2023: $14.9MSpending 2024: $15.1MSpending 2025: $15.4M

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)
$-2.3M$-1.5M$-753k$43k$839k2019202020212022202320242025General fund result (incl. transfers) 2019: $559kGeneral fund result (incl. transfers) 2020: $386kGeneral fund result (incl. transfers) 2021: $229kGeneral fund result (incl. transfers) 2022: $-417kGeneral fund result (incl. transfers) 2023: $-2.3MGeneral fund result (incl. transfers) 2024: $-311kGeneral fund result (incl. transfers) 2025: $839k

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$338k$676k$1.0M$1.4M2019202020212022202320242025Debt outstanding 2019: $273kDebt outstanding 2020: $225kDebt outstanding 2021: $169kDebt outstanding 2022: $0kDebt outstanding 2023: $1.4MDebt outstanding 2024: $1.3MDebt outstanding 2025: $1.2MDebt service 2019: $62kDebt service 2020: $62kDebt service 2021: $62kDebt service 2022: $187kDebt service 2023: $22kDebt service 2024: $147kDebt service 2025: $147k

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$3.5M$6.9M$10.4M$13.8M2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Proposed levy 2021-22: $11.2MProposed levy 2022-23: $12.1MProposed levy 2023-24: $12.2MProposed levy 2024-25: $12.7MProposed levy 2025-26: $13.0MProposed levy 2026-27: $13.8MLevy limit 2021-22: $11.2MLevy limit 2022-23: $12.1MLevy limit 2023-24: $12.4MLevy limit 2024-25: $12.7MLevy limit 2025-26: $13.1MLevy limit 2026-27: $13.0M
Proposed budget per pupil (PTRC budget ÷ enrollment) Budget per pupil
$0k$21k$41k$62k$82k2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Budget per pupil 2021-22: $58kBudget per pupil 2022-23: $61kBudget per pupil 2023-24: $70kBudget per pupil 2024-25: $73kBudget per pupil 2025-26: $80kBudget per pupil 2026-27: $82k
OSC FSMS fund balance ratio
FY20233.0%FY20240.3%FY20255.7%

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

OSC FSMS fiscal stress score (higher = more stress)
FY20190 No DesignationFY20200 No DesignationFY20226.7 No DesignationFY202313.3 No DesignationFY202445 Moderate Fiscal StressFY202513.3 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)$12,832,233$12,285,398$12,536,214$11,977,482$11,269,385$0$1,084,299$62,218$272,740afr-2019 ⓘ · debt-2019 ⓘ
OSC snapshot 2026-09-30
2020 (FYE 2020-06-30)$13,082,074$12,805,758$12,987,063$12,601,076$11,544,487$0$986,366$62,217$224,624afr-2020 ⓘ · debt-2020 ⓘ
OSC snapshot 2026-09-30
2021 (FYE 2021-06-30)$13,551,863$13,394,416$13,620,380$13,391,087$11,605,212$0$1,126,733$62,218$168,563afr-2021 ⓘ · debt-2021 ⓘ
OSC snapshot 2026-09-30
2022 (FYE 2022-06-30)$14,183,667$14,676,024$13,552,858$13,969,685$11,582,653$0$1,123,684$186,662$0afr-2022 ⓘ · debt-2022 ⓘ
OSC snapshot 2026-09-30
2023 (FYE 2023-06-30)$14,538,794$14,885,748$13,838,043$16,182,488$12,116,333$0$1,219,909$22,284$1,351,680afr-2023 ⓘ · debt-2023 ⓘ
OSC snapshot 2026-09-30
2024 (FYE 2024-06-30)$14,774,930$15,111,120$14,149,509$14,460,014$12,277,376$0$1,361,931$146,769$1,306,004afr-2024 ⓘ · debt-2024 ⓘ
OSC snapshot 2026-09-30
2025 (FYE 2025-06-30)$16,328,085$15,400,766$15,746,414$14,907,806$12,736,617$0$1,408,535$146,769$1,230,306afr-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$11,568,095$11,087,171$11,087,171$0-4.2%No
2020$10,936,196$11,479,412$11,479,412$05%No
2021$11,479,412$11,594,207$11,861,356$267,1491%No
2022$11,241,790$11,241,790$11,409,756$167,9660%No
2023$11,241,790$12,063,121$12,063,121$07.3%No
2024$12,063,121$12,505,783$12,437,134$-68,6493.7%No
2025$12,215,738$12,696,449$12,696,449$03.9%No
2026$12,696,449$13,072,718$13,072,718$03%No
2027$12,696,449$13,836,551$13,028,219$-808,3329%Yes

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 Designation25fsms-school-2019 ⓘ
2020No Designation0Susceptible Environmental Stress35fsms-school-2020 ⓘ
2022No Designation6.7No Designation20fsms-school-2022 ⓘ
2023No Designation13.3No Designation25fsms-school-2023 ⓘ
2024Moderate Fiscal Stress45No Designation20fsms-school-2024 ⓘ
2025No Designation13.3No Designation25fsms-school-2025 ⓘ

FSMS fund balance (Indicator 1): FY2023 3.1% ($431,144 of $16,182,488) fsms-ind1-school-2023 ⓘ · FY2024 0.3% ($36,601 of $14,460,014) fsms-ind1-school-2024 ⓘ · FY2025 5.7% ($847,839 of $14,907,806) 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$13,699,5330%$11,241,7900%$11,241,790$0235$58,2966.6%ptrc-2021-22 ⓘ
2022-23$13,962,0451.9%$12,063,1217.3%$12,063,121$0229$60,9704%ptrc-2022-23 ⓘ
2023-24$14,620,6294.7%$12,215,7391.3%$12,437,134$221,395209$69,9553.8%ptrc-2023-24 ⓘ
2024-25$15,130,4853.5%$12,696,4493.9%$12,696,449$0206$73,4494%ptrc-2024-25 ⓘ
2025-26$15,107,619-0.1%$13,012,5912.5%$13,072,718$60,127189$79,9344%ptrc-2025-26 ⓘ
2026-27$15,856,8775%$13,836,5519%$13,028,219$-808,332193$82,1609.6%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
2022-2376.4%2023-2474.5%2024-2566.6%2025-2643.8% defeated2025-26 re48.7% defeated2026-2761.1%

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

School yearRoundYesNo% yesResultSource
2022-23Vote38111876.4%Passedvote-2022-23 ⓘ
2023-24Vote37412874.5%Passedvote-2023-24 ⓘ
2024-25Vote47323766.6%Passedvote-2024-25 ⓘ
2025-26Vote31340143.8%Defeatedvote-2025-26 ⓘ
2025-26Re-vote29030648.7%Defeatedrevote-2025-26 ⓘ
2026-27Vote49431561.1%Passedvote-2026-27 ⓘ

OSC audits (2)

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

In meetings

Context only. These links point to meetings where budget, levy, fund balance, debt or audits came up; they are not used in any figure above.

Budget-related meeting documents (1)

All documents for this entity

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