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Averill Park CSD

School district · Rensselaer County · Capital Region · OSC municipal code 380674100100 · NYSED BEDS 491302 · OSC name “Averill Park Central School District”

Enrollment 2,589 (NYSED PTRC) · Meeting coverage: documents

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Rapid debt growth our calculation

Debt outstanding rose from $19,339,966 (2022) to $34,826,019 (2025), +80%.

Source: debt-2022 ⓘ · debt-2025 ⓘ

Compared with Capital Region school districts

IndicatorAverill Park CSDPeer medianPercentilePeersBasis
Operating spending per pupil$26,543$31,73313th73AFR 2025, operating funds (our calc)
Property tax per pupil$13,984$14,11746th73AFR 2025 real property taxes (our calc)
Debt per pupil$13,452$15,26737th71AFR 2025 debt detail, year-end outstanding
Debt service % of operating spending4.8%6.9%25th73AFR 2025 (our calc)
State aid % of operating revenue38%45.9%31st73AFR 2025 (our calc)
Fund balance ratio (OSC FSMS)4.3%5.5%26th73OSC FSMS FY2025
Operating spending growth over 5 AFR years12.2%21.3%12th73AFR 2021–2025 (our calc)
Levy growth17.4%11.8%90th732021-22–2026-27 NYSED PTRC
Budget per pupil (NYSED PTRC)$29,871$33,72723rd73NYSED PTRC 2026-27
FSMS fiscal stress score (higher = more stress)0028th73OSC 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$17.4M$34.9M$52.3M$69.7M2019202020212022202320242025Revenue 2019: $61.1MRevenue 2020: $60.5MRevenue 2021: $62.1MRevenue 2022: $65.6MRevenue 2023: $67.4MRevenue 2024: $69.7MRevenue 2025: $69.5MSpending 2019: $60.6MSpending 2020: $59.3MSpending 2021: $61.3MSpending 2022: $64.0MSpending 2023: $66.4MSpending 2024: $67.7MSpending 2025: $68.7M

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)
$-272k$235k$742k$1.2M$1.8M2019202020212022202320242025General fund result (incl. transfers) 2019: $622kGeneral fund result (incl. transfers) 2020: $1.1MGeneral fund result (incl. transfers) 2021: $644kGeneral fund result (incl. transfers) 2022: $-272kGeneral fund result (incl. transfers) 2023: $1.2MGeneral fund result (incl. transfers) 2024: $1.8MGeneral fund result (incl. transfers) 2025: $526k

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$8.7M$17.4M$26.1M$34.8M2019202020212022202320242025Debt outstanding 2019: $20.1MDebt outstanding 2020: $17.8MDebt outstanding 2021: $15.3MDebt outstanding 2022: $19.3MDebt outstanding 2023: $23.2MDebt outstanding 2024: $26.9MDebt outstanding 2025: $34.8MDebt service 2019: $4.3MDebt service 2020: $3.9MDebt service 2021: $3.9MDebt service 2022: $4.1MDebt service 2023: $5.0MDebt service 2024: $4.3MDebt service 2025: $3.3M

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$9.6M$19.2M$28.9M$38.5M2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Proposed levy 2021-22: $32.8MProposed levy 2022-23: $33.8MProposed levy 2023-24: $34.8MProposed levy 2024-25: $36.2MProposed levy 2025-26: $37.0MProposed levy 2026-27: $38.5MLevy limit 2021-22: $32.5MLevy limit 2022-23: $33.1MLevy limit 2023-24: $34.1MLevy limit 2024-25: $35.1MLevy limit 2025-26: $36.2MLevy limit 2026-27: $37.2M
Proposed budget per pupil (PTRC budget ÷ enrollment) Budget per pupil
$0k$7k$15k$22k$30k2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Budget per pupil 2021-22: $23kBudget per pupil 2022-23: $24kBudget per pupil 2023-24: $25kBudget per pupil 2024-25: $26kBudget per pupil 2025-26: $27kBudget per pupil 2026-27: $30k
OSC FSMS fund balance ratio
FY20234.2%FY20244.2%FY20254.3%

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

OSC FSMS fiscal stress score (higher = more stress)
FY20193.3 No DesignationFY20206.7 No DesignationFY202210 No DesignationFY20233.3 No DesignationFY20240 No DesignationFY20250 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)$61,111,881$60,565,820$59,131,021$58,508,571$30,894,669$0$25,273,018$4,319,378$20,107,467afr-2019 ⓘ · debt-2019 ⓘ
OSC snapshot 2026-09-30
2020 (FYE 2020-06-30)$60,450,945$59,306,042$58,647,969$57,587,369$31,679,713$0$25,193,811$3,924,406$17,800,921afr-2020 ⓘ · debt-2020 ⓘ
OSC snapshot 2026-09-30
2021 (FYE 2021-06-30)$62,107,107$61,267,192$60,199,050$59,554,893$32,509,304$0$25,391,140$3,946,688$15,272,725afr-2021 ⓘ · debt-2021 ⓘ
OSC snapshot 2026-09-30
2022 (FYE 2022-06-30)$65,614,325$64,021,029$60,866,704$61,138,971$32,833,430$0$25,769,396$4,133,918$19,339,966afr-2022 ⓘ · debt-2022 ⓘ
OSC snapshot 2026-09-30
2023 (FYE 2023-06-30)$67,430,329$66,393,541$63,207,189$62,012,817$33,796,645$0$27,272,079$5,007,352$23,192,441afr-2023 ⓘ · debt-2023 ⓘ
OSC snapshot 2026-09-30
2024 (FYE 2024-06-30)$69,717,542$67,664,174$64,843,839$63,087,750$34,822,380$0$27,923,995$4,317,183$26,902,267afr-2024 ⓘ · debt-2024 ⓘ
OSC snapshot 2026-09-30
2025 (FYE 2025-06-30)$69,513,139$68,719,296$65,075,952$64,550,070$36,204,570$0$26,439,421$3,272,566$34,826,019afr-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$30,043,971$30,865,673$30,865,673$02.7%No
2020$30,865,672$31,664,969$31,731,453$66,4842.6%No
2021$31,664,969$32,481,774$32,481,774$02.6%No
2022$32,481,774$33,099,469$33,099,469$01.9%No
2023$32,790,662$33,756,381$33,756,381$03%No
2024$33,756,381$34,765,729$34,765,729$03%No
2025$34,765,729$36,150,533$36,150,533$04%No
2026$36,150,533$37,022,118$37,022,118$02.4%No
2027$37,022,118$38,499,300$38,746,409$247,1094%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 Designation3.3No Designation0fsms-school-2019 ⓘ
2020No Designation6.7No Designation5fsms-school-2020 ⓘ
2022No Designation10No Designation15fsms-school-2022 ⓘ
2023No Designation3.3No Designation20fsms-school-2023 ⓘ
2024No Designation0No Designation20fsms-school-2024 ⓘ
2025No Designation0No Designation20fsms-school-2025 ⓘ

FSMS fund balance (Indicator 1): FY2023 4.2% ($2,596,619 of $62,012,817) fsms-ind1-school-2023 ⓘ · FY2024 4.2% ($2,648,780 of $63,087,750) fsms-ind1-school-2024 ⓘ · FY2025 4.3% ($2,780,156 of $64,550,070) 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$61,456,8470.8%$32,790,6221%$32,481,348$308,8472,650$23,1914%ptrc-2021-22 ⓘ
2022-23$63,873,3473.9%$33,756,3813%$33,056,807$02,631$24,2774%ptrc-2022-23 ⓘ
2023-24$64,915,4801.6%$34,765,7293%$34,069,144$02,579$25,1714%ptrc-2023-24 ⓘ
2024-25$66,611,8652.6%$36,150,5334%$35,115,776$02,589$25,7294%ptrc-2024-25 ⓘ
2025-26$69,503,9004.3%$37,022,1182.4%$36,162,358$02,550$27,2564%ptrc-2025-26 ⓘ
2026-27$73,273,0105.4%$38,499,3004%$37,210,363$247,1092,453$29,8714%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
2022-2365.5%2023-2469.9%2024-2567.3%2025-2666.3%2026-2769.4%

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

School yearRoundYesNo% yesResultSource
2022-23Vote1,88099165.5%Passedvote-2022-23 ⓘ
2023-24Vote62927169.9%Passedvote-2023-24 ⓘ
2024-25Vote69733867.3%Passedvote-2024-25 ⓘ
2025-26Vote94748266.3%Passedvote-2025-26 ⓘ
2026-27Vote1,01544769.4%Passedvote-2026-27 ⓘ

OSC audits (1)

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

Profile data as JSON: /api/entity/rensselaer-county/averill-park-csd.json