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Troy City School District

School district · Rensselaer County · Capital Region · OSC municipal code 380557000000 · NYSED BEDS 491700

Enrollment 4,325 (NYSED PTRC) · Meeting coverage: documents

No indicator flags.

Compared with Capital Region school districts

IndicatorTroy City School DistrictPeer medianPercentilePeersBasis
Operating spending per pupil$32,696$31,73360th73AFR 2025, operating funds (our calc)
Property tax per pupil$9,120$14,11717th73AFR 2025 real property taxes (our calc)
Debt per pupil$19,390$15,26768th71AFR 2025 debt detail, year-end outstanding
Debt service % of operating spending7.8%6.9%63rd73AFR 2025 (our calc)
State aid % of operating revenue61.6%45.9%87th73AFR 2025 (our calc)
Fund balance ratio (OSC FSMS)4.5%5.5%38th73OSC FSMS FY2025
Operating spending growth over 5 AFR years26.2%21.3%65th73AFR 2021–2025 (our calc)
Levy growth0%11.8%3rd732021-22–2026-27 NYSED PTRC
Budget per pupil (NYSED PTRC)$34,234$33,72755th73NYSED 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$37.0M$74.1M$111M$148M2019202020212022202320242025Revenue 2019: $118MRevenue 2020: $122MRevenue 2021: $122MRevenue 2022: $131MRevenue 2023: $142MRevenue 2024: $148MRevenue 2025: $146MSpending 2019: $114MSpending 2020: $114MSpending 2021: $112MSpending 2022: $122MSpending 2023: $136MSpending 2024: $140MSpending 2025: $141M

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)
$-405k$1.8M$4.1M$6.4M$8.6M2019202020212022202320242025General fund result (incl. transfers) 2019: $628kGeneral fund result (incl. transfers) 2020: $3.1MGeneral fund result (incl. transfers) 2021: $8.6MGeneral fund result (incl. transfers) 2022: $8.3MGeneral fund result (incl. transfers) 2023: $-405kGeneral fund result (incl. transfers) 2024: $83kGeneral fund result (incl. transfers) 2025: $3.5M

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$23.0M$45.9M$68.9M$91.9M2019202020212022202320242025Debt outstanding 2019: $72.9MDebt outstanding 2020: $66.7MDebt outstanding 2021: $87.0MDebt outstanding 2022: $90.8MDebt outstanding 2023: $91.9MDebt outstanding 2024: $83.1MDebt outstanding 2025: $83.9MDebt service 2019: $8.9MDebt service 2020: $9.0MDebt service 2021: $7.9MDebt service 2022: $8.9MDebt service 2023: $10.4MDebt service 2024: $10.4MDebt service 2025: $11.0M

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$9.7M$19.3M$29.0M$38.6M2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Proposed levy 2021-22: $37.9MProposed levy 2022-23: $37.9MProposed levy 2023-24: $37.9MProposed levy 2024-25: $37.9MProposed levy 2025-26: $38.6MProposed levy 2026-27: $37.9MLevy limit 2021-22: $37.6MLevy limit 2022-23: $37.1MLevy limit 2023-24: $38.0MLevy limit 2024-25: $37.7MLevy limit 2025-26: $37.7MLevy limit 2026-27: $38.4M
Proposed budget per pupil (PTRC budget ÷ enrollment) Budget per pupil
$0k$9k$17k$26k$34k2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Budget per pupil 2021-22: $25kBudget per pupil 2022-23: $29kBudget per pupil 2023-24: $30kBudget per pupil 2024-25: $31kBudget per pupil 2025-26: $33kBudget per pupil 2026-27: $34k
OSC FSMS fund balance ratio
FY20239.6%FY20244.2%FY20254.5%

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

OSC FSMS fiscal stress score (higher = more stress)
FY20190 No DesignationFY20200 No DesignationFY20220 No DesignationFY20230 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)$117,705,452$114,389,669$104,751,305$104,123,189$36,784,830$1,285,220$68,170,656$8,935,530$72,894,626afr-2019 ⓘ · debt-2019 ⓘ
OSC snapshot 2026-09-30
2020 (FYE 2020-06-30)$121,928,429$114,328,890$111,006,019$107,921,168$40,245,595$1,278,497$69,834,053$9,040,150$66,714,626afr-2020 ⓘ · debt-2020 ⓘ
OSC snapshot 2026-09-30
2021 (FYE 2021-06-30)$121,555,434$112,026,294$111,372,005$102,760,058$39,964,374$1,399,800$67,892,053$7,935,312$86,987,950afr-2021 ⓘ · debt-2021 ⓘ
OSC snapshot 2026-09-30
2022 (FYE 2022-06-30)$130,652,089$121,555,041$113,887,240$105,637,071$39,674,748$1,555,609$72,722,640$8,921,510$90,764,550afr-2022 ⓘ · debt-2022 ⓘ
OSC snapshot 2026-09-30
2023 (FYE 2023-06-30)$142,190,216$136,463,080$119,377,316$119,782,584$39,953,557$1,659,216$78,310,091$10,399,015$91,864,550afr-2023 ⓘ · debt-2023 ⓘ
OSC snapshot 2026-09-30
2024 (FYE 2024-06-30)$148,154,708$139,969,404$127,569,058$127,485,587$39,243,712$1,557,460$86,408,166$10,382,202$83,099,550afr-2024 ⓘ · debt-2024 ⓘ
OSC snapshot 2026-09-30
2025 (FYE 2025-06-30)$145,849,361$141,408,660$130,923,672$127,411,140$39,445,355$1,677,951$89,899,444$11,040,014$83,862,116afr-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$36,273,420$36,955,755$36,955,755$01.9%No
2020$36,832,473$37,200,798$37,601,041$400,2431%No
2021$37,200,798$37,994,451$37,994,451$02.1%No
2022$37,941,094$38,473,631$38,473,631$01.4%No
2023$37,941,094$37,941,094$38,387,275$446,1810%No
2024$37,941,094$37,941,094$38,875,364$934,2700%No
2025$37,941,094$38,696,121$38,957,646$261,5252%No
2026$37,941,094$38,699,915$38,914,721$214,8062%No
2027$38,605,063$38,605,063$39,467,219$862,1560%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 Designation0Susceptible Environmental Stress31.7fsms-school-2019 ⓘ
2020No Designation0Susceptible Environmental Stress40fsms-school-2020 ⓘ
2022No Designation0Susceptible Environmental Stress36.7fsms-school-2022 ⓘ
2023No Designation0Susceptible Environmental Stress31.7fsms-school-2023 ⓘ
2024No Designation0Susceptible Environmental Stress36.7fsms-school-2024 ⓘ
2025No Designation0Susceptible Environmental Stress36.7fsms-school-2025 ⓘ

FSMS fund balance (Indicator 1): FY2023 9.6% ($10,797,559 of $119,782,584) fsms-ind1-school-2023 ⓘ · FY2024 4.2% ($5,146,390 of $127,485,587) fsms-ind1-school-2024 ⓘ · FY2025 4.5% ($5,653,688 of $127,411,140) 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$115,293,1641.4%$37,941,0940%$37,640,278$532,5374,600$25,0644%ptrc-2021-22 ⓘ
2022-23$126,903,27610.1%$37,941,0940%$37,119,474$04,400$28,8424%ptrc-2022-23 ⓘ
2023-24$131,898,1123.9%$37,941,0940%$38,029,573$934,2704,350$30,3214%ptrc-2023-24 ⓘ
2024-25$133,067,7850.9%$37,941,0940%$37,733,248$1,016,5514,325$30,7674%ptrc-2024-25 ⓘ
2025-26$142,360,8207%$38,605,0631.8%$37,677,840$309,6584,300$33,1074%ptrc-2025-26 ⓘ
2026-27$146,348,6092.8%$37,941,0940%$38,393,933$1,526,1254,275$34,2344%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
2022-2385.3%2023-2487.7%2024-2588.4%2025-2684.7%2026-2789.9%

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

School yearRoundYesNo% yesResultSource
2022-23Vote5759985.3%Passedvote-2022-23 ⓘ
2023-24Vote4215987.7%Passedvote-2023-24 ⓘ
2024-25Vote6758988.4%Passedvote-2024-25 ⓘ
2025-26Vote75613784.7%Passedvote-2025-26 ⓘ
2026-27Vote6397289.9%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/troy-csd.json