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Sharon Springs CSD

School district · Schoharie County · Capital Region · OSC municipal code 430776900100 · NYSED BEDS 541401 · OSC name “Sharon Springs Central School District”

Enrollment 349 (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, 2025, and operating funds overall spent more than they took in in 2023, 2024, 2025 (last 3 AFR years). Planned use of fund balance can cause this; check the adopted budgets.

Source: afr-2023 ⓘ · afr-2024 ⓘ · afr-2025 ⓘ

Unrestricted fund balance above 4% limit

NYSED Property Tax Report Card 2026-27: adjusted unrestricted fund balance reported as 4.16% of the budget; Real Property Tax Law §1318 limits it to 4%.

Source: ptrc-2026-27 ⓘ

Rapid debt growth our calculation

Debt outstanding rose from $4,219,526 (2022) to $6,742,348 (2025), +60%.

Source: debt-2022 ⓘ · debt-2025 ⓘ

OSC: Susceptible Fiscal Stress

OSC Fiscal Stress Monitoring System designation for FY 2025 (fiscal score 40).

Source: fsms-school-2025 ⓘ

Compared with Capital Region school districts

IndicatorSharon Springs CSDPeer medianPercentilePeersBasis
Operating spending per pupil$32,234$31,73357th73AFR 2025, operating funds (our calc)
Property tax per pupil$9,161$14,11718th73AFR 2025 real property taxes (our calc)
Debt per pupil$19,319$15,26767th71AFR 2025 debt detail, year-end outstanding
Debt service % of operating spending9.5%6.9%81st73AFR 2025 (our calc)
State aid % of operating revenue60.3%45.9%83rd73AFR 2025 (our calc)
Fund balance ratio (OSC FSMS)4.3%5.5%26th73OSC FSMS FY2025
Operating spending growth over 5 AFR years33.5%21.3%87th73AFR 2021–2025 (our calc)
Levy growth7.6%11.8%27th732021-22–2026-27 NYSED PTRC
Budget per pupil (NYSED PTRC)$34,977$33,72760th73NYSED PTRC 2026-27
FSMS fiscal stress score (higher = more stress)40099th73OSC 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$2.8M$5.6M$8.4M$11.2M2019202020212022202320242025Revenue 2019: $9.1MRevenue 2020: $9.3MRevenue 2021: $9.2MRevenue 2022: $10.5MRevenue 2023: $9.8MRevenue 2024: $10.0MRevenue 2025: $10.7MSpending 2019: $8.3MSpending 2020: $8.9MSpending 2021: $8.4MSpending 2022: $9.3MSpending 2023: $10.0MSpending 2024: $10.5MSpending 2025: $11.2M

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)
$-739k$-381k$-23k$335k$693k2019202020212022202320242025General fund result (incl. transfers) 2019: $647kGeneral fund result (incl. transfers) 2020: $218kGeneral fund result (incl. transfers) 2021: $693kGeneral fund result (incl. transfers) 2022: $392kGeneral fund result (incl. transfers) 2023: $-284kGeneral fund result (incl. transfers) 2024: $-645kGeneral fund result (incl. transfers) 2025: $-739k

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$1.8M$3.7M$5.5M$7.3M2019202020212022202320242025Debt outstanding 2019: $5.9MDebt outstanding 2020: $5.4MDebt outstanding 2021: $4.6MDebt outstanding 2022: $4.2MDebt outstanding 2023: $3.8MDebt outstanding 2024: $7.3MDebt outstanding 2025: $6.7MDebt service 2019: $763kDebt service 2020: $837kDebt service 2021: $867kDebt service 2022: $633kDebt service 2023: $640kDebt service 2024: $691kDebt service 2025: $1.1M

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$645k$1.3M$1.9M$2.6M2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Proposed levy 2021-22: $2.4MProposed levy 2022-23: $2.4MProposed levy 2023-24: $2.4MProposed levy 2024-25: $2.4MProposed levy 2025-26: $2.5MProposed levy 2026-27: $2.6MLevy limit 2021-22: $2.4MLevy limit 2022-23: $2.4MLevy limit 2023-24: $2.5MLevy limit 2024-25: $2.4MLevy limit 2025-26: $2.5MLevy limit 2026-27: $2.6M
Proposed budget per pupil (PTRC budget ÷ enrollment) Budget per pupil
$0k$9k$17k$26k$35k2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Budget per pupil 2021-22: $34kBudget per pupil 2022-23: $35kBudget per pupil 2023-24: $35kBudget per pupil 2024-25: $32kBudget per pupil 2025-26: $34kBudget per pupil 2026-27: $35k
OSC FSMS fund balance ratio
FY202311.3%FY20243.6%FY20254.3%

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

OSC FSMS fiscal stress score (higher = more stress)
FY20190 No DesignationFY20200 No DesignationFY20220 No DesignationFY20236.7 No DesignationFY202426.7 Susceptible Fiscal StressFY202540 Susceptible Fiscal Stress

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)$9,085,862$8,324,099$8,519,440$7,872,177$3,025,050$0$5,329,712$763,241$5,853,393afr-2019 ⓘ · debt-2019 ⓘ
OSC snapshot 2026-09-30
2020 (FYE 2020-06-30)$9,271,608$8,869,921$8,713,737$8,495,780$3,080,042$0$5,438,266$836,736$5,390,737afr-2020 ⓘ · debt-2020 ⓘ
OSC snapshot 2026-09-30
2021 (FYE 2021-06-30)$9,224,428$8,424,428$8,724,394$8,031,730$3,085,595$0$5,359,174$866,611$4,641,443afr-2021 ⓘ · debt-2021 ⓘ
OSC snapshot 2026-09-30
2022 (FYE 2022-06-30)$10,485,871$9,254,185$8,614,903$8,223,136$3,089,531$0$5,339,793$632,657$4,219,526afr-2022 ⓘ · debt-2022 ⓘ
OSC snapshot 2026-09-30
2023 (FYE 2023-06-30)$9,837,680$10,045,237$8,968,468$9,252,864$3,098,304$0$5,691,317$639,503$3,848,633afr-2023 ⓘ · debt-2023 ⓘ
OSC snapshot 2026-09-30
2024 (FYE 2024-06-30)$10,028,958$10,543,610$9,109,036$9,753,842$3,104,456$0$5,964,890$691,388$7,324,878afr-2024 ⓘ · debt-2024 ⓘ
OSC snapshot 2026-09-30
2025 (FYE 2025-06-30)$10,650,979$11,249,605$9,909,026$10,648,313$3,197,186$0$6,422,482$1,067,256$6,742,348afr-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$2,323,263$2,355,971$2,355,971$01.4%No
2020$2,355,971$2,403,090$2,474,710$71,6202%No
2021$2,403,090$2,446,345$2,482,565$36,2201.8%No
2022$2,403,090$2,399,766$2,399,766$0-0.1%No
2023$2,399,766$2,399,766$2,491,715$91,9490%No
2024$2,399,766$2,399,766$2,502,780$103,0140%No
2025$2,399,766$2,447,761$2,487,364$39,6032%No
2026$2,447,761$2,521,193$2,666,435$145,2423%No
2027$2,521,193$2,581,462$2,581,462$02.4%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 Designation8.3fsms-school-2019 ⓘ
2020No Designation0No Designation18.3fsms-school-2020 ⓘ
2022No Designation0No Designation8.3fsms-school-2022 ⓘ
2023No Designation6.7No Designation0fsms-school-2023 ⓘ
2024Susceptible Fiscal Stress26.7No Designation23.3fsms-school-2024 ⓘ
2025Susceptible Fiscal Stress40No Designation18.3fsms-school-2025 ⓘ

FSMS fund balance (Indicator 1): FY2023 11.3% ($1,032,711 of $9,252,864) fsms-ind1-school-2023 ⓘ · FY2024 3.7% ($352,500 of $9,753,842) fsms-ind1-school-2024 ⓘ · FY2025 4.3% ($454,028 of $10,648,313) 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$9,880,976-1.6%$2,399,766-0.1%$2,399,766$76,714290$34,0728.7%ptrc-2021-22 ⓘ
2022-23$10,208,8093.3%$2,399,7660%$2,394,196$93,417292$34,9628.2%ptrc-2022-23 ⓘ
2023-24$10,765,7515.5%$2,399,7660%$2,502,780$224,429308$34,9549%ptrc-2023-24 ⓘ
2024-25$11,285,6244.4%$2,447,7612%$2,394,196$45,422349$32,3377.4%ptrc-2024-25 ⓘ
2025-26$11,481,1111.7%$2,521,1933%$2,531,266$145,242340$33,7684%ptrc-2025-26 ⓘ
2026-27$11,577,2910.6%$2,581,4622.4%$2,581,462$133,969331$34,9774.2%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
2022-2385.0%2023-2489.2%2024-2595.0%2025-2689.7%2026-2787.2%

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

School yearRoundYesNo% yesResultSource
2022-23Vote1252285%Passedvote-2022-23 ⓘ
2023-24Vote991289.2%Passedvote-2023-24 ⓘ
2024-25Vote95595%Passedvote-2024-25 ⓘ
2025-26Vote1051289.7%Passedvote-2025-26 ⓘ
2026-27Vote951487.2%Passedvote-2026-27 ⓘ

OSC audits (2)

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

Profile data as JSON: /api/entity/schoharie-county/sharon-springs-csd.json