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Sullivan West Csd

School district · Sullivan County · Mid-Hudson · OSC municipal code 480722600100 · NYSED BEDS 591502 · OSC name “Sullivan West Central School District”

Enrollment 1,021 (NYSED PTRC) · Meeting coverage: documents

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Rapid debt growth our calculation

Debt outstanding rose from $6,284,967 (2022) to $15,975,482 (2025), +154%.

Source: debt-2022 ⓘ · debt-2025 ⓘ

Compared with Mid-Hudson school districts

IndicatorSullivan West CsdPeer medianPercentilePeersBasis
Operating spending per pupil$40,551$38,44856th65AFR 2025, operating funds (our calc)
Property tax per pupil$20,028$21,30042nd65AFR 2025 real property taxes (our calc)
Debt per pupil$15,647$13,23064th63AFR 2025 debt detail, year-end outstanding
Debt service % of operating spending5.1%4.5%61st65AFR 2025 (our calc)
State aid % of operating revenue43.6%35.2%76th65AFR 2025 (our calc)
Fund balance ratio (OSC FSMS)4.4%4.4%45th65OSC FSMS FY2025
Operating spending growth over 5 AFR years2.2%22.3%5th65AFR 2021–2025 (our calc)
Levy growth14.8%13.1%62nd652021-22–2026-27 NYSED PTRC
Budget per pupil (NYSED PTRC)$44,398$41,52161st65NYSED PTRC 2026-27
FSMS fiscal stress score (higher = more stress)0031st65OSC 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$10.6M$21.3M$31.9M$42.6M2019202020212022202320242025Revenue 2019: $36.4MRevenue 2020: $37.5MRevenue 2021: $38.3MRevenue 2022: $40.1MRevenue 2023: $41.9MRevenue 2024: $42.6MRevenue 2025: $42.6MSpending 2019: $36.7MSpending 2020: $36.7MSpending 2021: $40.5MSpending 2022: $39.1MSpending 2023: $39.9MSpending 2024: $41.1MSpending 2025: $41.4M

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)
$-564k$549k$1.7M$2.8M$3.9M2019202020212022202320242025General fund result (incl. transfers) 2019: $-564kGeneral fund result (incl. transfers) 2020: $627kGeneral fund result (incl. transfers) 2021: $2.0MGeneral fund result (incl. transfers) 2022: $549kGeneral fund result (incl. transfers) 2023: $915kGeneral fund result (incl. transfers) 2024: $961kGeneral fund result (incl. transfers) 2025: $3.9M

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$4.0M$8.0M$12.0M$16.0M2019202020212022202320242025Debt outstanding 2019: $14.7MDebt outstanding 2020: $12.0MDebt outstanding 2021: $9.2MDebt outstanding 2022: $6.3MDebt outstanding 2023: $3.2MDebt outstanding 2024: $15kDebt outstanding 2025: $16.0MDebt service 2019: $3.4MDebt service 2020: $3.4MDebt service 2021: $8.6MDebt service 2022: $3.3MDebt service 2023: $3.3MDebt service 2024: $3.3MDebt service 2025: $2.1M

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$5.4M$10.8M$16.1M$21.5M2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Proposed levy 2021-22: $18.6MProposed levy 2022-23: $19.1MProposed levy 2023-24: $19.6MProposed levy 2024-25: $20.2MProposed levy 2025-26: $20.8MProposed levy 2026-27: $21.4MLevy limit 2021-22: $18.0MLevy limit 2022-23: $18.5MLevy limit 2023-24: $19.1MLevy limit 2024-25: $20.1MLevy limit 2025-26: $20.8MLevy limit 2026-27: $21.5M
Proposed budget per pupil (PTRC budget ÷ enrollment) Budget per pupil
$0k$11k$22k$33k$44k2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Budget per pupil 2021-22: $38kBudget per pupil 2022-23: $40kBudget per pupil 2023-24: $41kBudget per pupil 2024-25: $41kBudget per pupil 2025-26: $42kBudget per pupil 2026-27: $44k
OSC FSMS fund balance ratio
FY20234.6%FY20244.4%FY20254.4%

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)$36,363,179$36,745,291$35,190,410$35,754,035$18,242,197$0$15,925,123$3,403,350$14,660,000afr-2019 ⓘ · debt-2019 ⓘ
OSC snapshot 2026-09-30
2020 (FYE 2020-06-30)$37,506,547$36,734,421$36,356,355$35,729,636$18,650,225$0$16,226,001$3,406,300$11,975,000afr-2020 ⓘ · debt-2020 ⓘ
OSC snapshot 2026-09-30
2021 (FYE 2021-06-30)$38,266,567$40,493,392$37,219,139$35,199,563$19,050,891$0$16,647,416$8,608,842$9,240,000afr-2021 ⓘ · debt-2021 ⓘ
OSC snapshot 2026-09-30
2022 (FYE 2022-06-30)$40,089,695$39,136,653$36,805,620$36,256,795$19,343,009$0$16,645,144$3,305,027$6,284,967afr-2022 ⓘ · debt-2022 ⓘ
OSC snapshot 2026-09-30
2023 (FYE 2023-06-30)$41,924,822$39,874,358$38,520,145$37,604,710$19,681,379$0$17,652,567$3,305,086$3,209,558afr-2023 ⓘ · debt-2023 ⓘ
OSC snapshot 2026-09-30
2024 (FYE 2024-06-30)$42,566,502$41,055,337$39,716,458$38,755,814$20,147,279$0$18,162,106$3,285,587$15,026afr-2024 ⓘ · debt-2024 ⓘ
OSC snapshot 2026-09-30
2025 (FYE 2025-06-30)$42,575,902$41,402,849$43,262,865$39,376,750$20,448,974$0$18,550,702$2,093,096$15,975,482afr-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$17,244,762$17,587,933$17,678,628$90,6952%No
2020$17,587,933$18,027,058$18,107,687$80,6292.5%No
2021$18,027,058$18,383,234$18,509,236$126,0022%No
2022$18,383,234$18,649,791$18,971,694$321,9031.5%No
2023$18,649,791$19,116,036$19,243,462$127,4262.5%No
2024$19,116,036$19,593,937$19,604,536$10,5992.5%No
2025$19,593,937$20,179,796$20,192,456$12,6603%No
2026$20,179,796$20,783,172$20,836,574$53,4023%No
2027$20,783,172$21,404,589$21,513,751$109,1623%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 Designation0fsms-school-2019 ⓘ
2020No Designation0No Designation10fsms-school-2020 ⓘ
2022No Designation0No Designation10fsms-school-2022 ⓘ
2023No Designation0No Designation5fsms-school-2023 ⓘ
2024No Designation0No Designation15fsms-school-2024 ⓘ
2025No Designation0No Designation5fsms-school-2025 ⓘ

FSMS fund balance (Indicator 1): FY2023 4.6% ($1,671,856 of $37,604,710) fsms-ind1-school-2023 ⓘ · FY2024 4.4% ($1,680,494 of $38,755,814) fsms-ind1-school-2024 ⓘ · FY2025 4.4% ($1,730,648 of $39,376,750) 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$39,407,116-1.1%$18,649,7911.5%$17,977,383$01,029$38,2974%ptrc-2021-22 ⓘ
2022-23$40,893,0293.8%$19,116,0362.5%$18,497,263$01,028$39,7794%ptrc-2022-23 ⓘ
2023-24$41,796,3952.2%$19,593,9372.5%$19,101,292$10,5991,013$41,2604%ptrc-2023-24 ⓘ
2024-25$42,006,0250.5%$20,179,7963%$20,070,421$12,6601,021$41,1424%ptrc-2024-25 ⓘ
2025-26$43,266,2063%$20,783,1723%$20,836,574$53,4021,022$42,3354%ptrc-2025-26 ⓘ
2026-27$44,131,5532%$21,404,5893%$21,513,751$109,162994$44,3984%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
2022-2379.7%2023-2476.8%2024-2579.4%2025-2677.2%2026-2779.5%

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

School yearRoundYesNo% yesResultSource
2022-23Vote62415979.7%Passedvote-2022-23 ⓘ
2023-24Vote3179676.8%Passedvote-2023-24 ⓘ
2024-25Vote3128179.4%Passedvote-2024-25 ⓘ
2025-26Vote34210177.2%Passedvote-2025-26 ⓘ
2026-27Vote3228379.5%Passedvote-2026-27 ⓘ

OSC audits (3)

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

Profile data as JSON: /api/entity/sullivan-county/sullivan-west-csd.json