Regular local school district · Tompkins County
Dryden Central School District, NY: schools, enrollment and spending
Dryden Central School District runs 5 public schools with 1,352 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 9.3 students per teacher is 2.1 lower than the New York figure of 11.4.Listed in NCES data as "DRYDEN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT".
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 1,352
- Teachers (FTE)
- 145
- Students per teacher
- 9.3
- NY: 11.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 118 Freeville Rd, Dryden, NY 13053
- Phone
- (607)844-5361
- County
- Tompkins County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3609330
- State district ID
- NY-610301060000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 292
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 451 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 8.0
Students per teacher compared
This district9.3
New York11.4
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (1,422), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $43.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.1 million
- State revenue
- $22.3 million
- Local revenue
- $18.9 million
- Total spending
- $50.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $35,389
- Salaries
- $21.5 million42.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $29.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 4.8%
- State: 51.5%
- Local: 43.7%
New York overall
- Federal: 4.5%
- State: 37.7%
- Local: 57.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$35,389
New York$30,973
United States$16,826
Schools in Dryden Central School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Cassavant Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 3 | 85 | 14.2 |
| Dryden Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 500 | 8.5 |
| Dryden High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 356 | 9.9 |
| Dryden Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 283 | 7.9 |
| Freeville Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 3 | 80 | 13.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Tompkins County
- Ithaca City School District 5,133 students
- Lansing Central School District 1,145 students
- Trumansburg Central School District 989 students
- Groton Central School District 801 students
- Newfield Central School District 672 students
- George Junior Republic Union Free School District 107 students
- New Roots Charter School 98 students
- Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga BOCES 0 students
More in New York
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.