Regular local school district · Cattaraugus County
Gowanda Central School District, NY: schools, enrollment and spending
Gowanda Central School District runs 3 public schools with 1,097 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 8.9 students per teacher is 2.5 lower than the New York figure of 11.4.Listed in NCES data as "GOWANDA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT".
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 1,097
- Teachers (FTE)
- 123
- Students per teacher
- 8.9
- NY: 11.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 10674 Prospect St, Gowanda, NY 14070
- Phone
- (716)532-3325
- County
- Cattaraugus County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3612390
- State district ID
- NY-042801060000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 264
- School counselors (FTE)
- 6.0About 183 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 4.0
Students per teacher compared
This district8.9
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 (1,049), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $36.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.1 million
- State revenue
- $26.3 million
- Local revenue
- $5.6 million
- Total spending
- $37.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $35,565
- Salaries
- $16.7 million44.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $2.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.5%
- State: 73.0%
- Local: 15.5%
New York overall
- Federal: 4.5%
- State: 37.7%
- Local: 57.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$35,565
New York$30,973
United States$16,826
Schools in Gowanda Central School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Gowanda Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 421 | 8.4 |
| Gowanda High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 298 | 7.8 |
| Gowanda Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 5 to 8 | 334 | 9.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Cattaraugus County
- Yorkshire-Pioneer Central School District 2,170 students
- Olean City School District 1,883 students
- Salamanca City School District 1,401 students
- Allegany-Limestone Central School District 1,050 students
- Portville Central School District 988 students
- Cattaraugus-Little Valley Central School District 839 students
- Randolph Central School District 832 students
- Franklinville Central School District 654 students
- Ellicottville Central School District 526 students
- Hinsdale Central School District 369 students
- West Valley Central School District 191 students
- Randolph Academy Union Free School District 153 students
- Cattaraugus-Allegany-Erie-Wyoming 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.