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Lake Placid Central School District, NY: schools, enrollment and spending
Lake Placid Central School District runs 2 public schools with 558 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 8.1 students per teacher is 3.3 lower than the New York figure of 11.4.Listed in NCES data as "LAKE PLACID CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT".
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 558
- Teachers (FTE)
- 69
- Students per teacher
- 8.1
- NY: 11.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 50 Cummings Rd, Lake Placid, NY 12946
- Phone
- (518)523-2475
- County
- Essex County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3616500
- State district ID
- NY-151102040000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 151
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 186 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district8.1
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 (598), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $20.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $906,000
- State revenue
- $3.2 million
- Local revenue
- $16.6 million
- Total spending
- $27.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $46,595
- Salaries
- $9.4 million33.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $220,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 4.4%
- State: 15.4%
- Local: 80.2%
New York overall
- Federal: 4.5%
- State: 37.7%
- Local: 57.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$46,595
New York$30,973
United States$16,826
Schools in Lake Placid Central School District
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Lake Placid Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 228 | 8.8 |
| Lake Placid Junior-Senior High SchoolCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 304 | 7.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Essex County
- Ticonderoga Central School District 733 students
- Moriah Central School District 685 students
- Boquet Valley CSD 396 students
- Crown Point Central School District 320 students
- Willsboro Central School District 253 students
- Schroon Lake Central School District 231 students
- Keene Central School District 173 students
- Minerva Central School District 104 students
- Newcomb Central School District 49 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.