Regular local school district · Cortland County
Marathon Central School District, NY: schools, enrollment and spending
Marathon Central School District runs 2 public schools with 708 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 10.4 students per teacher is 1.0 lower than the New York figure of 11.4.Listed in NCES data as "MARATHON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT".
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 708
- Teachers (FTE)
- 68
- Students per teacher
- 10.4
- NY: 11.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1 Park St, Marathon, NY 13803
- Phone
- (607)849-3117
- County
- Cortland County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3618450
- State district ID
- NY-110901040000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 148
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 354 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.4
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 (666), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $19.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.1 million
- State revenue
- $13.3 million
- Local revenue
- $5.4 million
- Total spending
- $22.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $34,149
- Salaries
- $9.5 million41.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $14.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.7%
- State: 67.2%
- Local: 27.1%
New York overall
- Federal: 4.5%
- State: 37.7%
- Local: 57.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$34,149
New York$30,973
United States$16,826
Schools in Marathon Central School District
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Marathon High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 295 | 8.9 |
| William Appleby Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 378 | 10.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Cortland County
- Cortland City School District 1,937 students
- Homer Central School District 1,873 students
- McGraw Central School District 514 students
- Cincinnatus Central School District 491 students
- Truxton Academy Charter School 84 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.