About Cortland City School District
Cortland City School District is a public school system serving Cortland County, New York, based in Cortland. It serves 1,937 students across 5 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a town: distant district. By enrollment it is the #275 largest of New York’s 1071 school systems.
Size and structure
Cortland City School District enrolls 1,937 students in 5 schools — an average of about 387 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #275 of 1071 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Cortland City School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (1,937 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Cortland City School District employs about 178 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 10.8:1 — below the New York average of about 12.1:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 423.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How New York funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Cortland City School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
New York reports accountability through its ESSA system, published as the NYSED School Report Card, covering achievement, graduation, chronic absenteeism, English-language proficiency, growth and college-and-career readiness. Look up Cortland City School District on data.nysed.gov.
Accreditation status
New York does not use a private accreditor for public schools: every public district is registered by the Board of Regents under the Commissioner’s Regulations (Part 100), with registration review as the state’s oversight tool. See the New York State Education Department.
Cortland City School District vs. New York
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Look up Cortland City School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):