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NYC Department of Education Edition
The New York City Executive Budget proposes to increase Department of Education (DOE) City-funded spending 10.2 percent, or $2.1 billion, in fiscal year 2025.
Total DOE expenditures would decrease $269 million in fiscal year 2025, just 0.7 percent, primarily due to a $2.4 billion decrease in federal COVID aid.
Total DOE expenditures are projected to reach $39.8 billion in fiscal year 2024, an increase of $5.2 billion, or 15.2 percent, since fiscal year 2020.
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City-funded spending increased from $19.7 billion to $20.6 billion between fiscal years 2020 and 2024 (4.5 percent), while State aid increased from $12.3 billion to $14.2 billion (15.6 percent); and
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Federal aid to DOE increased from $2.1 billion in fiscal year 2020 to $2.8 billion, $5.5 billion, $4.2 billion, and $4.6 billion in fiscal years 2021 to 2024, respectively.
Total NYC DOE Expenditures for FY 2020 to FY 2025
![Total NYC DOE Expenditures for FY 2020 to FY 2025](/sites/default/files/media/image-caption/DYK_education_figure-02.png)
Includes centrally allocated costs for pensions, debt service, and fringe benefits.
City of New York, Mayor's Office of Management and Budget, Fiscal Year 2025 Executive Budget: Message of the Mayor (April 24, 2024), and fiscal year 2020 to 2023 editions.
Per-student spending at K-12 DOE schools is expected to reach $39,304 in fiscal year 2025, which would be a 26.3 percent increase since fiscal year 2020.1
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Between fiscal years 2020 and 2025, spending climbed steadily as enrollment fell, resulting in an increase of $8,185 per student, to $39,304;
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After declining precipitously during COVID—with 104,374 fewer students between fiscal years 2020 and 2023—the City now projects an increase of 10,355 K-12 students between fiscal years 2023 and 2025; and
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K-12 DOE enrollment would remain 10.4 percent below pre-COVID levels (94,019 fewer students).
Per-Student Spending and Enrollment in NYC K-12 DOE Schools
![Per-Student Spending and Enrollment in NYC K-12 DOE Schools](/sites/default/files/media/image-caption/DYK_education_figure-04.png)
K-12 DOE school per-student spending includes spending on ancillary school services, school support costs, central administrative costs, and centrally allocated costs for pensions, debt service, and additional fringe benefits. K-12 DOE school spending does not include contract schools, charter schools, early childhood, 3-K, and Pre-K. Enrollment is based on projections in the Fiscal Year 2025 Executive Budget.
City of New York, Mayor's Office of Management and Budget, Fiscal Year 2025 Executive Budget: Message of the Mayor (April 24, 2024), fiscal year 2020 to 2023 editions, and Fiscal Year 2025 Executive Budget: Supporting Schedule (April 24, 2024); and the New York City Comptroller, Checkbook Data Feed: Budget, for fiscal years 2020 to 2023.
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- This excludes funding for contract schools, charter schools and early childhood education.