2025 Census government inventory

Cato-Meridian Central School District

Independent school district in New York. Browse the source-reported information below.

Census ID 117787 · Census county field: Cayuga · Functioning in the 2025 inventory
School system at a glance

Students, schools, and public money.

Election.org connected this entity to its fiscal year 2024 Census finance record by exact government ID and to its 2024–25 NCES district and school directory by exact agency ID.

878students in the finance record
2operating schools connected
$23,310current spending per pupil
Six years of enrollment and school finance

See what changed—not just one year.

Exact federal identifiers connect 6 annual Census records for this system. Source dollars stay visible, while spending changes are also converted to constant 2024 dollars.

Census annual tables ↗
Enrollment8786.6% lower than 2019
Current spending / pupil$23,31010.7% lower than 2019 after inflation · 9.5% higher than 2019 nominal
Total expenditure$23.8M5.6% higher than 2019 · nominal
Debt outstanding$6.0M56.4% lower than 2019 · nominal
Enrollment reported by Census
2019: 940; 2020: 944; 2021: 902; 2022: 880; 2023: 884; 2024: 878953911869201920202021202220232024
Current spending per pupil (2024 dollars)
2019: $26,110; 2020: $24,217; 2021: $22,815; 2022: $23,883; 2023: $22,443; 2024: $23,310$26,624$24,277$21,930201920202021202220232024
Funding mix over time

Federal, state, and local shares

20193.6% F69.9% S26.5% L
20203.5% F67.9% S28.6% L
20214.3% F69.1% S26.6% L
20228.5% F66.4% S25.1% L
20238.7% F65.4% S25.9% L
20247.4% F66.1% S26.5% L
View the 2019–2024 values as a table
YearEnrollmentSpending / pupilTotal revenueTotal expenditureDebt
2019940$21,280$22,227,000$22,535,000$13,664,000
2020944$19,980$22,941,000$25,778,000$17,840,000
2021902$19,708$23,171,000$20,423,000$16,105,000
2022880$22,282$24,794,000$21,555,000$9,615,000
2023884$21,800$26,470,000$27,046,000$7,765,000
2024878$23,310$26,707,000$23,791,000$5,955,000

Source-reported nominal dollars. Amount fields are converted from source thousands to dollars. No inflation adjustment is applied. An exact identifier links published source rows; it does not erase consolidations, closures, reorganizations, or other real institutional changes between years. Constant-dollar comparisons use BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average; this is not a local cost-of-living index. Joined by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID; names are never used.

Where the money comes from

$26.7M in reported revenue.

Census finance source ↗
Federal7.4%$1.97M
State66.1%$17.7M
Local26.5%$7.07M
Total expenditures$23.8M
Current spending$20.7M
Instruction$12.9M
Support services$7.05M
Capital outlay$2.24M
Debt outstanding$5.96M

Fiscal year 2024. Census source amounts are published in thousands of dollars and converted here to dollars; per-pupil fields are published as dollar amounts. Revenue percentages are reproduced from the source.

District contact

CATO-MERIDIAN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union

GradesPK–12
StatusOpen
Address2851 STATE RTE 370, CATO, NY, 13033
Open district website →
About this school data

Census and NCES records describe this system’s enrollment, finances and schools for the years shown. Board, election and meeting information, when available, has separate sources and dates. An unlisted item means it is not covered here—not that it does not exist. Check the district’s official notices for current meetings and officeholders.

The source record

Listed as functioning in 2025.

The Census ACTIVE field is Y for this record.

Census ID
117787
Record type
Independent school district
Classification
School district
School level
Elementary and Secondary
Status
Functioning
2025 Census snapshot

Reported contact and location fields

Reported mailing addressPO BOX 100 · CATO, NY · 13033-0100
Reported contact roleClk Sch Board

A role label, not a verified person’s name.

Census county fieldCayuga
Reported websiteOpen listed website ↗

These are inventory fields, not newly verified office contacts. A county field or mailing address does not establish the exact service boundary.

Published context

Scale and parent relationship

Estimated enrollment8842023

About these sources and their limits
Evidence boundary

What each source proves—and what it does not.

Established by the published records

  • The entity or system appears in the 2025 Census listing.
  • Its Census category, identifier, and functioning/dormant field.
  • Only the location, function, population, enrollment, and contact fields actually published.

Not established by these records

  • Whether each governing or administrative role is elected, appointed, or mixed.
  • The exact geographic service boundary or that a reported website remains current.