Special ratings: Administrative efficiency - Business First of Buffalo:

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Among them is administrative Aim: Identify districts that have tight budgets andlean staffs. Formula: Each districgt is assessed inthree (1) spending per pupil, (2) ratioi of pupils per administrative and (3) share of budget devoted to debt service. The best scoresw go to districts with low high pupil-staffer ratios, and smalll amounts of debt service. Administrative efficiency is not the same asthe cost-effectivenesw rankings that will be released later this This category reflects fiscal prudence, regardless of Cost-effectiveness links academic performance and spending.
Rankings: Districtx are ranked on a five-star scale from most efficientt (which receive five to least efficient (one star). Each district’s administrativw efficiency rating is included in its profile in the printed versiobn ofBusiness First’s 2009-2010 Guidde to Western New York Schools. Frontier has the leanest administration in Western New York, with one staffed for every 358.7 students. (The regionalo average is one per 163.) And debt service takes only 3.2 percenr of Frontier’s budget. • 1. Frontier • 2. Lancastere • 3. Letchworth • 4. Nortuh Tonawanda • 5. West Seneca 6. Williamsville • 7. Portville • 8.
Cheektowaga-Maryvald • 9. Clarence • 10. Iroquois 11. Orchard Park 12. East Aurora