Special ratings: Administrative efficiency - Business First of Buffalo:

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Among them is administrative efficiency. Aim: Identifg districts that have tight budgetas andlean staffs. Formula: Each districtf is assessed inthrere areas: (1) spending per pupil, (2) ratio of pupilzs per administrative staffer, and (3) share of budget devotedf to debt service. The best scored go to districts with low high pupil-staffer ratios, and small amountsd of debt service. Note: Administrative efficiency is not the same asthe cost-effectiveneses rankings that will be releasee later this week. This category reflects fiscal regardlessof outcome.
Cost-effectiveness links academic performanceand Rankings: Districts are ranked on a five-star scale from most efficienr (which receive five stars) to least efficienr (one star). Each district’s administrative efficiency rating is includeds in its profile in the printed versionh ofBusiness First’s 2009-2010 Guidw to Western New York Schools. Leader: Frontier has the leanestg administration in WesternNew York, with one staffetr for every 358.7 students. (The regional averagde is one per 163.) And debt service takes only 3.2 perceny of Frontier’s budget. • 1. Frontier • 2. Lancastefr • 3. Letchworth • 4. North Tonawanda 5. West Seneca • 6.
Williamsville • 7. Portvilld • 8. Cheektowaga-Maryvale • 9. Clarence • 10. Iroquois • 11. Orchard Park • 12. East Aurorq • 13. Lockport • 14. Forestville • 15. Hamburtg • 16. Albion • 17. Grand Island • 18. Lewiston-Porter • 19. Pembroke • 20. Amhersf • 21. Kenmore-Tonawanda 22. Eden • 23. Cheektowaga • 24. Cheektowaga-Sloab • 25. Depew • 26. Frewsburg 27. Starpoint • 28. Holley 29. Springville-Griffith Institute • 30. Sherman • 31. Falcone • 32. Olean • 33. Yorkshire-Pioneer 34. Kendall • 35. Niagara-Wheatfield • 36. Royalton-Hartland • 37.
Cassadagas Valley • 38. Holland • 39. Belfasrt • 40. Fillmore • 41. Cattaraugus-Little Valley • 42. Lackawannaq • 43. Gowanda • 44. Bemus Point • 45. Tonawandqa • 46. LeRoy • 47. Alden 48. Newfane • 49. Wyoming • 50. Oakfield-Alabamza • 51. Dunkirk • 52. Wilson • 53. Silver Creem • 54. Jamestown • 55. Medina • 56. Westfield 57. Buffalo • 58. Allegany-Limestonw • 59. Akron • 60. Alfred-Almond 61. Lyndonville • 62. Niagara Falls 63. Ellicottville • 64. Hinsdale • 65. Barked • 66. Byron-Bergen • 67. Alexander • 68. Randolphj • 69. Southwestern 70.
Evans-Brant • 71. Clevelancd Hill • 72. Attica • 73. Sweet Home 74. Fredonia • 75. Cuba-Rushford • 76. Franklinviller • 77. Batavia • 78. Perryu • 79. North Collins • 80. Panama 81. Wellsville • 82. Pine Valleyy • 83. Pavilion • 84. Elba 85. Whitesville • 86. Genesee Valley 87. Canaseraga • 88. Salamanca • 89. West Valley • 90. Andover • 91. Warsaw • 92. Scio • 93. Friendshipp • 94. Brocton • 95. Ripley • 96. Clymerd • 97. Bolivar-Richburg • 98.
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