Data Visualization of Great Neck Public School Budget Allocation 2016-2017

Ding Li 2016.04

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BACKGROUD & PROCESS :$5M In Deficit. Programs Cut. Want To Read School Budget For The First Time

School Budget in Scanned PDF File

Data in Excel

Visualization in Tableau

113 Pages, Hard to Figure Out http://www.greatneck.k12.ny.us/gnps/pages/budget/PrelimWorkBudget2016-17.pdf

Converted PDF to Excelhttp://www.investintech.com/

Interactive Visualizationhttps://public.tableau.com/profile/ding.li#!/vizhome/great_neck_school_budget_2016/BudgetOverview

Contract

InstructionalSalaries

$22,562,65410.31%

SocialSecurity

$9,307,892

Teachers'Retirement$12,179,673

Hospital, Medical &Dental Insurance

$23,825,91110.88%

InstructionalSalaries K-6$22,980,461

10.50%

Instructional Salaries 7-12$38,685,995

17.67%

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BASIC NUMBERS :The Education Fund For Each Student in Great Neck Is High

Students

6,399

Teachers

585

Budget

$218.9M

Budget /Student

$34K

*Students and teachers are from 2015-2016 data at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Neck_School_District

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UNEXPECTED HIGH ACCOUNT ALLOCATION

Programs for Handicapped Children $29.8M, 13.6% of Budget

How many students in the program?

Employee Benefits $54.1M, 24.7% of Budget

Contract Transportation $10.7M, 4.9% of Budget

A1621A1620 Operation of Plant$15,367,5047.02%

A9000 EmployeeBenefits$54,138,35424.73%

A5540 ContractTransportation$10,715,5544.89%

A2250 Programs forHandicapped Children$29,846,03713.63%

A2110 Teaching Regular School$67,002,67030.60%

A2020

Contract

InstructionalSalaries

$22,562,65410.31%

SocialSecurity

$9,307,892

Teachers'Retirement$12,179,673

Hospital, Medical &Dental Insurance

$23,825,91110.88%

InstructionalSalaries K-6$22,980,461

10.50%

Instructional Salaries 7-12$38,685,995

17.67%

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UNEXPECTED HIGH ACCOUNT LINE ALLOCATION

Instructional Salaries Programs for Handicapped Children

$22.6M, 10.3% of Budget

Healthcare Insurance $23.8M, 10.9% of Budget

Social Security $9.3M, 4.3% of Budget

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HIGH BUDGET ACCOUNT INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR

Programs for Handicapped Children $2.85M

Employee Benefits $598K

Other Debt $420k

New this year

A2250 Programs for Handicapped Children

A9000 Employee Benefits

A9789 Other Debt

A5540 Contract Transportation

A2110 Teaching Regular School

A2620 Educational Television

A1420 Legal Services

A9950 Interfund Transfers - Technology

A1310 Business Administration

A2020 Supervision - Regular School

A1621 Maintenance of Plant

A5510 Pupil Transportation

A1680 Data Processing Center

A1620 Operation of Plant

$2,835,286

$598,196

$420,000

$178,875

$156,352

$102,380

$62,463

($175,000)

($180,892)

($195,966)

($211,077)

($227,512)

($264,513)

($503,067)

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HIGH BUDGET ACCOUNT LINE INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR

Healthcare Insurance $1.81M

Instructional SalariesPrograms for Handicapped Children

$1.35M

Contractual and OtherPrograms for Handicapped Children

$825K

Hospital, Medical & Dental Insurance _A9000 Employee Benefits

Instructional Salaries _ A2250Programs for Handicapped Children

Contractual and Other _ A2250Programs for Handicapped Children

Instructional Salaries 7-12 _ A2110Teaching Regular School

BOCES Services _ A2250 Programs forHandicapped Children

Materials and Supplies _ A1680 DataProcessing Center

State Retirement _ A9000 EmployeeBenefits

Non-instructional Salaries _ A1620Operation of Plant

Instructional Salaries _ A1310 BusinessAdministration

Teachers' Retirement _ A9000Employee Benefits ($1,032,379)

$1,806,378

$1,354,676

($258,750)

($341,119)

($360,043)

($431,157)

$621,509

$422,177

$825,000

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MAIN CONCERNS

Question:

• Can we handle such increasing costs in the future?

• Do we need to cut more instramural programs in the future?

Programs for Handicapped Children

Budget: $29.8M

Increases: $2.85M

Healthcare Insurance

Budget: $23.8M

Increases: $1.35M