Special ratings: Administrative efficiency - Business First of Buffalo:

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Among them is administrative Aim: Identify districts that have tighg budgets andlean staffs. Formula: Each districyt is assessed inthree areas: (1) spending per (2) ratio of pupils per administrative staffer, and (3) shar of budget devoted to debt service. The best scorese go to districts withlow spending, high pupil-staffetr ratios, and small amounts of debt service. Administrative efficiency is not the same asthe cost-effectiveness rankingas that will be released later this This category reflects fiscal prudence, regardlesx of outcome. Cost-effectiveness links academicc performanceand spending.
Rankings: Districts are ranked on a five-stat scale from most efficient (which receive five to least efficient (one star). Each district’s administrative efficiencyu rating is included in its profile in the printed versiomn ofBusiness First’s 2009-2010 Guide to Westernh New York Schools. Leader: Frontier has the leanes t administration in WesternNew York, with one staffe for every 358.7 students. (The regional averag e is one per 163.) And debt servic e takes only 3.2 percent of Frontier’s • 1. Frontier • 2. Lancaster 3. Letchworth • 4. North Tonawanda • 5. West Senecw • 6. Williamsville • 7. Portville • 8.
Cheektowaga-Maryvalw • 9. Clarence • 10. Iroquois 11. Orchard Park • 12. East Aurora