Somers Central School District is a school district headquartered in Somers, New York.
The district includes most of Somers town, and it has the census-designated places of Heritage Hills, Lincolndale, and Shenorock.[1]
Two teenagers in 2016 were charged with vandalizing 40 district school buses that amounted to $29,000[2] . The school district was forced to close schools for a day due to all the slashed tires, shattered windows, and used fire extinguishers.
In 2022, there was controversy in the school district over how racism should be addressed as part of classroom instruction.[3] The superintendent ordered a teacher to halt a segment about racism after some parents sent communications arguing against the lesson.[4]
On June 14th, 2024, the district superintendent, Dr. Raymond Blanch, announced that he was leaving the Somers Central School District for district superintendent of Katonah-Lewisboro[5] by July 15th. This leaves the school district with a vacant superintendent role.
Currently, the Somers Central School District operates on a large budget totaling $106,228,824 for the 2023-2024 school year.[6] [7]
| 24-25 | 110,810,731[10] | 4.31 | 1,902 | 774 | Pass (71.1) | N/A | |
| 23-24 | 106,228,824 | 5.20 | 2,126 | 1,322 | Pass (61.7) | Not Released Yet | |
| 22-23 | 100,982,930 | 3.59 | 1,049 | 495 | Pass (67.9) | 2,600** | |
| 21-22 | 97,483,143 | 2.98 | 1,266 | 357 | Pass (78.0) | 2,709 | |
| 20-21 | 94,658,222 | 1.05 | 3,126 | 1,080 | Pass (74.3) | 2,781 | |
| 19-20 | 93,677,220 | 2.65 | 870 | 303 | Pass (74.2) | 2,862 | |
| 18-19 | 91,257,500 | 3.31 | 751 | 220 | Pass (77.3) | 2,948 |
**School Budget for 2023-2024 listed the Enrollment in 2022-2023 as 2,649. However, the New York State Department of Education has the number as 2,600.