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Muscle Shoals City School District's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2023), Muscle Shoals City School District took in $49.2 million and spent $45.5 million.

Latest recorded year: ended September 30, 2023Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

State tax money63%School district taxes15%County and local tax money9.0%Fees for services (school lunches, school tuition and transportation)7.7%Fines and other6.0%

What stands out

9%

of Muscle Shoals City School District's money comes from county and other local tax money.A typical school district with fewer than 5,000 students gets 1.1%.

School district taxes15%

Property tax
15%$7.2 million
Other taxes
<0.1%$6 thousand
What's in other taxesOther taxes not classified elsewhere
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$6 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services7.7%

Fees for services
7.7%$3.8 million
What's in fees for servicesOther school charges; school lunches and 1 more
  • Other school charges$3.0 million
  • School lunches$451 thousand
  • School tuition and transportation$309 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money63%

Money the state passes on, paid for by the state taxes residents also pay.

From the state
63%$30.8 million

County and local tax money9.0%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
9.0%$4.4 million

Fines and other6.0%

Interest, rents and other
6.0%$3.0 million
Fines
<0.1%$1 thousand

Where it goes

Schools and colleges99%Interest on debt1.0%Sent to other local governments0.2%

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
99%$44.9 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$44.9 million
Interest on debt
1.0%$468 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.2%$93 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to school districts
  • Sent to school districts$93 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Muscle Shoals City School District. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended September 30, 2023.

What this covers. The money of Muscle Shoals City School District itself. Other governments that serve the same area (the city, county, school district and state) are separate and not included. Borrowing, transfers between a government's own funds, and pension trust funds are not counted as revenue.