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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2023), Selma City School District took in $54.9 million and spent $51.1 million.

Latest recorded year: ended September 30, 2023Comes from Goes to

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Where it comes from

State tax money86%School district taxes7.1%County and local tax money3.5%Fines and other2.0%Fees for services (school lunches)0.9%Federal tax money0.1%

What stands out

7.1%

of Selma City School District's money comes from property tax.A typical school district with fewer than 5,000 students gets 28%.

School district taxes7.1%

Property tax

7.1%$3.9 million

Other taxes

<0.1%$5 thousand

What's in other taxesOther taxes not classified elsewhere

Other taxes not classified elsewhere$5 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services0.9%

Fees for services

0.9%$507 thousand

What's in fees for servicesOther school charges and school lunches

Other school charges$345 thousand
School lunches$162 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.1%

Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.

From the federal government

0.1%$59 thousand

State tax money86%

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

From the state

86%$47.4 million

County and local tax money3.5%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments

3.5%$1.9 million

Fines and other2.0%

Interest, rents and other

2.0%$1.1 million

Where it goes

Schools and colleges99%Interest on debt0.7%Sent to other local governments<0.1%

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges

99%$50.7 million

What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools

Elementary and secondary schools$50.7 million

Interest on debt

0.7%$374 thousand

Sent to other local governments

<0.1%$34 thousand

What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to school districts

Sent to school districts$34 thousand

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Selma 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 Selma 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.