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Chico Unified School District's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Chico Unified School District took in $248 million and spent $253 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2024Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

State tax money57%School district taxes23%County and local tax money11%Fines and other8.6%Fees for services (school tuition and transportation)0.1%

What stands out

11%

of Chico Unified School District's money comes from county and other local tax money.A typical school district with 5,000 to 25,000 students gets 1%.

School district taxes23%

Property tax
23%$57.8 million

Fees for services0.1%

Fees for services
0.1%$265 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther school charges and school tuition and transportation
  • Other school charges$151 thousand
  • School tuition and transportation$114 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money<0.1%

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

From the federal government
<0.1%$85 thousand

State tax money57%

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

From the state
57%$141 million

County and local tax money11%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
11%$27.6 million

Fines and other8.6%

Interest, rents and other
8.6%$21.3 million

Where it goes

Schools and colleges97%Interest on debt2.7%Sent to other local governments0.4%

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
97%$245 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$245 million
Interest on debt
2.7%$6.9 million
Sent to other local governments
0.4%$1.1 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to school districts and sent to the state government
  • Sent to school districts$1.1 million
  • Sent to the state government$8 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Chico Unified School District. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

What this covers. The money of Chico Unified 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.