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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Pajaro Valley Unified School District took in $415 million and spent $421 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2024Comes from Goes to

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Where it comes from

State tax money70%School district taxes25%Fines and other3.6%County and local tax money1.5%Fees for services (school tuition and transportation, school lunches)0.2%

What stands out

70%

of Pajaro Valley Unified School District's money comes from state tax money.A typical school district with 5,000 to 25,000 students gets 59%.

School district taxes25%

Property tax

25%$103 million

Fees for services0.2%

Fees for services

0.2%$833 thousand

What's in fees for servicesSchool tuition and transportation; other school charges and 1 more

School tuition and transportation$522 thousand
Other school charges$254 thousand
School lunches$57 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%$136 thousand

State tax money70%

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

From the state

70%$290 million

County and local tax money1.5%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments

1.5%$6.2 million

Fines and other3.6%

Interest, rents and other

3.6%$15.0 million

Where it goes

Schools and colleges98%Interest on debt2.2%

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges

98%$411 million

What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools

Elementary and secondary schools$411 million

Interest on debt

2.2%$9.1 million

Sent to other local governments

<0.1%$74 thousand

What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government

Sent to the state government$74 thousand

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Pajaro Valley 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 Pajaro Valley 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.