School district · Ventura County, CA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Ventura Unified School District took in $312 million and spent $317 million.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money56%School district taxes33%Fines and other5.2%County and local tax money4.2%Fees for services (school tuition and transportation, school lunches)1.2%

What stands out

4.2%

of Ventura 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 taxes33%

Property tax
33%$102 million
Other taxes
0.7%$2.2 million
What's in other taxesOther taxes not classified elsewhere
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$2.2 million

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services1.2%

Fees for services
1.2%$3.8 million
What's in fees for servicesOther school charges; school tuition and transportation and 1 more
  • Other school charges$3.2 million
  • School tuition and transportation$575 thousand
  • School lunches$76 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%$90 thousand

State tax money56%

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

From the state
56%$174 million

County and local tax money4.2%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
4.2%$13.2 million

Fines and other5.2%

Interest, rents and other
5.2%$16.1 million

Where it goes

Schools and colleges97%Sent to other local governments1.7%Interest on debt1.5%

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
97%$307 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$307 million
Sent to other local governments
1.7%$5.3 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to school districts
  • Sent to school districts$5.3 million
Interest on debt
1.5%$4.8 million
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Ventura 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 Ventura 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.