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Rocky Ford School District R-2's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Rocky Ford School District R-2 took in $38.0 million and spent $41.4 million.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money93%School district taxes4.1%Fines and other1.2%Fees for services (school lunches)0.7%County and local tax money0.6%

What stands out

4%

of Rocky Ford School District R-2's money comes from property tax.A typical school district with fewer than 5,000 students gets 28%.

School district taxes4.1%

Property tax
4.0%$1.5 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 services0.7%

Fees for services
0.7%$272 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther school charges and school lunches
  • Other school charges$244 thousand
  • School lunches$28 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money93%

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

From the state
93%$35.5 million

County and local tax money0.6%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.6%$229 thousand

Fines and other1.2%

Interest, rents and other
1.2%$468 thousand

Where it goes

Schools and colleges99%Interest on debt0.3%Sent to other local governments0.3%

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
99%$41.2 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$41.2 million
Interest on debt
0.3%$139 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.3%$125 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government
  • Sent to the state government$125 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Rocky Ford School District R-2. 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 Rocky Ford School District R-2 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.