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Buford Independent School District's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Buford Independent School District took in $120 million and spent $124 million.

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

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Where it comes from

School district taxes56%State tax money34%Fees for services (school tuition and transportation, school lunches)8.7%Fines and other1.4%

What stands out

8.8%

of Buford Independent School District's money comes from sales tax.Most school districts with 5,000 to 25,000 students get none.

School district taxes56%

Property tax

47%$56.7 million

Sales tax

8.8%$10.6 million

Fees for services8.7%

Fees for services

8.7%$10.5 million

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

Other school charges$6.3 million
School tuition and transportation$2.7 million
School lunches$1.4 million

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%$50 thousand

State tax money34%

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

From the state

34%$40.7 million

Fines and other1.4%

Interest, rents and other

1.4%$1.7 million

Where it goes

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

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges

97%$121 million

What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools

Elementary and secondary schools$121 million

Sent to other local governments

1.5%$1.9 million

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

Sent to school districts$1.9 million

Interest on debt

1.5%$1.8 million

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Buford Independent 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 Buford Independent 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.