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Benton Community Consolidated School District 47's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Benton Community Consolidated School District 47 took in $16.5 million and spent $17.9 million.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money73%School district taxes19%Fines and other4.9%County and local tax money3.7%Fees for services (school lunches)<0.1%

What stands out

73%

of Benton Community Consolidated School District 47's money comes from state tax money.A typical school district with fewer than 5,000 students gets 59%.

School district taxes19%

Property tax

19%$3.1 million

Fees for services<0.1%

Fees for services

<0.1%$12 thousand

What's in fees for servicesOther school charges and school lunches

Other school charges$9 thousand
School lunches$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money73%

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

From the state

73%$12.0 million

County and local tax money3.7%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments

3.7%$616 thousand

Fines and other4.9%

Interest, rents and other

4.9%$806 thousand

Where it goes

Schools and colleges95%Sent to other local governments3.5%Interest on debt1.7%

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges

95%$17.0 million

What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools

Elementary and secondary schools$17.0 million

Sent to other local governments

3.5%$620 thousand

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

Sent to school districts$620 thousand

Interest on debt

1.7%$314 thousand

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Benton Community Consolidated School District 47. 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 Benton Community Consolidated School District 47 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.