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Highland Community Unit School District 5's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Highland Community Unit School District 5 took in $43.7 million and spent $74.2 million.

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

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Where it comes from

School district taxes50%State tax money38%Fines and other7.8%Fees for services (school lunches, school tuition and transportation)3.4%County and local tax money0.4%Federal tax money0.2%

What stands out

50%

of Highland Community Unit School District 5's money comes from property tax.A typical school district with fewer than 5,000 students gets 28%.

School district taxes50%

Property tax
50%$21.9 million

Fees for services3.4%

Fees for services
3.4%$1.5 million
What's in fees for servicesSchool lunches; other school charges and 1 more
  • School lunches$786 thousand
  • Other school charges$691 thousand
  • School tuition and transportation$25 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.2%

Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.

From the federal government
0.2%$109 thousand

State tax money38%

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

From the state
38%$16.6 million

County and local tax money0.4%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.4%$173 thousand

Fines and other7.8%

Interest, rents and other
7.8%$3.4 million

Where it goes

Schools and colleges96%Interest on debt3.4%Sent to other local governments0.1%

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
96%$71.6 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$71.6 million
Interest on debt
3.4%$2.5 million
Sent to other local governments
0.1%$76 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to school districts
  • Sent to school districts$76 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Highland Community Unit School District 5. 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 Highland Community Unit School District 5 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.