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Van Meter Community School District's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Van Meter Community School District took in $16.0 million and spent $14.2 million.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money49%School district taxes36%County and local tax money9.3%Fees for services (school lunches)2.8%Fines and other2.1%Federal tax money0.3%

What stands out

9.3%

of Van Meter Community School District's money comes from county and other local tax money.A typical school district with fewer than 5,000 students gets 1.1%.

School district taxes36%

Property tax
32%$5.1 million
Individual income tax
2.9%$461 thousand
Other taxes
1.3%$216 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes and other taxes not classified elsewhere
  • Public utility taxes$211 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$5 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services2.8%

Fees for services
2.8%$442 thousand
What's in fees for servicesSchool lunches and other school charges
  • School lunches$377 thousand
  • Other school charges$65 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.3%

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

From the federal government
0.3%$52 thousand

State tax money49%

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

From the state
49%$7.9 million

County and local tax money9.3%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
9.3%$1.5 million

Fines and other2.1%

Interest, rents and other
2.1%$342 thousand

Where it goes

Schools and colleges96%Sent to other local governments2.9%Interest on debt1.5%

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
96%$13.6 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$13.6 million
Sent to other local governments
2.9%$409 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to school districts
  • Sent to school districts$409 thousand
Interest on debt
1.5%$216 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Van Meter Community 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 Van Meter Community 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.