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Hill City Unified School District 281's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Hill City Unified School District 281 took in $7.4 million and spent $7.1 million.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money65%School district taxes27%Fines and other4.4%Fees for services (school lunches)1.9%County and local tax money1.8%

What stands out

65%

of Hill City Unified School District 281's money comes from state tax money.A typical school district with fewer than 5,000 students gets 59%.

School district taxes27%

Property tax

27%$2.0 million

Fees for services1.9%

Fees for services

1.9%$137 thousand

What's in fees for servicesSchool lunches and other school charges

School lunches$80 thousand
Other school charges$57 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money65%

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

From the state

65%$4.8 million

County and local tax money1.8%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments

1.8%$136 thousand

Fines and other4.4%

Interest, rents and other

4.4%$327 thousand

Where it goes

Schools and colleges98%Interest on debt1.6%Sent to other local governments0.3%

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges

98%$6.9 million

What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools

Elementary and secondary schools$6.9 million

Interest on debt

1.6%$114 thousand

Sent to other local governments

0.3%$20 thousand

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

Sent to school districts$20 thousand

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Hill City Unified School District 281. 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 Hill City Unified School District 281 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.