School district · Ascension Parish, LA

Ascension Parish School District's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Ascension Parish School District took in $438 million and spent $461 million.

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

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Where it comes from

School district taxes51%State tax money42%Fees for services (school lunches, school tuition and transportation)3.0%Fines and other2.9%Federal tax money0.5%County and local tax money0.5%

What stands out

24%

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

School district taxes51%

Property tax

27%$118 million

Sales tax

24%$106 million

Fees for services3.0%

Fees for services

3.0%$13.2 million

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

Other school charges$9.8 million
School lunches$3.2 million
School tuition and transportation$208 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.5%

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

From the federal government

0.5%$2.2 million

State tax money42%

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

From the state

42%$184 million

County and local tax money0.5%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments

0.5%$2.1 million

Fines and other2.9%

Interest, rents and other

2.9%$12.9 million

Where it goes

Schools and colleges97%Interest on debt2.7%Sent to other local governments0.7%

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges

97%$446 million

What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools

Elementary and secondary schools$446 million

Interest on debt

2.7%$12.4 million

Sent to other local governments

0.7%$3.1 million

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

Sent to school districts$3.1 million

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Ascension Parish 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 Ascension Parish 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.