School district · Orleans Parish, LA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Orleans Parish School District took in $787 million and spent $147 million.

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

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Where it comes from

School district taxes52%State tax money40%County and local tax money4.5%Fines and other2.8%Fees for services (school lunches, school tuition and transportation)<0.1%

What stands out

22%

of Orleans Parish School District's money comes from sales tax.Most school districts with fewer than 5,000 students get none.

School district taxes52%

Property tax

30%$237 million

Sales tax

22%$176 million

Fees for services<0.1%

Fees for services

<0.1%$645 thousand

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

School lunches$313 thousand
Other school charges$297 thousand
School tuition and transportation$35 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money<0.1%

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

From the federal government

<0.1%$200 thousand

State tax money40%

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

From the state

40%$316 million

County and local tax money4.5%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments

4.5%$35.4 million

Fines and other2.8%

Interest, rents and other

2.8%$22.4 million

Where it goes

The Census record for this side looks incomplete, so these figures may be lower than the government's own totals.

Schools and colleges89%Sent to other local governments11%

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges

89%$131 million

What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools

Elementary and secondary schools$131 million

Sent to other local governments

11%$15.4 million

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

Sent to school districts$15.4 million

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Orleans 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 Orleans 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.