School district · Rapides Parish, LA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Rapides Parish School District took in $401 million and spent $391 million.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money59%School district taxes32%Fines and other3.7%Federal tax money3.5%Fees for services (school lunches, school tuition and transportation)2.3%County and local tax money0.3%

What stands out

17%

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

School district taxes32%

Sales tax

17%$69.0 million

Property tax

14%$57.9 million

Fees for services2.3%

Fees for services

2.3%$9.1 million

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

Other school charges$8.8 million
School lunches$163 thousand
School tuition and transportation$87 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money3.5%

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

From the federal government

3.5%$14.1 million

State tax money59%

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

From the state

59%$234 million

County and local tax money0.3%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments

0.3%$1.3 million

Fines and other3.7%

Interest, rents and other

3.7%$14.7 million

Where it goes

Schools and colleges98%Interest on debt1.2%Sent to other local governments0.3%

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges

98%$385 million

What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools

Elementary and secondary schools$385 million

Interest on debt

1.2%$4.8 million

Sent to other local governments

0.3%$1.3 million

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

Sent to school districts$1.3 million

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Rapides 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 Rapides 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.