School district · St Tammany Parish, LA

St. Tammany Parish School District's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), St. Tammany Parish School District took in $677 million and spent $698 million.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money49%School district taxes45%Fines and other3.4%Fees for services (school tuition and transportation, school lunches)1.7%County and local tax money0.5%Federal tax money0.1%

What stands out

21%

of St. Tammany Parish School District's money comes from sales tax.Most school districts with 25,000+ students get none.

School district taxes45%

Property tax

24%$160 million

Sales tax

21%$145 million

Fees for services1.7%

Fees for services

1.7%$11.6 million

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

Other school charges$9.0 million
School tuition and transportation$1.9 million
School lunches$706 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.1%

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

From the federal government

0.1%$686 thousand

State tax money49%

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

From the state

49%$333 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%$3.5 million

Fines and other3.4%

Interest, rents and other

3.4%$23.0 million

Where it goes

Schools and colleges97%Interest on debt1.8%Sent to other local governments0.8%

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges

97%$681 million

What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools

Elementary and secondary schools$681 million

Interest on debt

1.8%$12.2 million

Sent to other local governments

0.8%$5.4 million

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

Sent to school districts$5.4 million

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

St. Tammany 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 St. Tammany 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.