School district · West Baton Rouge Parish, LA

West Baton Rouge Parish School District's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), West Baton Rouge Parish School District took in $107 million and spent $101 million.

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

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Where it comes from

School district taxes60%State tax money31%Fines and other4.8%Fees for services (school tuition and transportation, school lunches)2.1%Federal tax money1.2%County and local tax money0.7%

What stands out

23%

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

School district taxes60%

Property tax

37%$39.8 million

Sales tax

23%$24.2 million

Fees for services2.1%

Fees for services

2.1%$2.3 million

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

Other school charges$2.0 million
School tuition and transportation$237 thousand
School lunches$64 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money1.2%

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

From the federal government

1.2%$1.2 million

State tax money31%

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

From the state

31%$33.6 million

County and local tax money0.7%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments

0.7%$776 thousand

Fines and other4.8%

Interest, rents and other

4.8%$5.1 million

Where it goes

Schools and colleges94%Interest on debt3.9%Sent to other local governments1.6%

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges

94%$95.2 million

What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools

Elementary and secondary schools$95.2 million

Interest on debt

3.9%$3.9 million

Sent to other local governments

1.6%$1.6 million

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

Sent to school districts$1.6 million

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

West Baton Rouge 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 West Baton Rouge 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.