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Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Independent School District 2159's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Independent School District 2159 took in $8.6 million and spent $9.8 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2023Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

State tax money76%School district taxes13%Fees for services (school tuition and transportation, school lunches)5.2%Fines and other4.9%Federal tax money0.5%County and local tax money0.1%

What stands out

13%

of Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Independent School District 2159's money comes from property tax.A typical school district with fewer than 5,000 students gets 28%.

School district taxes13%

Property tax
13%$1.1 million

Fees for services5.2%

Fees for services
5.2%$451 thousand
What's in fees for servicesSchool tuition and transportation; other school charges and 1 more
  • School tuition and transportation$245 thousand
  • Other school charges$179 thousand
  • School lunches$27 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%$45 thousand

State tax money76%

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

From the state
76%$6.6 million

County and local tax money0.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.1%$11 thousand

Fines and other4.9%

Interest, rents and other
4.9%$425 thousand

Where it goes

Schools and colleges95%Sent to other local governments4.1%Interest on debt0.4%

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
95%$9.3 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$9.3 million
Sent to other local governments
4.1%$400 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to school districts and sent to the state government
  • Sent to school districts$306 thousand
  • Sent to the state government$94 thousand
Interest on debt
0.4%$41 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Independent School District 2159. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.

What this covers. The money of Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Independent School District 2159 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.