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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Bayless School District took in $26.4 million and spent $25.7 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2024Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

State tax money52%School district taxes40%Fines and other5.0%Fees for services (school tuition and transportation, school lunches)3.0%Federal tax money0.3%

What stands out

39%

of Bayless School District's money comes from property tax.A typical school district with fewer than 5,000 students gets 28%.

School district taxes40%

Property tax
39%$10.4 million
Other taxes
0.4%$96 thousand
What's in other taxesOther taxes not classified elsewhere
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$96 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services3.0%

Fees for services
3.0%$793 thousand
What's in fees for servicesSchool tuition and transportation; other school charges and 1 more
  • School tuition and transportation$268 thousand
  • Other school charges$266 thousand
  • School lunches$259 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.3%

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

From the federal government
0.3%$67 thousand

State tax money52%

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

From the state
52%$13.8 million

County and local tax money<0.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
<0.1%$6 thousand

Fines and other5.0%

Interest, rents and other
4.9%$1.3 million
Fines
<0.1%$24 thousand

Where it goes

Schools and colleges98%Interest on debt1.5%Sent to other local governments0.8%

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
98%$25.1 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$25.1 million
Interest on debt
1.5%$385 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.8%$209 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to school districts
  • Sent to school districts$209 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Bayless 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 Bayless 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.