School district · Cooper County, MO

Prairie Home School District R-5's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Prairie Home School District R-5 took in $2.7 million and spent $2.5 million.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money50%School district taxes40%Fines and other5.1%Fees for services (school lunches, school tuition and transportation)3.9%County and local tax money0.9%Federal tax money0.2%

What stands out

40%

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

School district taxes40%

Property tax
40%$1.1 million
Other taxes
0.4%$12 thousand
What's in other taxesOther taxes not classified elsewhere
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$12 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services3.9%

Fees for services
3.9%$107 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther school charges; school lunches and 1 more
  • Other school charges$51 thousand
  • School lunches$35 thousand
  • School tuition and transportation$21 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.2%

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

From the federal government
0.2%$5 thousand

State tax money50%

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

From the state
50%$1.4 million

County and local tax money0.9%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.9%$25 thousand

Fines and other5.1%

Interest, rents and other
4.6%$125 thousand
Fines
0.5%$13 thousand

Where it goes

Schools and colleges96%Sent to other local governments2.4%Interest on debt2.1%

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
96%$2.4 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$2.4 million
Sent to other local governments
2.4%$59 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to school districts
  • Sent to school districts$59 thousand
Interest on debt
2.1%$51 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Prairie Home School District R-5. 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 Prairie Home School District R-5 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.