School district · Portage County, OH

James A Garfield School District's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), James A Garfield School District took in $19.7 million and spent $20.5 million.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money50%School district taxes41%Fees for services (school lunches, school tuition and transportation)3.0%Fines and other2.8%County and local tax money1.9%Federal tax money0.7%

What stands out

16%

of James A Garfield School District's money comes from a personal income tax.Most school districts with fewer than 5,000 students get none.

School district taxes41%

Property tax
24%$4.8 million
Individual income tax
16%$3.2 million
Other taxes
0.3%$63 thousand
What's in other taxesOther taxes not classified elsewhere
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$63 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services3.0%

Fees for services
3.0%$596 thousand
What's in fees for servicesSchool lunches; other school charges and 1 more
  • School lunches$284 thousand
  • Other school charges$276 thousand
  • School tuition and transportation$36 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.7%

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

From the federal government
0.7%$141 thousand

State tax money50%

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

From the state
50%$9.9 million

County and local tax money1.9%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
1.9%$373 thousand

Fines and other2.8%

Interest, rents and other
2.8%$550 thousand

Where it goes

Schools and colleges97%Sent to other local governments1.9%Interest on debt1.1%

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
97%$19.9 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$19.9 million
Sent to other local governments
1.9%$397 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to the state government and sent to school districts
  • Sent to the state government$247 thousand
  • Sent to school districts$150 thousand
Interest on debt
1.1%$228 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

James A Garfield 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 James A Garfield 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.