School district · Beaver County, PA

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Ambridge Area School District took in $57.1 million and spent $50.3 million.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money49%School district taxes46%Fines and other3.0%County and local tax money0.9%Fees for services (school tuition and transportation, school lunches)0.5%

What stands out

6.1%

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

School district taxes46%

Property tax
38%$21.9 million
Individual income tax
6.1%$3.5 million
Other taxes
1.0%$595 thousand
What's in other taxesOther taxes not classified elsewhere and public utility taxes
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$572 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$23 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Sales tax
0.5%$267 thousand

Fees for services0.5%

Fees for services
0.5%$309 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther school charges; school tuition and transportation and 1 more
  • Other school charges$159 thousand
  • School tuition and transportation$92 thousand
  • School lunches$58 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money49%

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

From the state
49%$28.2 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%$522 thousand

Fines and other3.0%

Interest, rents and other
3.0%$1.7 million

Where it goes

Schools and colleges93%Sent to other local governments3.3%Interest on debt3.2%

What stands out

93%

of Ambridge Area School District's spending goes to schools and colleges.A typical school district with fewer than 5,000 students spends 97%.

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
93%$47.0 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$47.0 million
Sent to other local governments
3.3%$1.7 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to school districts and sent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to school districts$1.7 million
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$7 thousand
Interest on debt
3.2%$1.6 million
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Ambridge Area 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 Ambridge Area 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.