School district · Lehigh County, PA

Carbon-Lehigh Intermediate School Unit 21's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Carbon-Lehigh Intermediate School Unit 21 took in $95.6 million and spent $95.7 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2023Comes from Goes to

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Where it comes from

State tax money44%County and local tax money42%Fines and other13%Fees for services (school tuition and transportation)0.3%

What stands out

13%

of Carbon-Lehigh Intermediate School Unit 21's money comes from interest, rents and other revenue.A typical vocational school or education service agency gets 3.2%.

Fees for services0.3%

Fees for services

0.3%$245 thousand

What's in fees for servicesSchool tuition and transportation and other school charges

School tuition and transportation$179 thousand
Other school charges$66 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money<0.1%

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

From the federal government

<0.1%$13 thousand

State tax money44%

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

From the state

44%$42.3 million

County and local tax money42%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments

42%$40.3 million

Fines and other13%

Interest, rents and other

13%$12.7 million

Where it goes

Schools and colleges87%Sent to other local governments13%Interest on debt<0.1%

What stands out

13%

of Carbon-Lehigh Intermediate School Unit 21's spending goes to local governments.Most vocational schools and education service agencies spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges

87%$82.8 million

What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools

Elementary and secondary schools$82.8 million

Sent to other local governments

13%$12.8 million

What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to school districts

Sent to school districts$12.8 million

Interest on debt

<0.1%$95 thousand

Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Carbon-Lehigh Intermediate School Unit 21. 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 Carbon-Lehigh Intermediate School Unit 21 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.