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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Fairfield Area School District took in $23.4 million and spent $22.6 million.

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

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Where it comes from

School district taxes53%State tax money39%Fines and other3.6%County and local tax money2.0%Fees for services (school lunches)1.7%

What stands out

10%

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

School district taxes53%

Property tax
42%$9.9 million
Individual income tax
10%$2.4 million
Other taxes
0.9%$203 thousand
What's in other taxesOther taxes not classified elsewhere and public utility taxes
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$192 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$11 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Sales tax
0.1%$27 thousand

Fees for services1.7%

Fees for services
1.7%$392 thousand
What's in fees for servicesSchool lunches and other school charges
  • School lunches$266 thousand
  • Other school charges$126 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money39%

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

From the state
39%$9.2 million

County and local tax money2.0%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
2.0%$465 thousand

Fines and other3.6%

Interest, rents and other
3.6%$844 thousand

Where it goes

Schools and colleges92%Sent to other local governments4.5%Interest on debt3.3%

What stands out

4.5%

of Fairfield Area School District's spending goes to local governments.A typical school district with fewer than 5,000 students spends 1.3%.

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
92%$20.9 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$20.9 million
Sent to other local governments
4.5%$1.0 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$1.0 million
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$6 thousand
Interest on debt
3.3%$740 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Fairfield 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 Fairfield 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.